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Randolph, Vermont “Th e Best Lodging & Sports in Central Vermont” Whether you are looking for a week of adventure or a weekend getaway from the city, the Th ree Stallion Inn in Randolph, Vermont, is the perfect four-season destination. - Luxuriously appointed suites with private baths and dedicated phone lines. - “Th e Sporting Life” ~ Hiking, Biking & more! Hot Tub, Sauna and Fitness Center. - Rates from $98 / night. Breakfast included. Only 3 miles from Exit 4, I-89. - Th e beautiful, 18-hole Montague Golf Club is adjacent to the Inn. “Vermont’s Favorite Country Inn”

BEAUTIFUL WEDDINGS ~ FAMILY REUNIONS ~ CONFERENCES ~ CORPORATE RETREATS USB & ETHERNET JACKS ~ FREE WIFI ~ MOBILE PHONE SERVICE GOLF ~ FITNESS CENTER ~ SAUNA ~ HOT SPRING TUB ~ SWIMMING 802-728-5575 ~ www.Th reeStall ionInn.com ~ 665 Stock Farm Rd., Randolph, VT 05060 Th e Sammis Family, Owners May Journal Th e Easiest Law by Bill Felker It is the easiest law, the When wild multifl ora roses most obvious rule of all. open, then listen for catbirds When one thing is happen- in the honeysuckles. When ing, something else is hap- the fi rst day lilies open, then pening, too. scorpion flies are hunting Here at the height of smaller insects in the fi eld spring, when white clover and garden. When the win- blooms in your lawn, then ter wheat turns a pale gray fl ea beetles are eating your green, then meadow goats- garden greens. When buck- beard opens in the waysides. eye fl owers fall, then cedar When red admiral butterfl ies waxwings are migrating to- come to your fl owers, then ward mulberry trees. When delicate green damselflies garlic mustard fl owers fade, are hunting near the creeks. then blackberry brambles When daddy longlegs appear are full of white blossoms. in the shade of Vermont, then When twinleaf has seedpods, male alligators are bellowing then comfrey and horseradish out their mating calls in the are blooming in village herb southern Georgia swamps. gardens. And since every connec- When yellow sweet clover tion made by the observer opens along the freeways, may be unnecessary and then yellow swallowtail but- arbitrary, depending on the terfl ies visit the sweet rock- individual for its experiential The Friends of the Wardsboro Library fl ower cart on the Wardsboro Common is fi lled to overfl owing with colorful annuals for planters, garden accents and hanging baskets, all reasonably priced for the one day sale on Saturday, May 27th. ets. When Sweet Cicely goes and verbal form, the easiest to seed, then all the tulip rule is infi nitely varied and trees in town are blossoming. has no boundaries. The radii Wardsboro, VT When gold-collared black- of its application push out fl ies appear by the water, then in every direction, become Annual Spring Plant Sale Coming May 27th strawberries are ripe in the enmeshed with one another, The Friends of the Wardsboro Library is sponsoring its display at the sale and photos and details can be viewed on strawberry fi elds. When pars- form webs and ladders and annual Memorial Day weekend Plant Sale, “From Our the Friends’ website at www.friendsofwardsborolibrary.org. nips come into fl ower along nets of parallel beings and ac- Garden to Yours” on Saturday, May 27th in Wardsboro, VT. Print raffl e tickets from the website or purchase them at the the road in Illinois, then sea tions, far transcending causes Admission and parking are free and the sale will be held rain Plant Sale, the Wardsboro Library and the upcoming July 4th turtles crawl ashore along the and effects, linking time and or shine. The annual event is a fund-raiser for the non-profi t Street Fair and Parade in Wardsboro. The winning ticket will eastern Atlantic coast to lay space to the intent and whim Friends of the Wardsboro Library. be drawn at the 15th Annual Gilfeather Turnip Festival in their eggs. of the one who fi nds them. A gala plant sale Wardsboro on Oct. 28, 2017. The winner need not be present. The Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. will take place at 170 Annual bake sale Join the Adventure, Join the Main Street on the front lawn of the Wardsboro Library and Don’t miss the annual Bake Sale on the Town Common Green Mountain Club! also on the Wardsboro Town Common at Route 100 and Main sponsored by the Wardsboro Library trustees. The sale goes Street. A large variety of hearty perennials donated by local from 9 a.m. until all the homemade goodies are sold. The Protecting and Maintaining gardeners, colorful annuals for planters and gardens, shrubs, Friends’ fl ower cart on the Common will be fi lled to the brim Vermont’s Long Trail Since 1910 Gilfeather turnip seedlings, vegetables, and herbs will all with beautiful annuals, a MUST fi rst stop before shoppers be reasonably priced for the one day sale. Vermont Exten- head down Main Street to the library lawn for the BIG Plant 4711 Waterbury-Stowe Rd., Waterbury Center, VT 05677 Sale. Raffl e tickets can also be purchased on the Common (802) 244-7037 • www.greenmountainclub.org sion Master Gardeners will staff an information table and answer your gardening questions. A one day Garden Raffl e for the handmade Christmas tree skirt, the exciting “Best will feature select garden-related items. Winning tickets are Raffl e Ever” prize. drawn at 1 p.m.; winners need not be present. Teacher Treasures Best raffl e ever! Wardboro is in southeastern Vermont on Rt. 100, north of A Teacher Resource Store & More! The Friends are once again sponsoring their annual “Best Wilmington. For information visit www.friendsofwardsboro Scrapbooking Materials & Gently Raffl e Ever” featuring a one-of-a-kind, hand-hooked Christ- library.org. Used Books/Lending Library mas tree skirt by Wardsboro fi ber artist, Linda Gifkins. The “A Hands-On Store” tree skirt entitled “Christmas in New England” will be on School Year Hours: 2–5 pm Tues–Fri and 10–5 on Sat (802) 365-4811 • (802) 365-4426 fax Vermont Country Sampler Cynthia W. Nau • [email protected] May 2017, Vol. XXXIII Right on Rt. 30—just north of Newfane Village The Vermont Country Sampler is distributed free over-the-counter in and out of Vermont. Advertising rates on request. Deadline the 10th of the preceding month. Strolling of the Heifers Vermont Country Sampler A CELEBRATION OF FARMERS & FOOD P.O. Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 Brattleboro, Vermont - June 2-3-4 (802) 772-7463 Flames Stables [email protected] Route 100 South, Wilmington, VT www.vermontcountrysampler.com (802) 464-8329 Scenic Horseback Riding Year-Round Trail Rides $25 for 40 Minutes Children Over 6 Can Ride Alone ~ By Reservation ~ Great Family Fun at the Lowest Prices Around!

CCurtis’urtis’ BBarbequearbeque Featuring BBQ Pork, THE PARADE! Ribs & Chicken, Saturday, June 3 at 10 a.m. Vermont’s Largest Farm Stand slow cooked over an Downtown Brattleboro outdoor open pit Bakery • Delicious Deli hardwood fi re. Corn on the cob, baked potatoes, A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATION Ice Cream • Fresh Produce baked beans, Curtis’ Street Festival/Gallery Walk • Strolling of the own unique BBQ sauce. Heifers Parade • Slow Living Expo • Famous Garden Center / Nursery Curtis Tuff, Prop We do catering. Farmers’ Breakfast • Tour de Heifer • Farm Tours “Growing Since 1956, Come enjoy our picnic tables KEY SPONSOR: Come Grow With Us” and park-like grounds. 6023 US Route 5 Westminster, VT Open for Lunch & Dinner, Thursday thru Sunday Strolling of the Heifers Open 7 days a week Mon.-Sat. 5:30am - 9:00pm, Sun. 6:30am - 9pm Rt. 5, Putney, VT (Exit 4 off I-91) www.StrollingoftheHeifers.com 802-722-3395 • www.allenbrothersfarms.com (802) 387-5474 • www.curtisbbqvt.com Page 2 Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Brattleboro, VT The 16th Annual Strolling of the Heifers The Heifers will stroll again in Brattleboro! Brattleboro parade and festival will highlight local farmers and local food. The 16th annual Strolling of the Heifers Weekend, featuring a parade of fl ower-bedecked heifer calves led by future farmers up the historic Main Street of Brattleboro, VT takes place June 2, 3 and 4. Organizers promise many special surprises for the occasion. The centerpiece of the weekend is the world-famous Strolling of the Heifers Parade, which starts promptly at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 3. The signature heifer calves lead the parade and are followed by other farm animals, tractors, bands, fl oats and much more. The crowd then follows the parade to the all-day Slow Living Expo to enjoy food, family fun, entertainment and ex- hibits. The Expo stretches over two sites and 11 acres on the Brattleboro Common and the Brattleboro Retreat grounds. Over the years, Strolling of the Heifers has grown from a one-hour parade into a full weekend packed with family events, and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to this scenic Connecticut Valley town in the heart of New England. The weekend has consistently been listed among the top sum- mer events of New England and has received international attention. The mission of Strolling of the Heifers is to connect people with healthy local foods and with the farmers and produc- ers who bring it to them. In recent years, the mission has expanded to include a year-round set of programs aimed at encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship in farm and food businesses. First and foremost, the event shows support and appre- ciation for family farmers, but it also features many other regional food producers, as well as vendors and exhibitors of many other sustainable goods and services. At the Slow Living Expo, besides meeting the heifers Adams Farm in Wilmington, VT (you can bet on the outcome up close, visitors will fi nd makers of many specialty foods of their races). including candies, chocolates, condiments, sauces, meats, And for more excitement, check out the Human Foosball pizzas and beverages, along with craftspeople, green build- pavilion and sign up to participate in the round-robin human ing and home energy specialists, and healthy living and foosball tournament. Human Foosball is, as you may guess, woodlands exhibitors. played in an enclosed arena with players required to hold on to sliding bars while trying to score goals with the soccer ball. Strolling of the Heifers Weekend Highlights: New to the Expo this year will be three amusement rides • Gallery Walk and the fi nals of the Great New England for kids. The infl atable bouncing castle, slide and obstacle Fruit Pie Competition—Friday evening, June 2 from 5:30 to course will return, making this year’s Expo a great afternoon 8:30 p.m. The town’s Main Street is shut down for a three- outing for the entire family. hour party with musicians, clowns, and street vendors. The • The Famous Farmers Breakfast—Sunday morning, Stroll’s headquarters, the River Garden on Main St., will June 4. The Stroll’s annual showcase of natural and organic host the fi nals of its Great American Fruit Pie competition, breakfast foods, held at the Marina Restaurant, off Putney including public tasting to determine the People’s Choice Road in Brattleboro at the West River. award winner, and a tasting of spirits and beer from Vermont • The Tour de Heifer—all day, Sunday June 4. Vermont’s distillers and brewers. most challenging dirt road cycling tours, with 15, 30 and • Farm Art—an exhibit of farm-themed art by Albert 60-mile options, plus a three-mile hiking option. Maguire, at the River Garden Gallery during Stroll Weekend • Farm Tour—Sunday, June 4. The Stroll has partnered and continuing for the month of June. with fi ve farms in the Brattleboro area, each with something • The Strolling of the Heifers Parade—Saturday morn- unique to offer, who will be offering guided tours. ing, June 3, at 10 a.m. sharp! The world-famous centerpiece The money raised during Strolling of the Heifers weekend, of Strolling of the Heifers: a parade like no other, featuring largely through business sponsorships, supports the Stroll’s up to 100 heifer calves, bedecked with fl owers for the oc- year round programs at its River Garden headquarters in casion and led by proud future farmers, along with many downtown Brattleboro. These include a Farm-to-Table other farm animals, bands, fl oats, tractors, clowns and much Culinary Apprenticeship Program and Windham Grows, more. (Please, no dogs at the parade or Expo, since they may a new program to help scale up farm and food enterprises scare the animals.) The heifers lead the parade, and there is by providing them with mentorship, consulting, services pre-parade entertainment, so don’t be late! and resources. There are also daily brown bag lunch events • The Slow Living Expo—all day on Saturday June 3, 9 featuring speakers and musicians. a.m. to 4 p.m. This 11-acre festival happens at the Brattleboro Common and on the grounds of the Brattleboro Retreat, and For further information on all events and programs, please is attended by the entire parade audience, which follows the visit www.StrollingoftheHeifers.com. parade up Main Street to come to the Expo. Among other things, the Expo will showcase: Beef & Cheese—Cooking with Local Chefs, Antique tractors on the Common, a Home Energy Village, a Crafts Village, the Woodlands Exhibit, Goat Olympics, the Healthy Living Village; Entertainment, Food Truck Extravaganza with food from around the world, and Human Foosball! There are three major stages offering entertainment. On the Retreat Grounds, there are the C&S Wholesale Family Entertainment Tent, an A Capella tent, and on the Common, a variety of traditional and contemporary musical entertain- ers in the Gazebo. A crowd favorite at the Expo is the non-stop trapeze artists show by the New England Center for Circus Arts, which is based in Brattleboro. Photos courtesy of Strolling of the Heifers Visitors will enjoy Goat Olympics, featuring goats from

Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 3 Grafton, VT The Nature Museum Spring Birding and Wildcrafting — Saturday, May 20, 2017 — Seasonal bird migration and spring wild edibles are all about timing. Each plant and animal species has its own special time to return to their summer breeding grounds. Learn more about birding and discovering plants and fungi from the wild with The Nature Museum. Join us in the village of Grafton, VT on Saturday, May 20, for your choice of a guided bird walk or a spring wildcrafting adventure to discover the astounding variety of wild medici- nal mushrooms and plants summoned by spring sun and rain. Birding on a Spring morning Who’s that avian songster? Enjoy an intimate bird walk with The Nature Museum’s educator extraordinaire Bob Engel during the height of spring migration. This group will gather at 7:15 a.m. at a private Grafton home for tasty breakfast treats. Once fortifi ed, head out to bird from 8-10 a.m. Pre-registration is required. Directions to the meeting place will be sent upon registration confi rmation. Cost is $20. Be prepared for slightly hilly terrain at a slow nature lover’s pace and bring a water bottle and binoculars. In the event of heavy rain, the bird walk will be held on May 21. “Last spring, I came back from a Nature Museum birding expedition in the woods inspired to learn more about birds that I see every day. Each morning, out my back window, photo by The Nature Museum the scene of blue jays, cardinals and crows mesmerize my Yellow warbler (dendroica petechia) singing on a branch in early spring. dog and me. Most birds, however, I do not recognize. Who are they? What are their habits? How do birds fi t in the eco- strongly encouraged to purchase tickets early. Pre-register natural history and science information, creates experiences system of our small town? I can’t wait to learn more about at www.nature-museum.org/programs/adults. This program that engage and enlighten audiences, and inspires steward- these beautiful creatures who also call Grafton home!” says is geared toward adults, and beginners are urged to attend. ship of the natural world through programming and special Suzanne Welsh, sponsor of The Nature Museum’s bird walk. Ari Rockland-Miller is co-founder of the Mushroom For- events for all ages. Through her generous contribution, Suzanne is helping her ager (www.themushroomforager.com), based in Brattleboro, community fi nd answers. VT. He loves sharing his knowledge with blog readers and The Nature Museum is located at 186 Townshend Road in Graf- participants in his mushroom foraging and cultivation work- Foraging for medicinal mushroom and greens ton, VT. (802) 843-2111. Visit facebook.com/naturemuseum shops. Together with his partner, Jenna, he has facilitated atgrafton, instagram.com or www.nature-museum.org. If ethical foraging for wild food or medicine is more your dozens of presentations and hands-on workshops. interest, The Nature Museum is offering two opportunities Ari became an expert in shiitake cultivation after managing to join expert mycological guide Ari Rockland-Miller for a Cornell University’s Mushroom Research Project and the   colorful presentation on foraging safety, strategy and ethics MacDaniels Nut Grove, Cornell’s forest farming demonstra- Cowslip Time entitled, “Spring Wildcrafting: Medicinal Mushrooms and tion site. The Mushroom Forager has been featured on New It’s cowslip time in old Vermont Greens.” Following the presentation, Ari will lead a guided England Public Radio and on Vermont’s WCAX-TV. On marshes brown and bare foray throughout the village or into the nearby woods con- Lovely little clumps of green served by the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association. The Nature Museum at Grafton Are scattered everywhere Spring Wildcrafting participants may choose between a The Nature Museum is a regional resource for nature, sci- morning program from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon or an afternoon ence and environmental education in Southern Vermont. Not Round about these isles of green program from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $35. Participants are only a museum, it also provides hands-on exhibits, delivers Wind rills of water clear A few day’s sunshine and behold What miracle is here Stone R. B. Erskine, Inc. Sweet mystery of springtime Grain & Supplies That changeth in a night House Chester Depot, VT This sombre weary working world ANTIQUE CENTER (802) 875-2333 To scenes that dazzle sight A multitude of antiques, collectibles and crafts. First a barren hummock Over 250 booths featuring fi ne furniture, folk art, quilts, Farm ~ Pet ~ Garden Next a mass of shimmering green jewelry, primitives, farm implements, books and bottles. Then a golden crown of glory Monday - Friday 7:30 - 5:00 Saturday 7:30 - 3:00 Open Daily 10 am to 5 pm. (802) 875-4477. On each cowslip bunch is seen Route 103, Chester, VT. 8 miles west of Exit 6, I-91. It’s cowslip time in old Vermont And along with their baked beans The farmers wives all over the state Are serving cowslip greens.

