Direct Costs vs. Indirect Costs. What’s the Difference? Why Does it Matter? The Farmcolony Board of Directors has been grappling recently with how to apply direct and indirect costs of farm operations. What’s the difference between direct and indirect costs? Why does it matter? The main difference between direct vs. indirect cost is that […]
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Virginia’s venomous snakes are waking up as the weather warms. Watch out! Venomous snakes are waking from their winter slumber as the weather warms and will remain a potential encounter throughout the Spring season. Virginia is home to 30 species of snakes. Of those, only three are venomous: the copperhead, the timber rattlesnake and the
Did you know? April 13-20 is International Dark Sky Week. April 13-20 is International Dark Sky Week and Greene County will be celebrating with an evening under the stars on April 18 from 8:00-10:00 pm at the Greene County Community Park to watch the annual Lyrid Meteor Shower and learn to identify Spring constellations. This
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The easiest thing to do when faced with a difficult decision is to kick the can down the road. You know, put off that big decision until later. Postpone it. Avoid it, and hope it will somehow go away—until the day comes when the cans in the road are piled so high that you can’t
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RIP Zeke, You Old Goat Farmcolony lost a cherished member of the community with the recent passing of Zeke, the old farm goat. Those of us who knew Zeke will remember his energy and the pep in his step, how he sought out pats and rubs to his neck from passersby, and how much he
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A tall, stately oak tree grows outside of my kitchen window that I enjoy watching through the seasons. I watch as buds burst open in the spring, grow into a lush, green canopy under the summer sun and change from green to brilliant red in the fall. I see from my window squirrels racing along
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Michael Compton Collins October 16, 1960 – July 29, 2025 It is with sadness that we note the passing of our friend and neighbor Mike Collins who was killed in an accident on July 29 while assisting a stranded motorist. Many knew Mike as the Co-founder and Executive Director of American Climate Partners (ACP), a
Celebrating 50 years of memories and milestones. To real estate developer Gilbert Edwards, farm life offered a wonderful way of life, but impractical for him to try to manage on his own. He gave up on his yearning to live on a farm, but couldn’t stop thinking about others who, like him, desired a country
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The horse boarding facilities at Farmcolony “are not safe for horses or humans,” according to Farmcolony Vice President Becky Lorenzo who raised her concerns over the safety of our horse boarding facilities in a January Board meeting. She is speaking from experience with 30+ years owning and managing boarding facilities. In response, the Board of
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Justice. Order. Kindness. Generosity. Can parliamentary procedure deliver these results? Homeowners’ Associations are notorious breeding grounds for hostility and disagreement. Comedians make jokes about it. Advice columnists offer tips on how to manage it. Lawyers make big bucks trying to resolve it. Why are HOAs so ripe for conflict and adversity? Simply put, HOAs are made
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