FARM MONTAGUE GOLF CLUB RANDOLPH, VERMONT Randolph, Vermont OUTSTANDING BUILDING SITES with SPECTACULAR VIEWS
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Vermont Cou ntry Sampler October 2019 Free • Statewide Calendar of Events, Map • Inns, B&B’s, Dining, Real Estate Plenty of Good Reading! GREEN MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM MONTAGUE GOLF CLUB RANDOLPH, VERMONT Randolph, Vermont OUTSTANDING BUILDING SITES WITH SPECTACULAR VIEWS Montague’s beautiful 10th fairway and green, with the Third Branch of the White River behind the green “Upper Farm House” with 30-mile views of the Green Mountains The beautiful, 1,300-acre Green Mountain Stock Farm property is EARLY BIRD MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL divided into choice 10-plus acre building sites. Ownership includes access to 35km of maintained trails. Adjacent to the 18-hole Montague We are happy to announce the Early Bird Golf Club. One mile from Downtown Randolph, and only 3 miles from Membership Special! Join Before October 1st to lock Exit 4 off I-89. in your 2020 Membership at the 2019 price! PROPERTIES FOR SALE Membership Early Bird Dues “Upper Farm House” - $330,000 Price Reduced! $290,000 An 1850’s farmhouse sited on 10.31 acres with panoramic, 30+ mile views Family $1,600 Individual (26-70) $ 950 Lot 12 - 10.47 acres - $100,000 High, hillside site with great views to the north and west Senior (71+) $ 550 Lot 14-28 - 20.40 acres - $200,000 Young Adult (26-35) $ 750 Panoramic 180 degree views of the Green Mountains Junior (18-25) $ 550 Lot 109 - 18.41 acres - $100,000 Junior (under 18) $ 140 9LHZVRYHUDWHQDFUHÀHOGDQGWKH*UHHQ0RXQWDLQV For new members, join now and play the rest of 2019 and For Further Information and to Arrange a Tour: all of 2020 at the Early Bird price! Sam Sammis, Owner 50% due now, remainder due 4/1/2020 2 South Main Street, Randolph, VT Email: [email protected] Mobile: (802) 522-8500 &ŽƌŵŽƌĞŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ĐĂůůƚŚĞWƌŽ^ŚŽƉ͗;ϴϬϮͿϳϮϴͲϯϴϬϲ Web: GreenMountainStockFarm.com RANDOLPH, VERMONT www.MontagueGolf.com October Journal I Have Nothing Left I Need to Do by Bill Felker This past summer, I spent formed tides of the clouds an inordinate amount of time that moved onto me from the sitting on the back patio just west above the back locust looking out into the garden. trees, tides that dissolved as Every few days the blossoms they rolled above me, then of the shrubs and flowers rose from the locust trees changed. I filled the bird again. In the sound of cars feeders every morning, and passing by on the street, I the birds rewarded my care heard waves breaking on my with their presence. empty shore, soothing my Lounging on the patio, I concerns, disconnecting me saw more butterflies than from things I thought I might I ever had before, watched accomplish. The white, cres- more bees than I had ever cent moon above me became watched before—hover bees, the prime mover of my inland carpenter bees, bumblebees, sea, cradling me, rocking me bee flies, and even a few back and forth in its motherly honeybees. phases. I loved it. Now in October, my brain “I’m at the beach,” I told has been so washed and my wife. “It’s like I’m at the lulled by the sea that I no beach, and all I have to do in longer have illusions that life is watch the waves!” I will earn my way, justify “Well, yes, but not quite,” my existence or discover she replied with her sceptical answers. Spoiled, as well smile, reminding me I was as instructed by the beach, I hundreds of miles from the watch and listen to the new coast. surf of falling leaves telling But I couldn’t help myself. me I have nothing left I need photy by Kelly Fletcher Photography The fantasy grew stronger. I to do. Visitors enjoying apple picking at Scott Farm’s Heirloom Apple Days, Dummerston, VT. Dummerston, VT Flames Stables 17th Annual Heirloom Apple Days at Scott Farm Route 100 South, Wilmington, VT Due to the popularity of this annual harvest event, Scott Visitors can also pick their own apples in the PYO orchard Farm in Dummerston, VT has extended Heirloom Apple or fi nd them in the Farm Market, along with heirloom cider, (802) 464-8329 Day, now in its 17th year, to two days on Sunday October fruit pies, jams, and other Vermont-made specialty products. 