—HARRIET HOVEY HIGGINS 1917

Northern Forest Canoe Trail Guidebook • Maps Membership • Volunteer —Free Event— (802) 496-2285 northernforestcanoetrail.org Saturday, May 6, 2017, 12-3 p.m.

Goody Bag • Door Prizes • Refreshments Cafe and ADOPT Hugging Bear Inn, 244 Main St., Chester, VT 05143 A Cure for Markeplace Cabin Fever! A PET RSVP: 802-875-2412 Reopening May 12 Arrive early to peruse the shop in the morning. See our extensive collec on and get fi rst pick of merchandise! • 12 pm—Refreshments 103 Springfi eld • 1 pm—Preview of 2017 limited edi ons with Humane Steiff Rep Carolyn Smith. Artisans Marketplace • Special presenta on by Steiff collector Society, Inc. Debbie Kaczmarski Open 10 am to 5 pm, Thursday through Monday Open Wed–Sat • Show ’n Tell—Bring a favorite Steiff piece to Handmade Gifts Fine Art Vermont Crafts 12–4:30 pm show from your own special collec on. Chocolates & Specialty Foods Closed Sunday, • Steiff or Ar st Bears will be 20-75% off during Monday & Tuesday event, including items from the 1980’s and 1990’s. — The Greenleaf Cafe — There are more big sales & clearance in the store. Open Friday, Saturday & Sunday 11 am to 4 pm 401 Skitchewaug Trail Warning: This may be our last event. Don’t miss! 224444 MMainain SSt.,t., Springfi eld, VT CChester,hester, VTVT 0514305143 Rt. 103 & Pine View Rd., Chester, VT • 802-875-7400 (802) 885-3997 www.103artisansmarketplace.com www.spfl dhumane.org Page 4 Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 aylor it T Fa is rm photo by Billings Farm & Museum V Visitors take a horse-drawn wagon ride around the grounds on a beautiful May day at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, VT. Woodstock, VT Spring Festivities at Billings Farm & Museum Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, VT, gateway to The event also includes the spring shearing of the farm’s Vermont’s rural heritage, is open for its 36th season. Bill- Southdown ewes, taking place at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., The Billings Farm & Museum is owned and operated by ings Farm is an operating Jersey dairy farm that continues a 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m., along with spinning and carding The Woodstock Foundation Inc., a charitable non-profi t 146-year tradition of agricultural excellence and offers farm demonstrations highlighting the skills needed to turn fl eece institution, founded by Mary French and Laurance Spelman programs and historical exhibits that explore Vermont’s rural into yarn. Hands-on wool craft activities will be on hand Rockefeller. heritage and values. for all ages! Admission includes all activities and programs. Adults This is a great place to visit with your family. There are $15; 62 & over $14; children 5-15 $8; 3-4 $4; 2 & under horse-drawn wagon rides, and farm programs, in addition to 7th Annual Cheese & Dairy Celebration free. Open daily May 1 through October 31, 10 a.m. to 5 the operating dairy farm, the 1890 restored farmhouse and The 7th Annual Cheese & Dairy Celebration takes place p.m., weekends Nov. – Feb., and Christmas & Presidents’ farm life exhibits! Visit the Museum Shop with items for all on Saturday and Sunday, May 27th and 28th, 2017 from 10 weeks, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ages including Vermont cheeses and preserves. a.m. to 5 p.m. Explore Vermont’s rich dairy heritage during Billings Farm & Museum is open daily, April 1 through For a quick snack while you’re visiting, stop by the Dairy this two-day event by meeting New England cheesemakers, October 31, 2017. Also open weekends November through Bar, located on the ground fl oor of the 1890 Farm House. sampling their delicious artisan cheeses and dairy products, February, and Christmas & Presidents’ weeks, 10 a.m. to You will fi nd Vermont-made Wilcox ice cream, milk, healthy and taking part in engaging dairy education programs. 4 p.m. snacks, seasonal hot and cold drinks, and a Farm Picnic Cheeses will be available for purchase. We also will be fea- The Farm & Museum is located one-half mile north of featuring Billings Farm Cheddar, crackers, and fruit. Here turing our award-winning Billings Farm Cheddar Cheese, the Woodstock village green on Rt. 12. (802) 457-2355. are some special events for you in May: made exclusively with 100% raw milk from the Billings www.billingsfarm.org or through Facebook: facebook.com/ Farm’s herd of purebred, registered Jerseys. BillingsFarmMuseum. Herding with Border Collies & Sheep Shearing Take part in Judging Jerseys with the farm manager and Sheep Shearing & Herding with Border Collies, will be participate in a dairy scavenger hunt, “name the calf” contest, featured on Saturday and Sunday, May 6th and 7th, 2017 Inside-Out Cow (have fun learning the body parts of a cow), from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Watch herdsman, Steve Wetmore’s and Cow Make-Over (learn what it takes to groom a cow in team of Border Collies herding sheep in the farm fi elds preparation for being judged in a show). during narrated programs at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 The family will enjoy hand-cranking ice cream and making p.m. each day. dairy headbands and moo masks.

photo by Billings Farm & Museum photo by Billings Farm & Museum A Border Collie herds a fl ock of Southdown sheep at Billings Farm. Visitors sample cheeses at Billings Farm’s Cheese & Dairy Celebration. Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 5 Spring Open Studio Weekend Celebrates 25 Years in 2017! Bright yellow signs com- The Vermont Crafts Coun- pete with a multitude of cil premiered Open Studio greens along Vermont’s roads Weekend in 1993 to increase enticing visitors to the stu- the visibility of artists and dios of craftspeople and other craftspeople in Vermont and artists across Vermont during to foster an appreciation for the 2017 Spring Open Studio the creative process and the Weekend taking place over role that artists and crafts- May 27 & 28, Memorial Day people play in the vitality of Weekend. Vermont’s communities. Open Studio Weekend is The Vermont Crafts Coun- a statewide celebration of cil is a non-profi t organiza- the visual arts and creative tion serving the Vermont process, offering a unique visual arts community. Open opportunity for visitors to Studio Weekend is supported meet a wide variety of local by the Vermont Arts Council, artists and craftspeople in the Point Radio station and their studios, and purchase by the Vermont Department photo by VT Fish and Wildlife Mike Clough from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, shares a live turtle with visitors to the Herrick’s high quality, hand made of Tourism and Marketing. Cove Wildlife Festival in Rockingham, VT. In the foreground is a bobcat from the museum’s collection. artwork. The self-guided Open Stu- The Vermont Crafts Coun- Rockingham, VT dio tour features the work of cil publishes a free map glassblowers, jewelers, print- booklet with directions to Herrick’s Cove Wildlife Festival makers, potters, furniture participating sites. The Ver- If you’re a wildlife enthu- “Vermonters really en- Other presenters include Jim there) and turn left on to Rt. makers, weavers, ironwork- mont Open Studio Guide siast itching for spring then joy the wild animals and Andrews on turtles, the As- 5 north. After descending the ers, painters, sculptors, quilt is available throughout the be sure to check out the 18th wild places that make the cutney Mountain Audubon hill and crossing the Williams makers and wood carvers. state at Tourist Information Annual Herrick’s Cove Wild- state so special,” said For- Society, The Nature Museum River, take the fi rst road to Many participating galleries Centers, galleries and stu- life Festival on Sunday, May rest Hammond, bear project at Grafton, and TransCanada the right (Herricks Cove will host gallery talks and dios. It is also available at 7, 2017 in Rockingham, VT. leader with Vermont Fish & Corporation. Rd.). Watch for signs. feature special exhibits in www.vermontcrafts.com. or The Nature Museum at Wildlife. “This festival gives Activities are scheduled From the south take Exit 6 conjunction with this event. by calling (802) 223-3380. Grafton is a proud partner of participants a chance to expe- from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The from I- 91 and at the end of this community-wide nature rience some of these animals suggested donation is $2 for the ramp turn left on to Rt. festival that takes place each fi rsthand and learn about the an individual and $5 for a 5 north. Follow Rt. 5 past year the fi rst Sunday in May. importance of conserving family. Pets are not allowed. the junction with Rt. 103 Herrick’s Cove, on the their habitats so future gen- (sharp right at the junction). Connecticut River, hosts the erations can appreciate them Herrick’s Cove is located After descending the hill popular festival—more than as well.” just off Rt. 5, in Rockingham, and crossing the Williams 2,000 people attended last The Vermont Fish & Wild- VT less than three miles River, proceed with direc- Meadow Brook Farm year. Take a nature walk. See life Department will host north of Bellows Falls, VT. tions above. live animals such as hawks, several exhibits at the event, Directions to Herrick’s For more information, visit Camping Grounds owls, coyotes, wolves, fi sh, including animal mounts, Cove: from the north take the Herrick’s Cove Wildlife Great Place for Children • Rustic (No Hookups) • Hiking turtles, and snakes. The fes- interactive demonstrations, Exit 6 off I-91 and bear Festival’s Facebook page or Trout Brook • Pets Welcome • Maple Syrup Made & Sold tival gives the local com- hands-on fishing activities right off the ramp onto Rt. the website at www.nature- Proctorsville, VT • (802) 226-7755 munity a special opportunity hosted by the department’s 103 south. Follow 103 to its museum.org/herricks-cove- to celebrate wildlife with Let’s Go Fishing program, junction with Rt. 5 (103 ends festival. live animal demonstrations, information on bears and crafts, workshops, vendors, bats, a 4-H shooting event as Rural Vermont food and more. well as fun games for kids. Activates, Advocates and Educates for Living Soils, Th riving Farms Craft s and STATE CRAFT CENTER and Healthy Communities fi ne arts omfr www.ruralvermont.org Gallery at the (802) 223-7222 160 artists Join Us in Giving Voice VAULT in a historic to Vermont’s Family Farm Heritage! Visual Art Using Local Talent downtown Tues–Sat 11-5 • www.galleryvault.org Check out our local artist notecards, 68 Main St., Springfi eld, VT • 802-885-7111 including this photo from John David Geery! 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Page 6 Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 A Vermont Almanack for Late Spring by Bill Felker In the fl owers fi nd a solace, Fleeting cure for every sadness, Fragrant physic for your longing, Certain aid for loneliness. —Celtus The Sun’s Progress The sun reaches a declination of 21 degrees 54 minutes by the end of May, a little more than 90 percent of the way to summer solstice. It enters Gemini on May 21. Phases of the Mock Orange Moon and The Strawberry and Raspberry Moon May 2: The moon enters its second quarter at 9:42 p.m. May 10: The Mock Orange Moon is full at 4:42 p.m. May 12: Lunar apogee (when the moon is farthest from Earth). May 18: The moon enters its fi nal quarter at 7:33 p.m. May 25: The Strawberry and Raspberry Moon is new at 2:44 p.m. May 26: Lunar perigee (when the moon is closest to Earth) The Planets Venus is the morning star throughout the month. Mars is close to the western horizon at dusk. Jupiter the evening star after dark, disappears after midnight. Find Saturn along the southern horizon throughout the night. The Stars Cassiopeia and the Milky Way lie on the northern horizon in the late evening. Cygnus rises from the northeast, Ophiu- photo courtesy of Rutland Historical Society chus from the east, Sagittarius and Libra from the southeast. A herd of cows waiting by the pasture bars in Killington, VT, circa 1900. Centaurus and Corvus are low on the southern horizon. Hydra snakes across the southwest. Monoceros is setting in the west, Capella and Perseus disappearing into the northwest. Poor Will’s Guide to Farming and Gardening in May The Shooting Stars by Bill Felker May 15: The Strawberry Rains often follow the May 15 May 1: When the great spring dandelion bloom reaches cool front. The Eta Aquarids are active on the 5th and 6th of May, into the Northeast, pelicans and trumpeter swans will be lay- May 16: Elderberry bushes begin to fl ower, promising but only a few meteors per hour occur with this shower, and ing eggs near Yellowstone Lake, and gosling will be hatching jam and wine. those will be obscured by the bright, gibbous moon. almost everywhere. May 17: The third week of May usually means that insects Meteorology May 2: “Lilac Winter” often arrives with the fi rst days of start to reach the economic threshold. May, threatening frost and fl urries. May 18: During these damp days, parasites thrive in the Weather history indicates that cold waves will reach the May 3: Mother’s Day on the 14th brings an increase in moisture; pasture plants can have an unusually high water Northeast around May 2, 7, 12, 15, 20, 24. bedding plant sales at nurseries and roadside stands. content, and livestock may not get enough nutrition from Major storms are most likely to occur on the days between May 4: Pollen from fl owering trees usually peaks about this forage. May 8-14 and May 17-23. Full moon on May 10 and new May 10, but trees continue to be a major source of pollen May 19: When the fi rst fi refl y glows in the lawn, fl ea moon on May 25 (along with lunar perigee on the 26th) in the air until grass pollen replaces it in the third week of beetles feed in the vegetable garden. increase the chances for inclement weather and frost near the month. May 20: The Strawberry Rains may continue to plague those dates. May 5: When azaleas lose their petals, morel season is pastures and hay fi elds as the May 20 front approaches. about over for the year, and swallowtail butterfl ies come May 21: When you hear spring fi eld crickets (the fi rst looking for fl owers. crickets of 2017) sing, look for leafhoppers in the garden. May 6: Haying is underway in the southern states. The May 22: Most fi sh spawn when the water temperature cutting will move towards the Canadian border at the rate of reaches into the 60s. about one hundred miles a week, and it will be taking place May 23: Side-dress the corn, cut summer cabbage and almost everywhere by the middle of June. broccoli. May 7: Cutworms attack many fi eld and garden crops. May 24: When Canadian thistles start to bud, it’s normally Weevils build up in alfalfa. Flea beetles are in the corn. safe to plant tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupes and cucumbers. Bagworms and powdery mildew strike the wheat. May 25: New moon today and lunar perigee tomorrow   May 8: Eastern tent caterpillars defoliate the cherry trees. combine to increase the likelihood of frost and a Blackberry A Tinker’s Spring Spittlebugs appear on pine trees, azalea mites on azaleas, Winter as blackberries bud across the North. May 26: Sometimes, mid-spring, my father’d fi nd cankerworms on elms and maples, lace bugs on the moun- Gradually rising temperatures will soon be hav- some wandering tinker on the road tain ash. ing an effect on the amount of food your livestock (and you May 9: and having wagon room beside his load Orchard grass heads up in the North, and a little and your children) need, since metabolic rate rises with the he’d let him ride to ease his feet a while. alfalfa is budding. This is the opening of pepper, cantaloupe, thermometer. cucumber and soybean seeding time. May 27: When multifl ora roses bloom, then potato leaf- He’d learn the tinker’s winter had been rough. May 10: Today’s full moon greatly increases the chance hoppers hop in the potatoes. No one had sought him out to fi x a lock for frost. May 28: When chives bloom in the garden, then crappie or use his skills upon a mantel clock May 11: When the clovers bloom, fl ea season has begun fi shing peaks in the shallows. or phonograph that might be out of kilter. for farm animals and pets. May 29: The last locust fl owers fall to the ground just as May 12: Lunar apogee on this date quickly reduces the the fi rst mulberries darken for pie. Invariably he’d get a home-cooked meal. power of the moon on livestock and humans. May 30: When day lilies bloom by the roadsides, winter One could watch him take apart and clean May 13: While the moon darkens between the 18th and wheat turns a soft, pale green. most anything at all with kerosene 26th, attack carpenter bees around the barn. May 31: The power of the Strawberry Rains is usu- and a special trimmed and treated chicken feather. May 14: After Mother’s Day sales are over, get ready for ally weakening by now, and relatively stable early-summer the next opportunity for marketing bouquets and bedding weather, combined with the waxing moon, creates a favor- —WILLIAM MUNDELL plants: Memorial Day, May 29th. able time for putting in the last of the fi eld and garden seeds. South Newfane, VT, 1912-1997 

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Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 7 Book Review by Charles Sutton Springtime Orchards Yield Summer Fruits and Berries We all admire orchards of fruit-bearing trees with their beautiful spring blossoms. You can enjoy such sights of spring and the tastes of summer fruits, too, with your own orchard, large or small. The fascinating 415-page guide, The Holistic Orchard — Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way by Michael Phillips ($39.95, Chelsea Green Publishing. www.chelsea green.com) will show you how to do just that, taking you a step further from organic gardening methods to a holistic approach by creating a balanced orchard ecosystem. You will learn about benefi cial microscopic fungi in the soils, how to encourage benefi cial insects, companion planting and learn how birds and wildlife can help you work with nature rather than against it. Handsome, mouthwatering color photographs of fruits show a goal worth all the worry and work. This massive work has information on pollination, graft- ing, pruning and thinning, watering, discouraging animals like birds by netting cherry trees, bagging apples on the tree, soil balancing, best growing sites, and much more. There are extensive profi les of pome fruits (apples, pears, Asian pears and quinces; stone fruits (cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, pluots; and berries (raspber- ries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, currants and elderberries). Phillips says blackberries are really useful, not photo by Nancy Cassidy only for the fruit but for the impenetrable hedge that they Apple blossoms in the Vermont Technical College orchard in Randolph Center, VT. can provide around your orchard or property. In addition to technical data, Phillips makes fruit-growing The author warns be prepared for your orchard to attract biology which manages the ground beneath the tree, called all the more enticing through his anecdotes and stories. Just a diverse variety of insects and bugs that love leaves as well fungal duff which includes compost, deciduous wood chops, the names of some of the fruits will make one want to try as fruit. Phillips discusses good and bad bugs. Good bugs raked leaves, and rotting hay. Interestingly wolf spiders, them: Mollie’s Delicious and Kidd’s Orange Red apples or help with pollination and eat bad bugs. predatory ground beetles and many other benefi cial species Jan, Joel and Joy cherries, or Flamin’ Fury peaches. But he writes for you to prepare to be dismayed when aid this mix. A thriving relationship results with the benefi cial We learn that squirrels love apricots and ruin many a fruit Japanese beetles hit your trees and plants as they love the fungi living about the tree’s roots. by eating out the pit in its center just like it’s a nut. leaves of grape, raspberry, June berry, autumn olive, rose We are fortunate that Phillips has also authored a book, and Honeycrisp apples. Traditionally knocking them into Mycorrhizal Planet—How Symbiotic Fungi Work with a bucket of soapy water morning after morning eventually Roots to Support Plant Health and Build Soil Fertility ($40. makes headway. Other measures include traps and coating Chelsea Green Publishing. www.chelseagreen.com). Mycor- leaves with a kaolin clay spray. We learn about a farmer rhizae manages an “underground economy” making nutrients Rena’s Garden Markets who couldn’t fi gure out what was eating the leaves on his available to plant roots, aiding communications between ∏ cherry trees until he went out one night with a fl ashlight and plants and even protecting plants against disease and pests. Flowers and Vegetable Plants found that June bugs had come up out of the the ground and Michael Phillips lives with his wife Nancy and daughter Mulch, Potting Soil & Flower Containers, worked with abandon. Grace on Heartsong Farm located in Groveton, in northern Joining organic growers who won’t use chemical sprays, New Hampshire, where they grow fruits and medicinal herbs. Honey, Maple Syrup. Bundled Firewood, fertilizers and herbicides, the holistic orchardist uses a wide He is not only a well-known author and speaker, but also a Herbs, Crafts, Oriental Food Products. range to non-toxic remedies to fi ght disease. Included are farmer, carpenter, and orchard consultant. He is the author Rt. 30, Dorset & Wells, VT detailed instruction on how to prepare and use these ingre- of Apple Grower—A Guide for the Organic Orchardist and dients: neem oil, fi sh oil, refi ned kaolin clay, liquid kelp, with Nancy, he has co-authored The Herbalist’s Way: The (802) 362-2517 herbal teas, seaweed extract, pasteurized garlic, hot pepper Art and Practice of Healing with Plant Medicines. 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Plaissant, a war abstainer from East Barnard who sat out up to Oliver’s Cave once a year, but over time this village That seemed about right to me. the between-the-states confl ict in a mountain-side cave and tradition died out. Her three sons grew up curious and awhile adjacent stone hut. back talked her into helping them fi nd their way to Oliver’s Pamela Hayes Rehlen has written and lived most of her Oliver’s mother brought him meals, and the local people hideout. life in Castleton, VT. She is the author of stories, articles, had to know he was up there. Perhaps they were willing to After lunch—it had been a beautiful morning, but rain was essays, and magazine features, and of two books: The Blue aid in his defection because opinion was that Oliver had predicted later in the afternoon—Sally drove Inza and me Cat and the River’s Song ($17 plus shipping and handling) some mental problems that wouldn’t have been improved down to Broad Brook Road and up a steep hill past the minute and The Vanished Landmarks Game—Vermont Stories from by going off to war. His was a valley lived in by people who Ellis-Ashley cemetery. We parked close to the beginning of West of Birdseye ($20 plus shipping and handling) available took care of their own. a dark Hansel-and-Gretel-like woodland path leading, Sally at the Castleton Village Store, P. O. Box 275, Castleton, VT My cousin Sally Gibbs Beebe is a direct descendant of explained, to a hidden refuge where Baroness de Rothschild 05735, and at a number of Vermont booksellers. To reach those valley people. Her mother was a Paige—cousin to the lived in the 1950s. the store, call (802) 468-5027. Leavitts, Ashleys, and Ellises, and the little Paige hill farm We crossed the road and waded through certainly-tick- is still in Sally’s family, still used by all the family members, loaded long grass to the beginning of a trail that Sally pointed and now owned by Sally’s sister Paige Gibbs. out had once been the road over Ellis Mountain to Pomfret. Last Thanksgiving when she was in Castleton, Sally asked Next, we scrambled through a major logging clear-cut, would my daughter Inza and I like to drive over to East and then started uphill where the trail, to my mind, was not Barnard in May and join her for a hike to Oliver’s Cave? so much a trail as a seasonal stream bed. My boots were We told her we sure would. Many of the houses in my soon soaked. The day had grown dark, and there was silence cousins’ part of Vermont—Woodstock, Royalton, Pomfret around us except for the chuckle of a close-by brook. and East Barnard—an area of dreamy, pastoral landscape Twice we had to cross this brook by wading through with heavily-wooded valleys, little meadows, and shallow, ankle-deep water. I fell behind and fretted over Sally’s fast-running brooks, have sold and over the past years meta- earlier report of local black bear sightings. It seemed to be morphosized from hill places to often-opulent, out-of-stater getting still darker, but it was hard to gauge exactly in our retreats. But Sally’s family of mainly teachers have managed now deep-woodland surroundings. to hold onto what they’ve always had. We turned off the main trail to a much steeper trail and photo by Inza Rehlen At the Paige homestead, Inza and I joined four cousins and toiled uphill for awhile, and, suddenly, there it was, a cave, The Paige Homestead in East Barnard, VT with a mantle a cousin-in-law for lunch in a two hundred year old house and next to it a tiny stone hovel with a slab-of-granite roof. of winter snow. of vernacular architecture where the low-ceilinged dining/ An ominous, oppressive spot was my initial assessment, sitting/gathering room always smells faintly of wood smoke. but a hundred and sixty years earlier, when everyone in the A summer-camp sort of later-addition-kitchen hangs off valley was raising sheep, it would have been, not forest, but hhandand forgedforged iironron the back of the building, above a farm pond. There are two cleared mountain pasture. It might have been light, airy, and parlors, in one an upright piano with a row of school gradu- probably visible from the distant village. Vermont Forgings ation photos. The other parlor contains a gently-sloping day It began to rain. bed, a rotary phone, a television set with rabbit ears, piles Inza took pictures with her phone. The leaf patter intensi- of crossword puzzle books, and the kinds of gardening pe- fi ed. I decided as long as I was here I might as well crawl FFinelyinely CCraftedrafted IIronworkronwork fforor tthehe HHomeome riodicals Vermonters read in the 1950s. down into, and check out, this stone hovel. The front door has a little Victorian-era pane of frosted Inside, all I could think of was my grandmother’s long- SSpecializingpecializing iinn HHand-Forgedand-Forged glass, and there’s a tiny hall and a steep staircase. But ev- ago coal bin. When the weather was wet and frigid, it would eryone comes in through the shed with its ghost smells of have been like living at the bottom of a well. During one of FFireplaceireplace AAccessoriesccessories old barn. 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See the end of the daily event calendar for ongoing activities, museums, exhibits, and galleries. MONDAY, MAY 1 Rutland, VT HUNTINGTON. Birds of Vermont Museum Opening Day for 2017 Season. Open day for the exhibit, “Birding Vermont Farmers Food Center’s by the Numbers”, 2017 Community Art Show, through October 31. Admission: adult $7, senior $6, child Reuse, Repurpose & Recycle Sale (3–17) $3.50. 10 am – 4 pm. Birds of Vermont Museum, Vermont Farmers Food not using. Get together with 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. (802) 434-2167. museum@ Center is opening its Farm- neighbors & friends to re- birdsofvermont.org. www.birdsofvermont.org. ers Hall doors on May 20 serve a space to sell (fee) or and 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 you can donate items to ben- WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 p.m. both days to host its efi t Vermont Farmers Food CASTLETON. Performance: Cashore Marionettes present fi rst big gala of the summer Center with donation drop- Simple Gifts, a series of touching portrayals and poignant season, a “Reuse, Repurpose offs starting on Wednesday scenes from everyday life set to music by Vivaldi, Strauss, & Recycle Sale”. This is a May 17th at the center. For Beethoven and Copland. Tickets: adults $18, seniors $15, children $12. 7 pm. Casella Theater, Fine Arts Center, fundraising event to support information & to sign up, Castleton University, 62 Alumni Drive. (802) 468-1119. Vermont Farmers Food Cen- contact Meadow Squier at www.castleton.edu ter in rebuilding & growing [email protected] the agricultural economy of or call her at (302) 332-6116. RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers’ Market. EBT and debit the region. cards. 3-6 pm. Vermont Farmers Food Center at 251 West Entertainment, children Vermont Farmers Food St. in downtown Rutland. (802) 342-4727. www.vtfarmersmarket.org. Depot Park summer markets activities, and a local food Center is located at 251 West run May 17 through October 25. menu will be offered by St., in Rutland, VT. info@ the new volunteer Vermont vermontfarmersfoodcenter. TINMOUTH. Presentation: Woods, Wildlife, & Warblers. Farmers Food Center kitchen org. www.vermontfarmers With Sue Morse of Keeping Track. Free admission, crew. Raffl es will take place foodcenter.org. For more registration recommended. 7-9 pm. Tinmouth Community throughout the weekend. information on the event go Center, 573 VT Rt. 140. (802) 747-7900. info@ vtwoodsandwildlife.org. www.vtwoodsandwildlife.org. BURLINGTON. Masterworks Concert: Vermont With everybody down- to Vermont Farmers Food Symphony Orchestra with Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola. sizing these days, this is Center Facebook page or Program Ligeti’s, Tchaikovsky, and Belioz. Tickets: $61, a great opportunity to sell www.vermontfarmersfood THURSDAY, MAY 4 $48, $32, $16; students $10. 8 pm. MainStage, Flynn your “good stuff” that you’re center.org. MONTPELIER. Vermont Arbor Day Conference. Learn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St. (888) 974-3698. fl ynntix.org. about, celebrate, and recognize the people who care for Vermont’s urban trees and community forests. Cost: $40. Vermont College of Fine Arts. [email protected]. BURLINGTON. Kids Day. 9:30 am Parade to Waterfront vtcommunityforestry.org. Park begins at Edmunds School. Free valet bike parking, Timberloft Farm Store helmet decoration. Exhibits, craft activities, entertainment, West Rutland, VT • Opening Mother’s Day, May 14 RUTLAND. Play: Steel Magnolias. A group of gossipy dancers, soccer, tennis, baseball, disc golf. Bounce house, (Look for the big farm market arrow just off Rt. 4B) southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor. Tickets: face painting, clowns, jesters, balloon animals. Touch-A- $20. 7:30 pm. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St. (802) 775- Truck, bucket truck rides. Train rides from Union Station Mixed Hanging Baskets 0903. www.paramountvt.org. Through May 6. to Charlotte and back at 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 pm, 2:30 pm. Specialty Annuals Free admission; train ride tickets $10. 9:30 am – 3 pm. At Vegetable Sets FRIDAY, MAY 5 Waterfront Park. (802) 864-0123. enjoyburlington.com. Perennials & Herbs Jams & Aprons BURLINGTON. Young Tradition Concert Weekend. CABOT. Concert: Preachin’ in the Wilderness. With 2:15-2:45 pm, musical assembly for Integrated Arts Eleanor Ellis, Andy Cohen & William Lee Ellis, three “Grown By Us…Quality For You!” • Open Daily 10 am – 6 pm Academy students. 8–11 pm, Contra Dance with music of America’s greatest blues artists. Presented by Cabot by Pete’s Posse, calling by Dugan Murphy. Admission by Arts. 7–9:30 pm. Cabot Town Hall, 3084 Main St. donation. Contois Auditorium at City Hall, 149 Church (802) 563-2486. [email protected]. St. [email protected]. youngtraditionvermont.org. CASTLETON. Celebration of the Conservation of nearly Owned and operated by a registered pharmacist, BURLINGTON. Concert: Higher Ground Presents Kris 3,000 acres at Bird Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Th e Vermont Herbal General Store has all the answers you need! Kristofferson. Tickets: $72.25/$55.50/$40.75. 8 pm. Presentations on the value of these lands for wildlife and Th e MainStage, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 recreation, easy walks to tour the property. Refreshments Usul & Karuna Reiki Vermont Main St. (888) 974-3698. fl ynntix.org. will be served. Bring comfortable shoes for walking, sun Healings & Classes protection, and water. Free. 1–5 pm. Education Center, Lyme Disease Remedies LEBANON, NH. City Center Ballet presents Cinderella. Edward Kehoe Conservation Camp, 636 Point of Pines Rd. Tai’ Chi Gung Classes Professional and classically trained dancers bring this (802) 377-2628. vtfi shandwildlife.com. at the store classic and beloved love story to life. Tickets: adults $18, Tues and Th urs 5 p.m. GENERAL STORE $25, $32; students & children $9, $13, $16. Friday 7 DORSET. Concert: Bob Stannard and Those Dangerous Meditations at the Store Wednesdays at 5 p.m. pm, Saturday 1 pm & 7 pm, Sunday 2 pm. Lebanon Opera Bluesmen, benefi t concert and “Ain’t Dead Yet” CD House, 51 North Park St. (603) 448-0400. release party. Meet the musicians at a wine and hors Handmade Herbal Medicines lebanonoperahouse.org. Through May 7. d’oeuvres reception after the concert. Tickets: $30. 7 pm. Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd. (802) 867-5570. Crystals & Gemstones • Teas, Lotions, Capsules RUTLAND. Friends of the Rutland Free Library May www.dorsetplayers.org. 518 Main St., W. Rutland, VT • (802) 438-2766 Book Sale. Thousands of organized, new and gently used books, CDs, DVDs, and puzzles for all ages. Highlights: LYNDONVILLE. Caledonia Home and Garden Show. Tues & Wed 1-6, Th urs 12-6, Sat 1-6, Sun 1-4, closed Mon & Fri. gardening and landscape books and great Mother’s Day Free admission. 10 am – 6 pm. Caledonia County See us on Facebook and Twitter • www.vermontherbal.com gift ideas. Most items $.25–$3. 10 am – 4 pm. Rutland Fairgrounds. (802) 535-9599. caledoniahomeshow.org. Free Library, 10 Court St. (802) 773-1860. Also May 7. [email protected]. rutlandfree.org. Also May 6. MANCHESTER. Concert. The First Congregational Captivating Stories from Castleton TINMOUTH. Spring Concert Series: Patti Casey and Church Choir, joined by members of Northshire Voices and Shady Rill. French Canadian dance tunes, to Tin Pan other community singers, will perform Paul Winter’s Earth Th e Vanished Alley, to Old Time Country, and a healthy dose of Mass, or Missa Gaia. 4 pm. First Congregational Church, originals. Suggested donation: $10-$15. 7:30 pm, doors 3624 Main St. [email protected]. Landmarks Game open at 7 pm. The Old Firehouse, Rt. 140 and Mountain www.fccmanchester.org. Vermont Stories from View Rd. On Facebook. West of Birdseye MIDDLEBURY. Musical: “Working.” A celebration of by Pamela Hayes Rehlen SATURDAY, MAY 6 the men and women who keep America humming. Tickets: $20 (plus $5 s&h) $23, students with ID $18. 8 pm. Town Hall Theater, 68 S. BETHEL. Fifth Semi-Annual Spring Art Show. Art  Pleasant St. (802) 382-9222. www.townhalltheater.org. Old-time and present-time from local artists. All art is for sale. Free Admission. 11 middleburycommunityplayers.org. Also May 7. am – 2 pm. Bethel Town Hall, 134 S. Main St. (802) 234- people and places from 7258. Also May 14, 21 & 27. MONTPELIER. Orchard Valley Waldorf School’s Annual west of Vermont’s Birdseye