13 and Monday October 14! On Sunday, October 13 festival goers may also want to Scenic Horseback Riding Apple lovers of all ages are invited to come to Heirloom stop by the 50th Annual Apple Pie Festival in Dummerston Year-Round Trail Rides Apple Days and visit the 571-acre historic farm and orchard Center, a Top 10 Fall Event by the Vermont Chamber of $25 for 40 Min. and experience some of the 130 varieties of heirloom apples Commerce. grown there—fresh, baked and squeezed! Children Over 6 Can Ride Alone In addition to the popular heirloom apple talks and tastings, For more information visit scottfarmvermont.com/heir- ~ By Reservation ~ hard cider tastings, dry stone wall tours by The Stone Trust, loom-apples/heirloom-apple-days, call (802) 254-6868, or Great Family Fun at the Lowest Prices Around! live music, and food vendors, new activities are in store for email [email protected]. Rain or shine. No pets families such as make-your-own caramel apples. please. The Scott Farm Market, located at 707 Kipling Rd in At the 10 AM and 1 PM talks on both days, Scott Farm’s Dummertson, VT is open daily 9–5 through November 29, Orchardist Zeke Goodband entertains guests with the en- and you-pick apples are available into October. The dif fer ence in Wellwood’s is lightening history of the orchard and its ecologically-grown Established in 1791 when George Washington was serv- “Flavor” fruit, accompanied by a complimentary tasting of some of the ing his fi rst term as President, Scott Farm consists of 571 heirloom apples in season, to include Old World and Early acres and 23 buildings, all listed on the National Register Pick-Your-Own American varieties such as Reine des Reinettes, a French of Historic Places. In 1995 the Vermont non-profi t Land- apple from the 1700s, Blue Pearmain, a New England apple mark Trust USA took over the farm. The Trust has since Apples dating back to the 1700s, and Knobbed Russet, a lumpy rus- restored many of the buildings, and under the guidance of Open 9 am – 5 pm, 7 days a week seted apple from the early 1800s, sometimes known as “old Orchardist Zeke Goodband, has converted the orchard from Also Visit Our Petting Zoo maid winter”. Following the talks and tastings, guests can fi ll conventionally-grown McIntosh to more than 130 ecologi- — Deer Apples — bags with their favorite selections, all available for purchase. cally- grown heirloom and uncommon apple varieties. The • According to Scott Farm’s operation manager Kelly Carlin, farm also grows peaches, plums, nectarines, pears, grapes, Weekends Only: “This is our favorite time of the year, when we get to share cherries, blueberries, fi gs, ginger, currants, quince, medlars, these amazing apple varieties and their interesting stories gooseberries, and hops. Four authentically restored historic Wagon Rides, Cider Donuts, with customers new and old.” vacation rental homes, surrounding the farm, are available And Food Booth for short or long term self-catered stays throughout the year. Details at LandmarkTrustUSA.org. 529 Wellwood Orchard Rd., Springfi eld, VT Teacher Treasures (802) 263-5200 A Teacher Resource Store & More! Scrapbooking Materials & Gently Vermont Country Sampler Used Books/Lending Library October 2019, Vol. XXXV “A Hands-On Store” The Vermont Country Sampler is distributed free Open Fridays and Saturdays over-the-counter in and out of Vermont. Advertising 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. rates on request. Deadline 10th of preceding month. (802) 365-4811 • (802) 365-4426 fax Calendar of Events published free of charge. Cynthia W. Nau • [email protected] Vermont Country Sampler Right on Rt. 30—just north of Newfane Village P.O. Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 (802) 772-7463 Going Out of Business Sale! [email protected] www.vermontcountrysampler.com CCurtis’urtis’ BBarbequearbeque 130 Varieties of Heirloom Apples! Featuring BBQ Pork, Pick-Your-Own Apples Ribs & Chicken, slow cooked over an FARM MARKET Now outdoor open pit • Fine Fruits, Heirloom Cider, Enjoy Pies, Donuts & hardwood fi re. Corn on • Pies & More Cider from Our Gift Shop the cob, baked potatoes, PICK YOUR OWN APPLES Pumpkins. Fun for the Whole Family! baked beans, Curtis’ own unique BBQ sauce. EVENTS Call for weekend horse-drawn wagon ride schedule. Curtis Tuff, Prop We do catering. • Hard Cider Making Class – Oct 6 ᪐ • Heirloom Apple Days – Oct 13–14 Come enjoy our picnic tables Open Daily 9–5 • Apple Harvest Dinner – Oct 26 130 West Hill Road, Putney, VT and park-like grounds. (Exit 4, I-91) Look for signs in Putney Village Open for Lunch & Dinner Scott Farm Open daily 8 am – 6 pm Thursday through Sunday 11 am to 7 pm 707 Kipling Rd, Dummerston, VT (802) 387-5851 Rt. 5, Putney, VT (Exit 4 off I-91) 802-254-6868 www.greenmtorchards.com (802) 387-5474 • www.curtisbbqvt.com Details at ScottFarmVermont.com Page 2 Vermont Country Sampler, October 2019 Visitors enjoying an autumn wagon ride at Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock. VT. Woodstock, VT Autumn Events at Billings Farm & Museum Autumn Wagon Ride Weekend—October 5 & 6 variety of 19th century harvest activities and programs for Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heri- the entire family. tage, will feature the Annual Autumn Wagon Ride Weekend A traditional husking bee will begin at noon each day, on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 & 6, from 10:00 a.m.