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Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 13 Vermont Country Calendar (Saturday, May 6, continued) RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers’ Market. EBT and debit cards. WESTMINSTER WEST. Spring Wildfl ower Walk. 10 am – 2 pm. Vermont Farmers Food Center at 251 West St. Libby Mills and Carol Westing will lead this stroll to RANDOLPH. Chicken Pie Supper. Tickets $10, children in downtown Rutland. (802) 342-4727. vtfarmersmarket.org. discover delicate ephemeral fl owers of the hardwood forest. $5. Take-outs available. 5 pm. Our Lady of Angels Church, Saturdays through May 6; Depot Park summer markets run Wear waterproof shoes. Bring camera and water. Sponsored corner of Rt. 66 and Hebard Hill Rd. (802) 276-3014. May 13 through October 28. by Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association. 9:30 am – 12 noon. Rain date: Sunday May 7 at 10 am. Meet at Westminster READING. Exhibit Openings. Hope and Hazard: A RUTLAND. Concert: The Del McCoury Band, bluegrass. West Church to carpool to the mystery site. Comedy of Eros curated by Eric Fischl of over sixty-fi ve Tickets: $30, $40, $50. 8 pm. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center [email protected]. www.windmillhillpinnacle.org. artists from the Hall and Hall Art Foundation collections. St. (802) 775-0903. www.paramountvt.org. Ready. Fire! Aim. curated by DJ Hellerman, in Reading, WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Arbor Day Tree and Shrub and also at BCA Center in Burlington. Solo Exhibition by RUTLAND. Kiwanis Fishing Derby. For children up to age Sale. Sponsored by the Hartford Tree Board. Hartford British artist David Shrigley in the newly opened visitor 13. A parent/guardian must accompany the child. Registration Town Hall, 171 Bridge St. (802) 295-5036. hartford-vt.org. center. Outdoor sculptures by Richard Deacon, Olafur 8:30 am. Prizes awarded in various categories. Fish provided Eliasson, and Marc Quinn. Free admission. Open weekends by the Vermont Fish & Game Department. 8:30-11 am. At WOODSTOCK. Sheep Shearing and Herding with Border and Wednesdays by appointment at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm, Combination Pond, 9 Sharon Dr. (802) 775-7976. Collies. Join us for sheep shearing, a spring tradition. Watch and unguided tours fi rst Fridays from 5-8 pm. Box lunches www.rutlandrec.com. as Border Collies follow commands and their instincts to available for purchase 24 hours before your visit. Hall Art herd sheep in the farm fi elds. Hands-on activities include Foundation, 544 VT Rt. 106. (802) 952-1056. vermont@ SHELBURNE. Annual MayFest. Outdoor celebration of carding wool, lamb handprints, and spinning demonstration. hallartfoundation.org. www.hallartfoundation.org. May 6 spring, for children six and under and their families. Maypole Adults $15, 62 & up $14, ages 5-15 $8, 3-4 $4, under 3 free. through November 26. dancing with live music, pony rides, face painting, fl ower 10 am – 5 pm. Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. crown making. Local and organic food; bring a picnic. Free; (802) 457-2355. billingsfarm.org. Also May 7. RIPTON. Concert: Red Tail Ring. Haunting harmonies small fee for pony rides. Food for purchase. 10 am – 2 pm. and instrumental artistry on fi ddle, banjo, mandolin, and Lake Champlain Waldorf School, 359 Turtle Ln. WOODSTOCK. Play: Fences. Explores the evolving jawharp. Admission $15, $10, $3. 7:30 pm. The Ripton (802) 985-2827. www.lakechamplainwaldorfschool.org. African-American experience on the brink of the Civil Community Coffee House, 1305 Rt. 125. (802) 388-9782. Rights Movement. Tickets: adults $30, seniors $28, youth www.rcch.org. SOUTH BURLINGTON. Talk: All About Lilacs. Lilac 5-17 $17. 2 & 7:30 pm. Town Hall Theatre, 31 The Green. Curator Jeff Young will share his knowledge about many For tickets or more information go to pentanglearts.org or ROCKINGHAM. Third Annual Pansy Festival and Earth of the 2000 kinds of lilacs, how to care for them, when and call (802) 457-3981. Also May 7. Day Teach-In. Sale of pansies, entertainment, facts about how to prune, sun and soil needs, diseases, and maintenance. pansies, group singing, and activities for all ages. 12 noon – Fee $10. 9 am – 12 noon. UVM Horticulture Center, 65 SUNDAY, MAY 7 Green Mountain Dr. (802) 656-3131. uvm.edu/~hortfarm. 3 pm. Singing River Farm, 2128 Brockways Mills Rd. (802) BELLOWS FALLS. Concert: Guitarist Lyle Brewer. 275-4646. On Facebook. SPRINGFIELD. Workshop: Making Fabric Pottery with Tickets: $20. Doors at 7 pm for 7:30 pm show. Dinner Elizabeth Ezold. Learn to sew beautiful multi-colored bowls reservations should be made for 5 through 5:15 by phoning RUPERT. Thoreau Cabin Raising Workshop. Come help using fabric strips, cording and coordinating thread. Bring the restaurant. The Windham Ballroom at Popolo, 36 The commemorate the 200th anniversary of Henry David a portable sewing machine and have basic sewing ability. Square. (802) 460-7676. [email protected]. Thoreau’s birth. The foundation is laid alongside Rasey Register. $40, plus $10 materials fee. 10 am – 4 pm. Gallery popolomeanspeople.com. Pond, the timbers are hewn and shaped – it’s time to at the VAULT, 68 Main St. (802) 885-7111. galleryvault.org. assemble the Thoreau cabin at its permanent home. Think of BRANDON. Exhibit Opening Reception: “Splash of it as a barn raising in miniature! Tuition: $50. 9 am – 4 pm. STATEWIDE. Annual Green Up Vermont. Over 22,000 Color”. Norma Montaigne presents a collection of her Merck Forest & Farmland Center, 3270 Rt. 315. (802) 394- volunteers come together to remove litter from Vermont’s vibrant and varied work. 2-4 pm. Compass Music and Arts 7836. www.merckforest.org. Also May 7. roadsides and public spaces. Each town has a coordinator that Center, in Park Village at 333 Jones Dr. www.cmacvt.org. volunteers can contact to get their Green Up bags. To fi nd out Exhibit runs through July 2. RUTLAND. Children’s Book Week Event: Author Mary about the activities in your town, call (802) 229-4586, e-mail Holland will talk about how she became a naturalist, writer, [email protected], visit greenupvermont.org. BURLINGTON. Young Tradition Weekend: Louis and photographer. Free. 11 am. Phoenix Books Rutland, 2 Beaudoin Tribute Concert including Le Bruit court dans Center St. (802) 855-8078. www.phoenixbooks.biz. TINMOUTH. Wildlife Presentation with Sue Morse. 6 pm. la Ville, Pete’s Posse and members of the Beaudoin Tinmouth Community Center, 573 VT Rt. 140. Family. Suggested donation of $20. 3–5:30 pm. Contois RUTLAND. Friends of the Rutland Free Library May (802) 235-2908. [email protected]. Auditorium at City Hall, 149 Church St. mark.sustic@gmail. Book Sale. Thousands of organized, new and gently com. [email protected]. youngtraditionvermont.org. used books, CDs, DVDs, and puzzles for all ages. WELLS RIVER. 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Theatre, 30 Center St. (802) 773-1822. rutlandrec.com. agement Area in Ira and bears, songbirds, bobcats, Pleasant St. (802) 382-9222. www.townhalltheater.org. paramountvt.org. Also May 13. Poultney, bringing the total and brook trout,” said Louis publicly-conserved area to Porter, commissioner of the MONTPELIER. Concert: Guitarist Pierre Bensusan. ST. ALBANS. Concert. The Sky Blue Boys will be joined by guest vocalists Jaye Lindner, Karen Pope and Lea more than 3,600 acres. This Vermont Fish & Wildlife Tickets: $20 ahead, $25 at the door. 7:30–10 pm. Unitarian is the largest addition to a Department. Church of Montpelier, 130 Main St. (802) 225-6132. Menkens. Original songs about St. Albans and Vermont. www.pierrebensusan.com. Admission free, all ages, donations accepted. Reservations Vermont wildlife manage- The land was purchased suggested. 7 pm. St. Albans Museum, 9 Church St. ment area in more than a with funding from the U.S. ROCKINGHAM. 18th Annual Herrick’s Cove Wildlife (802) 527-7933. skyblueboys.com. decade. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Festival. Nature walks. Live hawks, owls, coyotes, wolves, The wildlife management Pittman-Robertson Wildlife fi sh, turtles, and snakes. Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. SATURDAY, MAY 13 area includes the iconic Restoration Program and exhibits, including animal mounts, hands-on fi shing BARRE. Barbeque Festival and Maker Faire. Artists, Bird’s Eye Mountain, a a grant from the Vermont activities, interactive demonstrations, information on bears crafters, engineers, and do-it-yourselfers. BBQ. Demos and bats. 4-H shooting event, games for kids. 10 am – 4 well-known nesting site and Housing and Conservation on grills and smokers, picnic tables, patio furniture. Live habitat for peregrine falcons, Board. The project will not pm. Donation: $2 individual, $5 family. Pets not allowed. music by the Vermont Bluegrass Pioneers and Starline Just off Rt. 5, less than three miles north of Bellows Falls. Rhythm Boys. S’mores and bocce ball. Meat bingo. Free. as well as the surrounding need additional public fund- nature-museum.org/herricks-cove-festival. 10 am – 9 pm. Vermont Granite Museum, 7 Jones Brothers lands. ing in the upcoming state Way. (802) 477-2967. www.thebarrepartnership.com. A celebration will take budgets. RUPERT. Thoreau Cabin Raising Workshop. Help us place to commemorate the Commissioner Porter commemorate the 200th anniversary of Henry David BELLOWS FALLS. Annual Plant Sale. Sponsored by the Thoreau’s birth. The foundation is laid alongside Rasey purchase on Saturday, May thanked the many partners The Friends of the Rockingham Library. Some of the area’s 6 from 1-5 p.m., starting at that were involved in the Pond, the timbers are hewn and shaped – it’s time to fi nest plants at great prices and participate in the Friends’ assemble the Thoreau cabin at its permanent home. Think raffl e and silent auction. Houseplants, shrubs, bulbs, the Education Center at the project, “Conserving this of it as a barn raising in miniature! Tuition: $50. 9 am – groundcover, perennials, fl owering annuals, vegetables, Kehoe Green Mountain Con- land wouldn’t have been 4 pm. Merck Forest & Farmland Center, 3270 Rt. 315. fruits and herbs. 9 am to 2 pm on the front lawn of the servation Camp in Castleton, possible without a gener- (802) 394-7836. www.merckforest.org. Rockingham Library, 65 Westminster St. (802) 463-4270. VT. The celebration will ous grant from the Vermont rockinghamlibrary.org. RUTLAND. VFW Loyalty Day Parade. Bring the conclude with easy walks Housing and Conservation to tour the newly conserved Board early in the project. family to watch one of Rutland’s largest parades. 2 BETHEL. Bethel Historical Society 11th Annual Postcard pm. Downtown Rutland, Center Street and Merchants and History Fair. Commemorating the 125th anniversary of property. The event includes We also owe a huge debt of Row. myvfw.org/vermont. the Bethel Public Library. Lunch by the Whitcomb Booster light refreshments and is free gratitude to The Conserva- Club. Postal Cancellation. Postcards, books and historical and open to the public. tion Fund, as well as the SHELBURNE. Shelburne Farms Dairy Day. Fee: $5 per exhibits. Free admission. 9 am – 3 pm. Whitcomb High Bird Mountain Wildlife people from the communities carload; walkers free. 1-4 pm. Dairy Barn at Shelburne School Gym, 273 Pleasant St. (802) 234-7258. Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd. off Rt. 7. (802) 985-8686. Management Area is part of of Ira and Poultney for sup- a larger connected area of porting state ownership early www.shelburnefarms.org. BRADFORD. Penny Sale. Food sale and silent auction, $100 money tree raffl e. Drawings start at 2 pm. Proceeds 4,100 acres of conserved land in the process.” SPRINGFIELD. 12th Annual Springfi eld Dam Run. benefi t the nonprofi t Bradford Fair. 9 am – 2 pm. Bradford that includes Blueberry Hill Four-mile run, walk and kids fun run with mountain bike Congregational Church, 145 Main St. (802) 222-4034. Wildlife Management Area The VT Fish &Wildlife De- give-away. Proceeds for local charities. Fee: $25. Kids fun and West Rutland town forest partment can be reached at run: $5. Registration includes T-shirt. 8:30-11 am. Joe’s BRANDON. Concert: Ian Ethan Case “Meet the Beast” properties. www.vtfi shandwildlife.com. Discount Beverage, 335 River St. (802) 885-3555. Tour. featuring a never-before-seen custom instrument [email protected]. affectionately dubbed “The Beast”. Tickets: $20. Pre- concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required Free Calendar Listings ST. JOHNSBURY. Choral Performance: North Country for dinner and recommended for the show. BYOB. 7:30 Send us your community or church events & Chorus present’s Felix Mendelssohn’s popular oratorio pm. Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. (802) 247- we’ll list them free of charge in our calendar. “Elijah,” sung in English. Tickets: $5 to $15. 3–4:30 pm. 4295. [email protected]. www.brandon-music.net. Vermont Country Sampler United Community Church, South Building (formerly PO Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 “South Church”), 1052 Main St. (215) 962-2998. claire. ddd FERRISBURGH. Volunteer Training for Vermont Fish [email protected] ddd [email protected]. & Wildlife’s Got Bats? Program to Monitor Endangered Bats. The department needs dedicated volunteers who WOODSTOCK. Sheep Shearing and Herding with can commit to watching bats at assigned sites for at least Seedlings for Sale • CSA Shares Available Border Collies. Join us for sheep shearing, a spring four nights this summer. Begins at 7:30 pm and ends after tradition. Watch as Border Collies follow commands and dusk when all of the bats have exited. Arrive promptly at AN GAR their instincts to herd sheep in the farm fi elds. Hands-on 7:30 with warm layers and appropriate bug protection. All RAV DEN activities include carding wool, lamb handprints, and ages welcome. Kingsland Bay State Park. (802) 786-0098. CA S spinning demonstrations. Adults $15, 62 & up $14, ages [email protected]. 5-15 $8, 3-4 $4, under 3 free. 10 am – 5 pm. Billings Farm

Fresh Eggs & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457-2355. HANOVER, NH. Hanover Spring Cleans: Townwide www.billingsfarm.org. Yard Sales in Hanover and Etna. . Google map available, identifying addresses and items available. 10 am – 2 WOODSTOCK. Play: Fences. Explores the evolving pm. Around town in various locations. (603) 643-0742. African-American experience on the brink of the Civil hanovernh.org. Rights Movement. Adults $30, seniors $28, youth 5-17 $17. 5 pm. Town Hall Theatre, 31 The Green. (802) 457- HUNTINGTON. Green Mountain Woodcarvers Carve-In. FARM AND 3981. pentanglearts.org Members of Green Mountain Wood Carvers work on ST individual projects while sharing their expertise with Th e Sirjane Family WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 others. Ask questions. Become a member! Included Open daily beginning mid-May with Museum admission: adult $7, senior $6, child (3–17) Route 103, Cutttingsville, VT • (802) 492-3377 BURLINGTON. Broadway National Tour: Pippin. CSA info at stand, or call or email [email protected] Acrobatics, gripping storytelling, and a pop-powered $3.50. 9:30 a m – 1:30 pm. Birds of Vermont Museum, score. Tickets: $25-$70. 7:30 pm. MainStage, Flynn 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. (802) 434-2167. museum@ Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St. birdsofvermont.org. www.birdsofvermont.org. (888) 974-3698. fl ynntix.org. LEBANON, NH. Concert. The Upper Valley Community BURLINGTON. Surplus Crop Summit—Salvation Band:“Think Outside the Bachs”. Adults $12, students & Farms. 7:45 am – 5 pm. Great Room & Atrium, Main seniors $5. 7:30 pm. Lebanon Opera House, 51 North Park Street Landing Performing Arts Center, 60 Lake St. St. (603) 448-0400. lebanonoperahouse.org. (802) 540-3018. www.mainstreetlanding.com. WESTMINSTER WEST. Moonlight Hike at Bald Hill. Nocturnal adventure with Vanessa Stern, member of the Bald Hill Conservation Committee and WHPA Board. Bald Mountain Farm Wear waterproof shoes. Sponsored by Windmill Hill Commercial & Custom Cut Meat Pinnacle Association. 8-9:30 pm. Meet at Bald Hill kiosk Fresh • Local • Home Grown • Humane on Covered Bridge Road in Westminster. (802) 463-4948. www.windmillhillpinnacle.org. Specializing in Black Angus Beef Poultry, Venison & Exotic Meats THURSDAY, MAY 11 Black Angus Meatloaf Made to Order BENNINGTON. Joseph Alpar in Concert. Alpar is an ethnomusicologist, performer, and educator specializing Homemade Crème Brûlée • Cheesecake in Turkish, Greek, Middle Eastern, and Sephardic Jewish Lemon & Apple Cakes • Fresh Eggs music. Carriage Barn Concert Series. Open to the public. 8 pm. Deane Carriage Barn, Bennington College, One College Dr. (802) 440-4510. www.bennington.edu. Free Samples of Vermont Products And Meat Treats on the BURLINGTON. Book & Author Event. Join Peter First Saturday of the Month Shea in a book launch celebration of his new title, Collateral Trout! 7 pm. Tickets are $3 per person, and include a coupon for $5 off a book by Peter Farm-to-table: we use only local ingredients. Shea. Proceeds will be donated to Vermont Foodbank. Phoenix Books, 191 Bank St. Wed–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–2 (802) 448-3350. www.phoenixbooks. 28 Cold River Rd., N. Clarendon, VT biz. Theo Hubbard, III • [email protected] • 802-417-4922

Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 15 Vermont Country Calendar (Saturday, May 13, continued) WESTMINSTER. Mother’s Day Open House on the Farm. MIDDLEBURY. Vermont Symphony Orchestra Bring your family and your camera. Tour the farm and the Concert: “Across the Vast Eternal Sky: An Afternoon of MARSHFIELD. Friends Annual Plant Swap. 9 am – 12 cheese-making facilities. Play with the baby goats, tour the Peace, Love, Growth, and Renewal.” Choral renditions by pm. Jaquith Public Library, School St. (802) 426-3581. farm, parlor, and cheesehouse. Cheese tasting, baby chicks, Pärt, Lauridsen, and Fauré, and Haydn’s Missa Brevis Sancti www.jacquithpubliclibrary.org. mini-ponies, and more! Live music and fresh farmstead Joannis de Deo. Tickets: $35. 3 pm. Mahaney Center for the lunch available for purchase. Free admission. 11 am – 2 pm. Arts at Middlebury College. vso.org. NORWICH. Contradance. Music by Jeremiah McLane, AlpineGlo Farm, 91 Clark St. off Rt. 121. (802) 463-2018. Owen Marshall and Ethan Hazzard-Watkins. Calling by [email protected]. www.alpineglofarm.com. RUTLAND. Comedy Performance: Brian Regan. One Dave Eisenstadter. Contradance 8 pm. Potluck snacks at of the premier comedians in the country. Tickets: $45, break, please bring something to share. Beginners & WEST FAIRLEE. Wild Game Supper. An all-you-can-eat $55. 7 pm. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St. (802) 775- singles welcome. All dances taught. Sponsored by Muskeg buffet, including deer, moose, roast bear, turkey, ribs (smoked 0903. www.paramountvt.org. Music. Admission $9, students $6, seniors donate, under 16 and not), fi ddleheads, desserts and more. Takeout is available. free. Tracy Hall, 300 Main St. www.uvdm.org. Also June 10. Adults $20, kids 5 to 12 $10, under 5 free. Reservations THURSDAY, MAY 18 recommended. 5 pm. West Fairlee Congregational Church, PUTNEY. Concert: Lucy Wainwright Roche with Special 954 Rt. 113. RUTLAND. Stand up to Homelessness, A Comedic Guest Suzzy Roche. A mother-daughter duo with impressive Benefi t for The Homeless Prevention Center. Featuring accomplishments in their own separate careers. Tickets $24. WEST RUTLAND. West Rutland’s Annual Townwide Yard Rich Williams. Cash Bar & Light Hors d’ouevres also 7:30 pm. Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill Rd. (802) 387- Sale. 8 am – 2 pm. On the Town Hall lawn. provided. Tickets: $30. 8 pm. Franklin Conference Center, 1 0102. [email protected]. www.nextstagearts.org. (802) 438-2263. www.westrutlandtown.com. Scale Ave. (802) 775-9286. hpcvt.org.

RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers’ Market. EBT and debit WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Musical: Mamma Mia! The RUTLAND. Book & Author Event. Join Laurie Forest in cards. 9 am – 2 pm, in Depot Park across from Walmart. musical sensation takes the music of ABBA and weaves it a talk on her novel, The Black Witch. 7 pm. Phoenix Books (802) 342-4727. vtfarmersmarket.org. Saturdays through into a sunny tale. Tickets $14-$54. 2 & 7:30 pm. Northern Rutland, 2 Center St. (802) 855-8078. phoenixbooks.biz. October 28. Stage, The Barrette Center for the Arts, 74-76 Gates St. SHELBURNE. Concert: The Sky Blue Boys – Banjo Dan (802) 296-7000. boxoffi [email protected]. and Willy Lindner. It’s Burger Night featuring wonderful RUTLAND. Musical: Rutland Youth Theatre presents northernstage.org. Tuesday–Sunday through May 21. grass-fed beef, organic veggies and free music including a Madagascar, a Musical Adventure Jr. Adults $10, seniors & special program for the kids between Sky Blue Boys sets. A under 18 $8. 2 & 7 pm. Rutland Youth Theatre, Paramount SUNDAY, MAY 14 great family event. Free admission. All ages. 5 pm. Bread Theatre, 30 Center St. (802) 773-1822. rutlandrec.com. and Butter Farm, 200 Leduc Farm Dr. (802) 985-9200. paramountvt.org. BETHEL. Fifth Semi-annual Spring Art Show. Art from local artists. All art is for sale. Free Admission. 11 am – 2 breadandbutterfarm.com. www.skyblueboys.com. SHOREHAM. Spring Rummage and Food Sale. Bargains pm. Bethel Town Hall, 134 S. Main St. (802) 234-7258. Also May 21 & 27. TOWNSHEND. Friesian Horse Performance. Tour and in clothes, household items, and good food. Starting at noon, exhibition at one of the largest Friesian horse breeders in the fi ll a bag with anything except food for only $4. 9 am – 2 HARDWICK. Mother’s Day Sunday Tea. Along with a U.S. 2 pm. Friesians of Majesty, 185 Maggie Ladd Rd. (802) pm. Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. 365-7526. friesiansofmajesty.com. Through October 18. (802) 897-8591. special set menu, mothers will receive a complimentary pot of spring fl owers. 11 am – 4 pm. By reservation only. Perennial WEST RUTLAND. West Rutland Monthly Marsh TINMOUTH. 33rd Annual Plant Sale. Some of the best Pleasures Nursery, 63 Brockhouse Rd. (802) 472-5104. perennialpleasures.net. Monitoring Walk. Held in conjunction with the Great gardeners in the state share their plants. Many varieties to Backyard Bird Count. 3.7 mile loop around the marsh (or choose from, and Tinmouth gardeners on site to help you HUNTINGTON. Workshop: “Who Walks These Woods.” go halfway). 7 am. Meet at West Rutland Price Chopper make the best decisions for your garden. All proceeds go parking lot. www.rutlandcountyaudubon.org. to the Tinmouth Community Scholarship Fund to benefi t Expert tracker Mike Kessler guides our journey, where we children in town. 8-10 am. At the Tinmouth Old Firehouse, learn as much about ourselves as the animals and landscape corner of Mountain View Rd. and Rt. 140. (802) 446-2928. around us. Please pre-register. Included with Museum FRIDAY, MAY 19 tinmouthvt.org. admission: adult $7, senior $6, child (3–17) $3.50. 1–3 pm. BARTON. Annual Spring Concert: Northsong. The Birds of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. Newport-based chamber choir will perform. Donation TUNBRIDGE. 3rd Annual Green Mountain Poultry Show (802) 434-2167. www.birdsofvermont.org. Second Sundays $5. 7:30–9 pm. Barton United Church, 15 Glover Rd. (802) and Sale. All single stacked cages. Birds for sale. Raffl e. May through October. 895-4942. [email protected]. northsong.org. Youth show for ages 5-18—YEPA-sponsored showmanship. One of the most beautiful sites for a MARSHFIELD. Mother’s Day Spring Wildfl ower Walk with BRATTLEBORO. Concert: New Music for Percussion. poultry show anywhere. Come camp on site Saturday. Brett Engstrom. 1-4 pm. at the Stranahan Forest. Meet at the Percussionist Rose Martin performs the music of Swap meet. At the Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Stranahan Forest parking lot at the beginning of Thompson Vermont-based composers Stuart Saunders Smith and 1 Fairground Ln. Mark Podgewaite, Road (right off of Hollister Hill Road). For information, call Christian Wolff. Adults $5, 18 & under free. 7 pm. (802) 309-1370. nfl [email protected]. Jaquith Public Library at (802) 426-3581. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, 10 Vernon St. www.poultryshowcentral.com. www.jacquithpubliclibrary.org. (802) 257-0124. brattleboromuseum.org.

Pippa’s Song The Year’s at the spring, And day’s at the morn; Morning’s at seven, The hillside’s dew-pearled. Springtime is Here! The lark’s on the wing, The snail’s on the thorn: Come See What We Offer God’s in His Heaven— If you’re lucky, you’ll fi nd All’s right with the world! Fiddleheads • Ramps • Garlic Scapes • Asparagus —ROBERT BROWNING Radishes • Baby Lettuces • Rhubarb • Scallions • Mint 1812-1889, Venice, Italy Morels • Parsnips • Baby Turnips • Fresh Greens JOIN THE VERMONT  Got a story to tell? COVERED BRIDGE SOCIETY Grade bedding, veggie and tomato plants. Locally grown farm A 501(c)3 non-profi t— The Public Press can be donations may be tax-deductible. products and hand-crafts! Farm fresh eggs and range-fed meats. the shortest distance between the author's brain Join, donate, and participate Vermont wines and cheeses. Apples and cider. Jams & maple. and the printed page. For to help preserve our Home baked goods including gluten-free. Delicious prepared foods. more information visit us at historic covered bridges! ThePublicPress.com For more information, see www.vermontbridges.com and EBT and debit cards accepted. Live entertainment!nt! facebook.com/vermontcoveredbridgesociety Rutland Downtown Farmers Market Depot Park, Rutland, VT Sculpture (Next to Walmart) Pottery Jewelry Every Saturday, 9 am – 2 pmm — May 13 through October 28 — Paintings Photography Since 1954, an Every Wednesday, 3–6 pm organization of — May 17 through October 25 — Vermont Artists & Vermont enthusiasts Vermont Products whose objective is to Fair Haven Market: Thursdays, 3–6 ppmm visit the state’s 251 — June 8 through October 26 — towns and cities. 1354 Route 100, Stockbridge, VT (10 miles north of Killington on Route 100) wwww.vt251.comww.vt251.com vtfarmersmarket.org www.stonerevival.com • (802) 746-8110 ((802)802) 234-5039234-5039

Page 16 Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Vermont Country Calendar (Friday, May 19, continued) BRATTLEBORO. Brattleboro Concert Choir Concert: Sanctuary. Choral works from Tavener, Gjeilo, Dedell, and LUDLOW. Spring Rummage Sale. Furniture, bake sale, Todd. To benefi t Vermont Migrant Justice. 7:30 pm. Centre boutique, clothing, housewares, sports wear and gear. All Congregational Church, 193 Main St. (802) 257-4523. proceeds to food shelf, and fi nancial services provided by www.bmcvt.org. Also May 21. Black River Good Neighbor Services. Fri & Sat 10 a m – 4 pm, Sun 10 am – 2 pm. Fletcher Farm, 611 Route 103 CHITTENDEN. Annual Lobster Clam Bake. Live and Silent South. (802) 228-3663. www.brgn.org. Through May 21. Auction. Fundraiser for Boys and Girls Club of Rutland County. 3 pm. The Pavilion at Mountain Top Inn, 195 MONTPELIER. Spring Migration Bird Walk. Explore Mountain Top Rd. (802) 747-4944. www.rutlandbgclub.org. NBNC and other local hotspots for spring migrants, such as warblers, vireos, thrushes and waterfowl. Learn birding DERBY. Dandelion Run. Just for the Fun of It! In Memory basics, expand your birding ear and discover more. Fee: $10. and in Honor of Terri Weed. 13.1, 6.2, 4, 2, and 1 Mile Run 7-8:30 am. North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm St. (802) or Walk. 13.1 Mile $50; 10 km $35; 1, 2 or 4 mile $20; youth 229-6206. www.northbranchnaturecenter.org. Also May 26. $15. 9 am. Derby Beach House 220, 4H Rd. (802) 249-9100. [email protected]. kingdomgames.co. NEWPORT. Dandelion FiddleFest. Fancy Fiddling, Dandy Dancing, and Fine Dining. 6:30–9 pm Dandy Dinner with DORSET. Musical: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. contemporary bluegrass band, Reckless Breakfast, Cover A musical presented as a series of vignettes connected by $5. The East Side Restaurant & Pub, 47 Landing St. (802) the central theme of love and relationships. Adults $28, youth 334-2340. www.eastsiderestaurant.net. Through May 21. 18 & under $11. 7:30 pm. Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd. (802) 867-5570. www.dorsetplayers.com. Also May 21, RUTLAND. Nor’Eastern Showcase #11. New plays and 26, 27 & 28. their playwrights who are winners of this year’s play writing contest. Tickets: $20. 7:30 pm. Paramount Theatre, 30 GRAFTON. Spring Birding and Wildcrafting: Bird walk Center St. (802) 775-0903. paramountvt.org. Also May 20. with Bob Engel and Laurie Danforth. Meet at 7:15 am for breakfast, head out to bird from 8–10 am. Limited to 10 SHOREHAM. Spaghetti Dinner. Spaghetti with meat balls participants, pre-registration required; directions sent upon HUNTINGTON. Garage Sale for the Birds! Find useful, or vegetarian spaghetti, tossed salad, garlic bread, beverages, registration confi rmation. Fee: $20. The Nature Museum, peculiar and delightful bird-oriented accessories at our and wonderful desserts! $10 adults, $7 youth 7 to 17, under 186 Townshend Rd. (802) 843-2111. nature-museum.org. Garage Sale. 10:30 am – 3:30 pm. Birds of Vermont 7 eat free! Donations for the food shelf appreciated. 5-7 pm. www.themushroomforager.com. Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. (802) 434-2167. Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. birdsofvermont.org. Also May 21. GRAFTON. Morning Walk. Spring Wildcrafting: ST. JOHNSBURY. 3rd Annual New England Golden Medicinal Mushrooms and Greens with Ari Rockland-Miller MANCHESTER. Celebration of Peonies. Traditionally the Jubilee. The event will provide an opportunity for Golden followed by a guided foray. 9:30 am – noon or 1-3:30 pm. last two weeks of May and the fi rst two weeks of June when Retrievers, Golden Retriever heroes and supporters of the Fee: $35. The Nature Museum, 186 Townshend Rd. the Formal Garden signals the beginning of the season with Morris Foundation Golden Retriever Lifetime Study to (802) 843-2111. www.nature-museum.org. 1,000’s of peony blooms; many of them from the original gather for some golden fun. Blessing of the Goldens, hike, www.themushroomforager.com. 1907 plants. Admission: $20 adults, $5 youth, children prizes, fun, food, ice cream, group photos, swimming, under 6 free. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Hildene, off Rt. 7A, just auction. Free. Dog Mountain, 143 Parks Rd. off Spaulding HANOVER, NH. Concert: Handel Society of Dartmouth south of the village. (802) 362-1788. www.hildene.org. Rd. (800) 449-2580. www.dogmt.com. Also May 20. College performs Dvorák’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D-major, and Bach’s Magnifi cat. Orchestra NEWBURY. “Spring Fling” Flea Market. Crafts, antiques TINMOUTH. Contra Dance. Music by The Shrewdberries and guest soloist Derek Chester, tenor. Tickets: $20, $10 for and fl ea market fi nds, with baked goods and plant starts. with Lausanne Allen calling. Admission $10, 12 and youth. 8 pm. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, 2 East Lunch. In case of rain, the venue will move next door to the under free. Refreshments available. 8-11 pm at Tinmouth Wheelock St. (603) 646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu. Newbury School Gym/Village Hall. Free. 9 am – 3 pm. The Community Center, Rt. 140. (802) 446-2928. tinmouthvt. Old Village Church, Chapel St. and Rt. 5. (802) 866-5343. org. Every third Friday returning in September. HARTLAND. Scottish Country Dancing: The Reel & Strathspey Society of Fairlee, Vermont Spring Fling. (Dance NEWPORT. Dandelion FiddleFest. Fancy Fiddling, Dandy is held in Hartland while Fairlee renovates its town hall). SATURDAY, MAY 20 Dancing, and Fine Dining. 2–7 pm Dandelion Fiddler’s Music by Viveka Fox (fi ddle), Peter MacFarlane (fi ddle) and Contest, Judged and People’s Choice, Cover $5, Cash BRANDON. Concert: Singer-Songwriters Caroline Susie Petrov (piano & accordion). 3 pm; walkthrough without prizes. 7 pm Fiddlers’ Dinner with champion, master Cotter and Emily Mure. Tickets $20. Pre-concert additional charge at 1 pm. Potluck dinner following the fi ddler, Scott Campbell & Friends, $5 cover. The East dinner available. 7:30 pm. Brandon Music, 62 dance. Admission $13, under 18 $5. 1-7:30 pm. Damon Hall, Side Restaurant & Pub, 47 Landing St. Country Club Rd. (802) 247-4295. brandon- 1 Quechee Rd. just off Rt. 12. (802) 439-3459. (802) 334-2340. www.eastsiderestaurant.net. music.net. www.dupontbrothersmusic.com. [email protected]. Also May 21.

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Art from Jubilee. The event will provide an opportunity for Golden local artists. Free admission. 11 am – 2 pm. Bethel Town ORWELL. Early Bird Nature Walk with Sue Wetmore. Retrievers, Golden Retriever heroes and supporters of the Hall, 134 S. Main St. (802) 234-7258. Also May 27. Meet out in front of the Museum. Wear boots, be prepared Morris Foundation Golden Retriever Lifetime Study to gather for off-trailing walking, and dress for the weather. Adults for some golden fun. Blessing of the Goldens, hike, prizes, BRATTLEBORO. Brattleboro Concert Choir Concert: $5, children under 15 free. 8–10 am. Mount Independence fun, food, ice cream, group photos, swimming, auction. Free. Sanctuary. Four exciting choral works from Tavener, Gjeilo, State Historic Site, 497 Mount Independence Rd. (802) 948- Dog Mountain, 143 Parks Rd. off Spaulding Rd. (800) 449- Dedell, and Todd. 4 pm. Centre Congregational Church, 193 2000. www.historicsites.vermont.gov. 2580. www.dogmt.com. Main St. (802) 257-4523. www.bmcvt.org. RUPERT. Thoreau Cabin Raising Workshop: Cladding SWANTON. International Migratory Bird Day. 7:30–11 am: DORSET. Musical: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now the Walls and Sheathing the Roof. Commemorating the Bird walks for all ages and bird identifi cation abilities. Noon: Change. A musical presented as a series of vignettes 200th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth. Tuition: Light lunch and count summary from the walks. 1–2 pm: connected by the central theme of love and relationships. $50. 9 am – 4 pm. Merck Forest & Farmland Center, 3270 speaker. Refuge Bookstore and Friends of Missisquoi Refuge Adults $28, youth 18 & under $11. 2 pm. Dorset Playhouse, Rt. 315. (802) 394-7836. www.merckforest.org. Art Show will be open. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, 104 Cheney Rd. (802) 867-5570. info@dorestplayers. Also May 21. 29 Tabor Rd. (802) 868-4781. www.fws.gov/northeast/ org. dorsetplayers.com. Also May 26, 27 & 28. missisquoi RUPERT. A Family Event—Meet the Lambs. Have your FERRISBURGH. Opening Day at Rokeby. Come and meet little lambs meet our little lambs. Games, snacks, baby VERGENNES. Spring Wave. Champlain Longboats’ annual our neighbors, Clemmons Family Farm, and learn about the animals and views that go on forever. There’s no better way youth rowing event on Lake Champlain. 8 am – 2 pm. newest stop on Vermont’s African American Heritage Trail. to spend a late spring afternoon! Suggested donation $3 Sponsored by Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. At Button The Clemmons family of Charlotte have owned a 148-acre per person. 9 am – 3 pm. Merck Forest & Farmland Center, Bay Fishing access just south of Button Bay State Park. (802) farm since the 1960s. Now, they are transforming their home 3270 Rt. 315. (802) 394-7836. www.merckforest.org. 475-2022. www.lcmm.org. with its fi elds, forests, and six historic buildings into a center for African and African American art, heritage, and culture. RUTLAND. Reuse, Repurpose & Recycle Sale. WEST RUTLAND. Century Bird Count XXII. Meet Admission $2. 3 pm. Rokeby Museum, 4334 Rt. 7. Entertainment, children activities, and a local food menu at West Rutland Price Chopper parking lot at 6 am. Go (802) 877-3406. www.rokeby.org. offered by the volunteer Vermont Farmers Food Center for full day or part. [email protected]. kitchen crew. Raffl es. 9 am – 3 pm. Vermont Farmers Food rutlandcountyaudubon.org. HUNTINGTON. Garage Sale for the Birds! Find useful, Center, 251 West St. [email protected]. peculiar and delightful bird-oriented accessories at our www.vermontfarmersfoodcenter.org. Also May 21. WESTMINSTER WEST. Hike to Champion White Ash. Garage Sale. 10:30 am – 3:30 pm. Birds of Vermont Forester Arthur Westing and wife, Carol, will lead a walk Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. (802) 434-2167. RUTLAND. Nor’Eastern Showcase #11. New plays and to the largest White Ash in Vermont and discuss the factors their playwrights who are winners of this year’s play writing that make its record-breaking success possible. Sponsored by NEWPORT. Dandelion FiddleFest. Fancy Fiddling, Dandy contest. Tickets: $20. 7:30 pm. Paramount Theatre, 30 Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association. 9:30 am – 12 noon. Rain Dancing, and Fine Dining. 10 am – 2 pm Masterclass/ Center St. (802) 775-0903. www.paramountvt.org. date: Sunday May 21 at 10 am. Meet at Westminster West Work Shops, Cover $10 (tentative depending on pre- Church to carpool. www.windmillhillpinnacle.org. registrations). Scott Campbell and Others. The East RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers’ Market. EBT and debit Side Restaurant & Pub, 47 Landing St. (802) 334-2340. cards. 9 am – 2 pm, in Depot Park across from Walmart. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Plant Swap and Sale. www.eastsiderestaurant.net. (802) 342-4727. vtfarmersmarket.org. Saturdays through Benefi ts Apple Corp and Hartford Garden Friends. Sponsored October 28. by Hartford Parks & Rec. 9 am – 1pm. Watson NEWPORT. Annual Spring Concert. Northsong, the Park, 1120 Maple St. (802) 295-5036. hartford-vt.org. Newport-based chamber choir will perform. Suggested SOUTH BURLINGTON. 21st Annual Bloom-Time donation $5. 4-5:30 pm. Newport United Church, 63 Third Festival and Open House. Tour of our fl owering lilacs, WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Musical: Mamma Mia! St. (802) 895-4942. www.northsong.org. crabapples, magnolias and azaleas. Plants for sale, hayride The musical sensation takes the music of ABBA and tours, face painting, Plein air painters. Rain or shine! weaves it into a sunny tale. Tickets $14-$54. 2 & 7:30 RUPERT. Thoreau Cabin Raising Workshop: Cladding Free. 10 am – 1 pm. UVM Horticulture Center, 65 Green pm. Northern Stage, The Barrette Center for the Arts, 74-76 the Walls and Sheathing the Roof. Commemorating the Mountain Dr. (802) 656-3131. www.uvm.edu/~hortfarm. Gates St. (802) 296-7000. northernstage.org. Also May 21. 200th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth. Tuition: $50. 9 am – 4 pm. Merck Forest & Farmland Center, 3270 SPRINGFIELD. May Festival and Art Show. Plant sale Rt. 315. (802) 394-7836. www.merckforest.org. with annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs. Garden SUNDAY, MAY 21 experts on hand. Food, crafts, woodwork, jewelry, BARNARD. Race Around the Lake 5k/10k, Fundraiser RUTLAND. Reuse, Repurpose & Recycle Sale. fabric crafts, fl ea market items and more. Deli-style for BarnArts Youth Programming. Post-race celebration with Entertainment, children activities, and a local food menu lunch available. Rain or shine. Free. 9 am – 3 pm. live music, free catered lunch for race participants. Short kids offered by the new volunteer Vermont Farmers Food Unitarian Universalist Church, 21 Fairground fun run during post-race time. Registration: adults $30, 12 Center kitchen crew. Raffl es. 9 am – 3 pm. Vermont Rd. (802) 885-1699. and under $15; May 15 or later: adults $35, 12 and under $20. Farmers Food Center, 251 West St. springfi [email protected]. 10:30 am. Silver Lake State Park. barnarts.org. www.vermontfarmersfoodcenter.org.

Way Back Th en Subscribe to the My Mother, a Gardener from the Heart by Charles Sutt on Vermont My mother was certainly a “city person” having grown up in Syracuse, NY and living in New York City before and Country Sampler during her marriage. So it came as a happy surprise to her “Bring Home the Vermont” (and the rest of us) that she took up fl ower gardening when we moved to Fairfi eld, CT in 1938. “We All Know and Love” Ours was a revolutionary-era homestead that already had great fl owering blooms from dogwood trees, and an orchard of apple, pear and cherry trees. There was also a small forest of many-colored fl owers from rhododendrons and a berry patch with its pretty blossoms. Mother eagerly started adding a number of fl ower gardens along pathways and near entry ways, including a patch under the kitchen windows shared with herbs. Her biggest garden was at the end of the orchard visible from a terrace where we often sat outdoors and had meals during the summer. This was the same area where my brother Fred and I had a Victory garden of vegetables duri ng World War II. We cut the grass from the terrace to the garden with a hand-mover providing a green lawn bordered by a few old apple trees and still another smaller garden of begonias. This expanse was also a perfect grassy place for us boys to play sandlot football—tackle not touch. We took care never to let the ball get into the gardens! Mother grew a large variety of fl owers. Some of the plants were for viewing, others for cut fl owers used for display on our kitchen and dinning room tables. She was taken enough with fl owers to join the local garden Elizabeth Sutton admires the very tall lily in her garden club which encouraged members to bring in their fl ower in Fairfi eld, CT, circa 1987. arrangements to be judged by other members who were ✁ consistent winners of fl ower shows. For several weeks she fl ower arranging never got praised and some of the remarks Please enter the following subscrip tion. dutifully collected and arranged her fl owers to be judged. from the ‘fl ower-loving’ judges seemed to us as tactless and I enclose payment of $24 for 12 issues. But it wasn’t long before father and us boys realized some- mean. Mother put a good face on this, saying she was learn- thing was wrong—mother always reported her attempts at ing a lot, improving, fi nding out all about proper vase size, Name: mixture of colors and type of fl owers, and how to present Address: them artistically and symmetrically. Mendon Mountain But we felt the ladies were nitpicking at mother’s expense. What was the big deal here, couldn’t anyone just stick some I picked up this issue of the Sampler at: fl owers in a vase, give them plenty of water, and a little ar- ORCHARDS ranging? Were they not pretty? Mother kept going to the garden club for most of one Comments: Homemade Pies $14 summer, but then without any to-do, she stopped making Apple Turnovers and taking her arrangements there. 5/17 It is hard to fi gure out why someone like her—a thoughtful ✃ Fresh Apple Cider and considerate person—would put up with the disparate Mail to: Apples • Maple Syrup behavior of a bunch of stuffy ladies for as long as she did, The Vermont Country Sampler but she was kind-hearted and a good sport. Open 7 Days • Rt. 4, Mendon • (802) 775-5477 For us, her family, her fl owers however arranged, were PO Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 welcomed companions at our meals, and decorated our home 3 miles east of Rutland with grace and love. Page 18 Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Th e Early Gods It is the time of violets. Vermont Country It is the very day When in the shadow of the wood Spring shall have her say, Calendar Remembering how the early gods Came up the violet way. RUTLAND. Concert: Sara Evans, award-winning Are there not violets vocalist. Tickets: $26, $36, $46, $56. 8 pm. Paramount And gods—today? Theatre, 30 Center St. (802) 775-0903. paramountvt.org. —WITTER BYNNER RUTLAND. Kiwanis Bike Rodeo. Bike safety day for 1881-1968 children up to age 13. A parent/guardian must accompany the child. Road safety course, mountain bike skills course, bike checks and helmets provided. Remember to bring In Business Since 1996 your bike! 1-4 pm. Giorgetti Park, 2 Oak St. Ext. (802) 775-7976. www.rutlandrec.com. Gymnastics, Tumbling Cheerleading, Fitness SAXTONS RIVER. Hands On! Celebrating Our Piano Series Concert. Hugh Keelan and Eugene Friesen will Open Gyms, Camps perform piano and cello magic. Tickets $15. 3 pm. Main Birthday Parties Street Arts, 35 Main St. (802) 869-2960. info@ mainstreetarts.org. www.mainstreetarts.org. Open Mon-Fri 9-9, Sat 9-1 Sat & Sun Open for Birthdays WESTMINSTER. Happy Hour—Therapeutic Baby Goat Time. Find your happy place, take time to rejuvenate. 152 N. Main St., Rutland, VT Suggested donation $5-$15. 2-4 pm. AlpineGlo Farm, 91 www.headoverheelsvt.com Clark St. off Rt. 121. (802) 463-2018. alpineglofarm.com. Ages (802) 773-1404 2–18

MONDAY, MAY 22 Voted “Best of the Best” for 2013, 2014, 2015 SOUTH BURLINGTON. Greenhouse Shopping Tour ✃ of Northwestern Vermont. Travel to Horsford Gardens & Nursery in Charlotte (www.horsfordnursery.com), Red Wagon Plants in Hinesburg (www.redwagonplants. com), Gardener’s Supply in Williston (www.gardeners. Vermont Canvas Products com), and Rocky Dale Gardens in Bristol (www. rockydalegardens.com). Fee: $89 (includes lunch). Leave Factory Outlet the UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center at 8 am; return around 5 pm. Call for reservations and • Bags for Every Need directions. (802) 318-8453. [email protected]. • Handcrafted on Premises SAXTONS RIVER. Hands-On-Piano Concert Series. • Customizing Available Hugh Keelan with four-time Grammy winner Eugene HUBBARDTON. Astronomy Star Party & Workshop. The • 25% Below retail on Over 100 Friesen performing piano and cello magic. 3 pm. Main Green Mountain Astronomers will show you the stars and • Styles of Canvas & Cordura Bags Street Arts, 37 Main St. Tickets $15. mainstreetarts.org. show you how to use, collimate (adjust), and clean your (802) 869-2960. personal telescopes. Inside program included. Bring your Repair Service • Brochure Available telescope. Call to confi rm. Admission by donation. 7:30 TUESDAY, MAY 23 –10 pm. Hubbardton Battlefi eld State Historic Site, 5696 ~ FREE GIFT WITH THIS COUPON ~ Monument Hill Rd. (802) 273-2282. historicsites.vermont. BURLINGTON. Concert: David Crosby and Friends. gov/directory/hubbardton. Hours: Mon–Sat 9–5:30 James Raymond on keys, Mai Agan on bass, Steve (802) 773-7311 • (800) 477-7110 DiStanislao on drums, Jeff Pevar on guitar and Michelle HUNTINGTON. Birds of Vermont Museum Open Willis on keys and vocals. Tickets: $78.00/$52.50/$47.50. Studio Weekend. Woodcarving Demonstration. David 259 Woodstock Ave., Rt. 4 East, Rutland, VT 8 pm. MainStage, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Tuttle, woodcarver, will demonstrate skills, techniques 153 Main St. (888) 974-3698. fl ynntix.org. and answer your questions. Adult $7, senior $6, child Over 41 Years in Business (3–17) $3.50. 10 am – 5 pm. Birds of Vermont Museum, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. (802) 434-2167. ✃ HANOVER, NH. Concert: World Music Percussion www.birdsofvermont.org. Also May 28. Ensemble, with guest artists La Voz de Tres. An evening of romantic, fi ery Cuban songs and Argentine tangos. KILLINGTON. Killington Stage Race 2017. Legendary Tickets: $9–$10. 7 pm. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins northeast cycling event, a series of three races structured to Good Center,(603) 646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu. cover a variety of terrain and distances, and set against the cool, lush landscape of Vermont’s Green Mountains. RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers’ Market. 9 am – 2 pm Killington, Route 4 east. killington.com. Through May 29. Earth in Depot Park across from Walmart. (802) 342-4727. th vtfarmersmarket.org. Wednesdays through October 25. MONTPELIER. 6 Annual Birdfest! North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm St. (802) 229-6206. chip@ FRIDAY, MAY 26 northbranchnaturecenter.org. northbranchnaturecenter.org. Farm SHELDON. 15th Annual Farewell Reunion. David PLYMOUTH. President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Greely, Zigue (Claude Méthé and Dana Whittle) and Site. New temporary exhibit, tours. Experience the others. $15 donation. 7–9:30 pm. Grace Episcopal Church, excitement of the Killington Stage Race as hundreds of • Annual and perennial 215 Pleasant St. [email protected]. cyclists speed through the village! Fiber Arts in Vermont, will demonstrate how historic textiles and other fi ber arts fl owering plants TINMOUTH. Spring Concert Series: Northern Flyer. were made. Adults $9, children 6-14 years $2, children Four veteran Vermont musicians combine their fi rst-rate under 6 years free, family pass (up to 8 people) $25. 9:30 • Gardening gifts and supplies harmony singing and instrumental expertise. Suggested am – 5 pm. President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, donation: $10–$15. 7:30 pm, Doors open at 7 pm. The Old 3780 Rt. 100A. (802) 672-3773. historicsites.vermont.gov. • Veggie seeds and seedlings Firehouse, Rt. 140 and Mountain View Rd. www.facebook. Open through October 22. com/tinmoutholdfi rehouseconcerts. • Local artisan products & produce RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers’ Market. 9 am – 2 pm, Open Tuesday through Saturday SATURDAY, MAY 27 in Depot Park across from Walmart. (802) 342-4727. vtfarmersmarket.org. Saturdays through October 28. 2473 Franklin St. (Rt. 7), Brandon VT 05733 BENNINGTON. 33rd Annual MayFest Arts and (802) 310-8534 • [email protected] Crafts Festival. Over 125 crafters, ethnic food vendors, STATEWIDE. Vermont Spring Open Studio Weekend. An live entertainment, children’s activities. 10 am – 5 pm. annual statewide celebration of the visual arts. More than Downtown Bennington, Main St. (802) 442-5758. 226 sites will be open during this event, with more than www.betterbennington.com. = 300 artists and artisans participating. 8 am – 5 pm. Pick up a map at any studio or tourist information centers on BETHEL. Fifth Semi-Annual Spring Art Show. Art from Vermont’s interstate highways. Or get one at local artists. All art is for sale. Free admission. 11 am – 2 www.vermontcrafts.com. Also May 28. pm. Bethel Town Hall, 134 S. Main St. (802) 234-7258. THETFORD HILL. Open Fields Medieval Festival. DORSET. Musical: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Music, dance, games of skill and chance, food, traditional Change. A musical presented as a series of vignettes crafts, hair braiding, storytelling, Benny the Dragon, connected by the central theme of love and relationships. Highland ponies, feats of juggling and acrobatics, and the Adults $28, youth 18 & under $11. 7:30 pm. Dorset No Strings Marionette Company. Costumes encouraged. Playhouse, 104 Cheney Rd. (802) 867-5570. info@ Admission: $7, children under 4 free. 11 am – 4 pm. The dorestplayers.org. dorsetplayers.com. Also May 28. Thetford Green, 37 Academy Rd. (603) 667-6284. [email protected]. vtmedfest.com. EAST CORINTH. First Annual Art & Antique Market and Tea. Benefi t for the E. Corinth Congregational Church. WARDSBORO. Annual Spring Plant Sale. Fundraiser Antiques, crafts, farm market and light lunch with tea. for Friends of the Wardsboro Library. 9 am – 1 pm. Two Historical Society exhibit. Blake Memorial Library Book locations: Wardsboro Town Common at Route 100 and and Plant Sale and Church bake sale next door. 9 am – 4 Main St. for colorful annuals & bake sale; 170 Main St. for pm. Box B Ranch, 640 Village Rd. (802) 439-5870. perennials, annuals, shrubs, vegetables, Gilfeather turnip seedlings, & herbs. Free admission, parking, raffl es, FAIR HAVEN. Spring Fling 2017. The park will be full and garden advice by experts. Rain or shine. (802) 896- of family activities, farmers markets, festivals, food/drink, 3416. www.friendsofwardsborolibrary.org. crafters, fl ea market booths and yard sales all day. 9 am – 3 pm. On the Green. 802-265-8600. WOODSTOCK. Cheese & Dairy Celebration. Sample www.vtlakesregionchamber.org. delicious dairy products from some of Vermont’s fi nest artisan cheese makers – and Billings Farm Cheddar! Learn HANOVER, NH. Concert: Dartmouth Symphony how we care for our herd of Jersey cows, their calving, and Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. milk production and fi nd out why dairy cows have been 2, Debussy’s La Mer, and Ravel’s Bolero. Pre-show the backbone of Vermont’s economy for over one talk 7 pm in Faulkner Recital Hall. Tickets: $10– hundred years. Adults $15, 62 & up $14, ages 5-15 $20. 8 pm. Spaulding Auditorium, $8, 3-4 $4, under 3 free. 10 am – 5 pm. Billings Hopkins Center, 2 East Wheelock St. Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457- (603) 646-2422. hop.dartmouth.edu. 2355. billingsfarm.org. Also May 28.

Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 19 Vermont Country Calendar SUNDAY, MAY 28 HUBBARDTON. Memorial Day Remembrance. At noon TINMOUTH. Concert: The Sky Blue Boys. Wonderful battlefi eld fl ags will be raised to full-mast and tribute paid old ballads, parlor songs, heart songs and sacred numbers. BRATTLEBORO. 2017 Memorial Day Dawn Dance. at the battle monument to the soldiers of Hubbardton. Suggested donation at the door: $10–15. 7:30 pm. Old contra dancing with three bands and three callers from 8pm 12–12:15 pm. Hubbardton Battlefi eld State Historic Site, Firehouse, Rt. 40 and Mountain View Road. (802) 446- Sunday evening to 7am Monday morning, as well as English 5696 Monument Hill Rd. (802) 273-2282. historicsites. 3457. [email protected]. skyblueboys.com. country dancing on Sunday afternoon from 2:30-5:30 vermont.gov. pm. Contra Dancing (8 pm - midnight); Couples Dancing SATURDAY, JUNE 3 (12:10-2:30 am) and Contra Dancing (12:30-3:30 am); KILLINGTON. Killington Stage Race 2017. Legendary Contra Dancing (3:30 am-7 am). Bring water, food, a northeast cycling event, a series of three races structured BARRE. Caws 4 Paws Pet Expo. The biggest, and only pet change of clothes, and a towel. Tickets: $26.50. 8 pm – 7 to cover a variety of terrain and distances, and set expo Central Vermont has ever seen! 10 am – 3 pm. BOR am. Gibson-Aiken Center, 207 Main St. (802) 451-0822. against the cool, lush landscape of Vermont’s Green Arena, Auditorium Hill. (802) 244-7321. [email protected]. dawndance.org. Also May 29. Mountains. Killington, Route 4 east. killingtonstagerace.com. www.killington.com. BRATTLEBORO. Strolling of the Heifers Parade and Slow HUNTINGTON. Upcycle for the Birds. Repurpose stuff Living Expo. Parade starts at 10 am on Main Street. Heifers, from your stash of nifty thingamabobs in a way that helps farm animals, bands, tractors, fl oats, clowns and surprises. the birds, makes art, solves a problem. Prizes! 1–3 pm. Birds THURSDAY, JUNE 1 Entertainment starts at 9 am. 11-acre Slow Living Expo after of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. (802) 434- BARNARD. Feast and Field Market. Live music by The the parade on the Brattleboro Common and the Brattleboro 2167. [email protected]. birdsofvermont.org. Bobs, folk. 4:30–7:30 pm. Music at 5:30, for donation. 1544 Retreat Lawn: food, entertainment, animals, tractors, music Royalton Turnpike. [email protected]. feastandfi eld. and family fun, plus demonstrations, craft show and exhibits. KILLINGTON. Killington Stage Race 2017. Legendary com. 9 am – 4 pm. Downtown Brattleboro. (802) 246-0982. northeast cycling event, a series of three races structured to www.strollingoftheheifers.com. cover a variety of terrain and distances, and set against BRATTLEBORO. Entrepreneur to Table: Growing Your the cool, lush landscape of Vermont’s Green Mountains. Conscious Food and Ag Business. How to bootstrap your BURLINGTON. Burlington Discover Jazz Festival presents Killington, Route 4 east. killingtonstagerace.com. business, branding, distribution, local sourcing, sustainable Robert Cray. Blues guitar player with roots in the vein of www.killington.com. Also May 29. business models, the stages of fi nancing, time management Albert Collins and innovations on par with Hendrix. Tickets: for innovation, and more. Advance Registration: $225; $25–$60. 8 pm. MainStage, Flynn Center for the Performing STATEWIDE. Vermont Spring Open Studio Weekend. spouse/signifi cant other $179, one-day $130, student $105, Arts, 153 Main St. (888) 974-3698. fl ynntix.org. More than 226 sites will be open during this event, with limited means $49–$169. 8 am – 5 pm. Strolling of the more than 300 artists and artisans participating. 8 am – 5 Heifers, 157 Main St. (802) 246-0982. ENOSBURG FALLS. 61st Annual Vermont Dairy Festival. pm. Pick up a map at any studio or tourist information www.slowlivingsummit.org. Through June 2. Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show. Parade at 10:30 am. Live centers on Vermont’s interstate highways. Or get one at entertainment. Midway and amusement rides. Fireworks at www.vermontcrafts.com. ENOSBURG FALLS. 61st Annual Vermont Dairy Festival. 9:30 pm. 9 am – 9:30 pm. Lincoln Park. (802) 933-4134. Midway and amusement rides, 6-10 pm. Lincoln Park. (802) vermontdairyfestival.com. Also June 4. SAXTONS RIVER. Hands-on-Piano Series. Hugh Keelan 933-4134. vermontdairyfestival.com. Through June 4. with four-time Grammy winner Eugene Friesen performing piano and cello magic. 3 pm. Main Street Arts, 37 Main St. FRIDAY, JUNE 2 Tickets $15. [email protected]. (802) 869-2960. BRATTLEBORO. Strolling of the Heifers Weekend WOODSTOCK. Cheese & Dairy Celebration. Sample Festival. Friday 5–8:30 pm: Gallery Walk and Street delicious dairy products from some of Vermont’s fi nest Festival. Saturday: 10 am Parade, 9 am – 4 pm Slow Living artisan cheese makers – and of course Billings Farm Expo, 9 am – 2 pm Farmers Market. Sunday 9 am – 1 Cheddar! Learn how we care for our herd of Jersey cows, pm: Famous Farmer Breakfast, Tour de Heifer, Farm Tour. In their calving, and milk production and fi nd out why dairy Downtown Brattleboro, on Western Ave., and Brattleboro cows have been the backbone of Vermont’s economy for Retreat. (802) 246-0982. strollingoftheheifers.com. Through over one hundred years. Adults $15, 62 & up $14, ages 5-15 June 4. $8, 3-4 $4, under 3 free. 10 am – 5 pm. Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457-2355. ENOSBURG FALLS. 61st Annual Vermont Dairy Festival. www.billingsfarm.org. Midway and amusement rides, 6-9 pm. Youth run 4-9 pm. Lincoln Park. (802) 933-4134. vermontdairyfestival.com. MONDAY, MAY 29 Through June 4. HARDWICK. Memorial Day Monday Tea. 12-2 RANDOLPH. Concert: Vishten. Contemporary Acadian pm. By reservation only. Perennial Pleasures traditional group. Tickets: $10-$35, kids 5 and under free. Nursery, 63 Brockhouse Rd. (802) 472- 7:30 pm. Chandler Center for the Arts, 71-73 Main St. (802) 5104. www.perennialpleasures.net. 728-9878. www.chandler-arts.org. www.vishtenmusic.com.

“Three Exciting New Exhibits Plus Outdoor Sculpture Hosted by Hall Art Foundation in Reading, VT, Opening for the Season on May 6 The Hall Art Foundation home. Exhibitions are held Hope and Hazard: Desire, passion, vulnerabil- ings, animations, paintings Marc Quinn was founded in 2007 and there seasonally, from May ity, disappointment, pleasure and sculpture from the Hall A Comedy of Eros British artist Marc Quinn makes available postwar and through November, and are and torment are expressed Collection will be on view. is known for making work contemporary art works from open to the public by ap- Curated by Eric Fischl. as a Greek or Shakespearian Shrigley is best known for a that challenges the boundar- its own collection and that of pointment, free-of-charge. The Hall Art Foundation comedy—epic and tragic, distinctive and deceptively ies between art and science. Andrew and Christine Hall Hall Art Foundation, is pleased to announce a hopeful and hazardous. The simple drawing style and for Using a wide range of media for the enjoyment and educa- Schloss Derneburg Museum group exhibition curated by exhibition contains sexually creating works that satirize including ice, glass, metal, tion of the public. is situated in Derneburg, near American artist Eric Fischl explicit content and may not contemporary society and marble and lead, Quinn’s The Hall Art Foundation Hannover, Germany. Origi- to be held in its galleries in be suitable for all audiences, everyday life. Shrigley’s work addresses the tran- operates two museum spaces. nally a fortifi ed castle, the Reading, VT from May 6 including minors.Viewer work appears light-hearted sience of human life through Hall Art Foundation in history of Schloss Derneburg through November 26, 2017. discretion is advised. while tackling serious and scientific knowledge and Reading, VT is situated on a stretches back almost one Approximately sixty-fi ve art- universal issues like death, Ready. Fire! Aim. artistic expression. The In- former dairy farm. The site thousand years. ists are represented in Hope love and war. credible World of Desire consists of a converted 19th- The Hall Art Foundation and Hazard: A Comedy of Curated by DJ Hellerman, Outdoor Sculpture (Phragmipedium Sedenii) century stone farmhouse and also has an exhibition part- Eros, selected by Fischl from Ready. Fire! Aim. is a joint (2003–2004) is meant to three barns located in the nership with the Massachu- the Hall and Hall Art Foun- exhibition that will take place Richard Deacon “advertise the wonder of life” village of Reading. In 2017, setts Museum of Contem- dation collections. In this at the Hall Art Foundation in Richard Deacon has been the campus of converted porary Art, in North Adams, fresh and provocative show, Reading, VT (May 6 through a leading figure in British Boxed Lunches galleries expanded with a MA, the largest contempo- Fischl illustrates the absurd November 26, 2017) and at sculpture since the 1980s. Boxed lunches available to new reception center in a rary art museum in North extremes associated with the BCA Center in Burling- He describes himself as a purchase to enjoy with your nineteenth century clapboard America. romantic and sexual love. ton, VT (April 21 through fabricator who constructs visit. They include an organic July 9, 2017). Inspired by objects using manufacturing pear or apple, a gluten-free Andy and Christine Hall’s or building techniques, rather fudge brownie, a bottle of art collecting philosophy, than as a sculptor who carves Pure Vermont water, and one this group show explores or models. Working on both of the following sandwiches: the psychology of impulsive domestic and monumental Organic Chicken Breast with CURATED BY action and strategic thinking. scales, he manipulates his Provençal Herbs, Rice Wrap ERIC FISCHL Using the creative process as materials to create structures with Grilled Vegetables, or a point of departure, Ready. that combine organic and Steak Sandwich with Ched- HOPE AND HAZARD Fire! Aim. brings together biomorphic forms with ele- dar Cheese. $25 per boxed A COMEDY OF EROS artworks addressing issues of ments of engineering. lunch. All items available violence and decay, gestural gluten-free. Orders or can- abstraction and linear preci- Olafur Eliasson cellations must be 24 hours sion, as well as the sensible Throughout the past two in advance. and the absurd. decades, the installations, paintings, photography, Hall Art Foundation, 544 David Shrigley films, and public projects VT Rt. 106, Reading, VT. The Hall Art Foundation of Danish-Icelandic artist, (802) 952-1056. vermont@ is pleased to announce a Olafur Eliasson, have served hallartfoundation.org. www. HALL solo exhibition of work by as tools for exploring the hallartfoundation.org. ART FOUNDATION British artist David Shrig- cognitive and cultural condi- Open May through No- READING VERMONT ley, to be held from May 6 tions that vember, on weekends and through November 26, 2017 inform our perception. Wednesdays by appointment 6 MAY - 26 NOVEMBER 2017 in its newly opened visitor Blurring the lines between for tours at 11 a.m., 1 p.m.

Weekends and Wednesdays by appointment center, which expands the the natural and constructed, and 3 p.m. Admission is free. Eliasson’s Waterfall (2004) 544 VT Route 106, Reading, VT 05062 Foundation’s campus of con- The First Friday of every verted galleries in Reading, invites viewers to reconsider month, from 5-8 p.m., visi- www.hallartfoundation.org VT. Approximately twenty- their own experiences of tors are welcome to view our fi ve works including draw- nature. exhibitions without a guide. Page 20 Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Poulin Grain Dealer Vermont Country Maapleple Leeafaf Faarmrm & Gaarr denden Calendar Suupply,pply, Innc.c. ORWELL. National Trails Day Hike into History. We’re ONGOING ACTIVITIES 2017 Rt. 100A, Bridgewater Corners, VT celebrating National Trail Day with this guided hike into Pansies • Hanging Plants • Annuals & Perennials • Potting Soil history. Meet at museum for orientation. Wear sturdy shoes ADDISON. Chimney Point State Historic Site. Newly updated and expanded permanent exhibit on the Native Mulch & Fertilizer • Seed Starting Supplies • Garden Seeds and dress for the weather. Admission: adults $5, children Bird Feeders and Seeds • Dog & Cat Food • Livestock Feed under 15 free. 2–3 pm. Mount Independence State Historic American, French Colonial, and early American history of Site, 497 Mount Independence Rd. (802) 948-2000. www. the Chimney Point area incorporates archaeological fi ndings Farm Fresh Eggs • Our Own 2017 Maple Syrup! historicsites.vermont.gov. from the Lake Champlain Bridge project. Learn how to Monday–Friday 8:30-4:30, Saturday 8:30-12:30 use the atlatl (ancient spear thrower). Children’s French (802) 672-6223 • Bruce & Alice Paglia POULTNEY. Annual Poultney Town Wide Yard Sales. Colonial dress-up basket. Admission $5, children 14 and 9 am – 4 pm. (802) 287-2010. [email protected]. under free. Wednesday through Sun and Monday holidays, www.poultneyvt.com. 9:30 am – 5 pm. Chimney Point State Historic Site, 8149 Rt. 17W. (802) 759-2412. historicsites.vermont.gov. May 27 RIPTON. Community Coffeehouse Concert and Open to October 15. Mic. Admission $15, $10, $3 for children. Refreshments Billings Farm & Museum available. 7:30-10 pm. Ripton Community House, Rt. 125. BENNINGTON. The Bennington Battle Monument will Gateway to Vermont’s Rural Heritage (802) 388-9782. rcch.org. be open for the season. An elevator takes visitors to the observation fl oor for a spectacular view of three states. RUPERT. Thoreau Cabin Raising Workshop: Cladding $5 adult admission, 6-14 $1, under 6 free. The Monument the Frame and Shingling the Roof. Commemorating the and gift shop are open seven days a week from 9 am – 5 Sheep Shearing & 200th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth. Tuition: pm. Bennington Battle Monument, 15 Monument Circle, 802) 447-0550. [email protected]. Herding with Border Collies $50. 9 am – 4 pm. Merck Forest & Farmland Center, 3270 nd Rt. 315. (802) 394-7836. historicsites.vermont.gov. April 22 through October 31st. www.merckforest.org. BURLINGTON. 34th Annual Burlington Discover Jazz May 6 & 7, 2017 RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers’ Market. EBT and debit Festival. Artist interviews, fi lms, workshops and 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. cards. 9 am – 2 pm, in Depot Park across from Walmart. performances by the lake, on Church Street and in the (802) 342-4727. vtfarmersmarket.org. Saturdays through parks. Admission ranges by event; over 100 events are free. October 28. (802) 863-7992. discoverjazz.com. Through June 11. Sheep FAIRFIELD. President Chester Arthur State Historic Site. Herding SUNDAY, JUNE 4 In 1881, Vermonter Chester Alan Arthur was sworn in as BRATTLEBORO. Tour de Heifer. 15-30-60 mile the nation’s 21st President. The son of an impoverished 11:30 • 1:30 • 3:30 Dirt Road Cycling Rides. Guided hike to the top of Baptist minister, he became a lawyer who advocated for nearby Round Mountain. 8 am – 1 pm. Meet at Lilac civil rights and as President, a champion of civil service JKJKJK Ridge Farm, 264 Ames Hill Rd. (802) 380-0226. www. reform. Donations appreciated. Chester Arthur Historic strollingoftheheifers.com. Site, 4588 Chester Arthur Rd. (802) 933-8362. historicsites. Shearing the Southdowns vermont.gov. July 1 through October 15. 10:30 • 12:30 • 2:30 • 4:30 BRATTLEBORO. Strolling of the Heifers Farmers Breakfast. Delicious breakfast made with farm-fresh HARTLAND. Upper Valley Seed Savers meet on the Rte. 12 & River Rd. • Woodstock, VT ingredients. 9 am – 1 pm at The Marina Restaurant. second Thursday of the month. Our mission is to further Tours of fi ve local farms. (802) 246-0982. www. knowledge about seed saving and to work on projects that 802-457-2355 • www.billingsfarm.org strollingoftheheifers.com. will help develop a body of locally-adapted open-pollinated vegetable seeds. For information, or for meeting time and BURLINGTON. Burlington Discover Jazz Festival place please contact Sylvia Davatz at [email protected] or Concert: Sullivan Fortner Trio. New Orleans pianist call (802) 436-3262. Sullivan Fortner plays with an ear bent toward tradition while fi nding space to develop within jazz’s well-wrought HUBBARDTON. Hubbardton Battlefi eld State Historic forms. Tickets $30. 8 pm. FlynnSpace, Flynn Center, 153 Site. Exhibit: Hubbardton Battle—American Rebels Stem Main St. (802) 863-7992. fl ynncenter.org. the Tide, July 7, 1777. Period artifacts, battle diorama, and a large fi ber optic map. Children’s colonial dress-up ENOSBURG FALLS. 61st Annual Vermont Dairy basket, Interpretive Trail. Bring your fl ag to be raised Festival. Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show. Pancake over the Hubbardton Battlefi eld and receive a certifi cate. breakfast 7:30 am – 12 noon. Church service 10 am. Horse Admission: adults $3, children under 15 free. Open 9:30 pull 10:30 am. Car show 12 pm. Midway and amusement am – 5 pm, Thurs – Sun and Monday holidays. Hubbardton rides 12 pm. Contests and live entertainment. 7:30 am – 4 Battlefi eld State Historic Site, 5696 Monument Hill Rd. pm. Lincoln Park. (802) 933-4134. vermontdairyfestival. (802) 273-2282. historicsites.vermont.gov. May 27 to com. October 15. May 20, 2017 PLYMOUTH. Grace Coolidge Musicale #1. The fi rst of MANCHESTER. Celebration of Peonies. Traditionally the four recitals in honor of one of America’s most popular last two weeks of May and the fi rst two weeks of June when fi rst ladies. Katie Lyon-Pingree (harp) and Abigail the Formal Garden signals the beginning of the season with “Ties to the Land” Charbeneau (piano) present a program of solos and 1,000’s of peony blooms; many of them from the original Succession Planning Workshop for Landowners duets featuring a range of music from secular, sacred, 1907 plants. Admission: $20 adults, $5 youth, children and Celtic traditions. Sponsored by the Alma Gibbs under 6 free. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Hildene, off Rt. 7A, just Take steps to guide the future of your land. Donchian Foundation. Donation is suggested. 4-5:30 pm. south of the village. (802) 362-1788. www.hildene.org. Preserving your legacy requires planning, and that President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, 3780 Route involves more than just having a will or an estate 100A. (802) 672-3773. [email protected]. MONTPELIER. Summer Library Book Sale. Great plan. This workshop will give you the knowledge historicsites.vermont.gov. Open through October 22. selection of books for sale. Hardcovers, CDs and DVDs are $2 apiece, softcovers are $1. Presented by genres for easy and tools to start succession planning. 9 a.m. to 3 POULTNEY. Exhibit: Our Natural World in Art. Rutland choosing. Special collection in the front lobby that are $5 p.m. Fee: $35, each additional family member $20. County Audubon’s fi rst wildlife art show. 1-4 pm. Stone to $10. Great books at great prices. Free admission. Mon- Download registration at vermontwoodlands.org. Valley Arts, 145 Main St. (802) 287-8197. www. Thurs 10 am – 8 pm, Fri & Sat 10 am – 5:30 pm. Kellogg- stonevalleyarts.org. Also June 10-11. Hubbard Library, 135 Main St. (802) 223-3338. Registration deadline May 12. www.kellogghubbard.org. May 27 through July 8. Capital Plaza Hotel & Conference Center RUTLAND. Jazz Concert: Pink Martini featuring China Forbes. Multilingual repertoire featuring a dozen ORWELL. Mount Independence State Historic Site. 100 State St., Montpelier, VT musicians. Tickets: $45, $60. 7 pm. Paramount Theatre, Celebrating the 240th anniversary of the start of the 30 Center St. (802) 775-0903. (802) 775-0570. American construction of the Revolutionary War’s Mount www.paramountvt.org. Independence and the military road to Hubbardton and Rutland, the 50th anniversary of the trail system, and the 25th anniversary of the Mount Independence Coalition. MORSE FARM Special Exhibit: “Strong Ground,” Artwork of Gary Zaboly, MAPLE SUGARWORKS opens June 10. Children’s Discovery Corner. Trails. Adults $5, children under 15 free. Open daily 9:30 – 5:30. Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mount Independence Rd. (802) 948-2000. www.historicsites.vermont.gov. May Come for the Morse 27– October 15. PLAINFIELD, NH. The Attic Shop. New and used items Farm Experience! include antiques, books, gift items, collectables, jewelry, furniture, glassware, artwork, and gently used clothes. Free Country Store • Sugar House coffee. Free admission. 10 am – 3 pm. Blow-Me-Down Woodshed Theatre • Maple Trail Grange, 1107 Rt. 12A. (603) 448-0773. Every Saturday. Outdoor Farm Life Museum

PLYMOUTH. President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Whimsical Carved Site. Plymouth Notch, Vermont is the birthplace and Folklife Characters boyhood home of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States. The Village is virtually unchanged since the early 20th century. The homes of Calvin Coolidge’s family and neighbors, the community church, cheese Original Maple Kettle Corn factory, one room schoolhouse, and general store have been carefully preserved, and many of the buildings have their Don’t miss our maple creemees! original furnishings. Adults $9, children 6-14 years $2, children under 6 years free, family pass (up to 8 people) 200 Years $25. Open daily 9:30 am – 5 pm. President Calvin Coolidge of Maple State Historic Site, 3780 Rt. 100A. (802) 672-3773. Experience historicsites.vermont.gov. May 27 through October 22. POULTNEY. Weekly Game Night. Games for young Open to Visitors Daily children as well as adults. Bring your own or play ours. Year-round 9–5, summertime 8–8. Experienced game players help new players get started. 7–10 pm. Poultney Public Library, 205 We ship • (802) 223-2740 • morsefarm.com Main St. (518) 282-9089. poultney publiclibrary.com. Every Thursday. 1168 County Rd., Montpelier, VT (Upper Main St., just 2.7 miles from downtown)

Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 21 Vermont Country Calendar QUECHEE. Vermont Institute of Natural Science. WINDSOR. Cider Hill Gardens & Gallery. Come and BRATTLEBORO. Exhibits. “Glasstastic”—Glass Wildlife exhibits, workshops, and events. Wildlife explore our gardens. Open daily starting May 4, 10 am – 5 sculptures inspired by kids’ drawings. “Seriously Funny” rehabilitation. Adults: $15, seniors (62 plus) $14, youth pm. 1747 Hunt Rd. (802) 674-6825. ciderhillgardens.com. original artwork by cartoonist Ed Koren. “Drawn Home” (4-17) $13, 3 and under free. 10 am – 5 pm. Vermont Paul Shore’s renderings of every single item in his home. Institute of Natural Science, 6565 Woodstock Rd. (802) WOODSTOCK. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National “Luminous Muqarna: Soo Sunny Park”, an installation 359-5000. www.vinsweb.org. Open through October 31. Historic Park. 20 miles of trails and carriage roads are open inspired by Islamic architecture. Open daily 11 am – 5 pm, year-round. Gardens and mansion. Vermont’s only national closed Tues. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $4 students, free for RUPERT. Merck Forest and Farmland. Camping, cabins, park. Guided tours $4/$8, under 15 free. Walk the grounds youth 18 and under. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, 10 trails, farm, workshops and seasonal events. Visitor’s Center free. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, 54 Vernon St. (802) 257-0124. www.brattleboromuseum.org. and store with certifi ed organic maple syrup, our own 100% Elm St. (802) 457-3368 x 22. nps.gov/mabi. wool blankets, and more. Open year round, dawn to dusk. BURLINGTON. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science 3270 Rt. 315. (802) 394-7836. merckforest.org. MUSEUMS, EXHIBITS & GALLERIES Center. Exhibits, workshops, programs, café, gift shop, story hour. Adults $9.50, ages 3-17 $7, seniors and students STRAFFORD. Senator Justin Morrill Homestead. Justin BARRE. Vermont History Center and Leahy Library. $8, under 3 free. Mon–Sun, 10 am – 5 pm. ECHO Lake Morrill opened the doors of higher education to millions Adults: $5; families: $12; students, children, seniors: $3; Aquarium and Science Center at Leahy Center for Lake of Americans. Retirement was short lived as he was soon members and children under 6: free. Monday through Friday, Champlain, 1 College St. (877) 324-6385. echovermont.org. elected to the U.S. Congress and later to the Senate. Adults 9 am – 4 pm. Vermont Historical Society, 60 Washington St. $6, children 14 and under free. Open Wed-Sun 11 am – 5 (802) 479-8500. www.vermonthistory.org. BURLINGTON. Fleming Museum of Art. Adults $5, pm. Justin Morrill Homestead, 214 Justin Morrill Highway. family $10, students and seniors $3, children 6 and under (802) 765-4484. historicsites.vermont.gov. BENNINGTON. The Dollhouse and Toy Museum of free. Tue, Thu, Fri 10 am – 4 pm, Wed 10 am – 7 pm, Sat– Vermont. Admission is $2 for children three and older, $4 Sun noon – 4 pm. Fleming Museum of Art, 61 Colchester VERGENNES. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. for adults and $10 for families. Open Saturdays and Sundays Ave. (802) 656-0750. fl emingmuseum.org. Shipwreck tours, courses and workshops, exhibits, from 1-4 pm. 212 Union St. at the corner of Valentine St. collections, special events. Full-size replica vessels which (802) 681-3767. dollhouseandtoymuseumofvermont.com. CHESTER. 103 Artisans Marketplace. Hand crafted gifts, visitors may board. Small craft display. Museum store. decorative accessories, small batch chocolates and Vermont Adult $12, seniors $11, youth 6-17 $8, children 5 and under BENNINGTON. Bennington Center for the Arts. Small maple products. Greenleaf Café now open. Owned by free. Special deal—museum, lunch and cruise, only $46. Works Show, May 13 – December 23. Permanent collections, artists Elise & Payne Junker, exclusive showroom of Junker Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Dr. theater productions, workshops. Adults $9, seniors & students Studio metalwork. Open every day 10 am – 5 pm, closed (802) 475-2022. lcmm.org. May 27 through October 15. $8, families $20, under 12 free. Open Wed-Mon, 10 am – 5 Tuesday. Located at 7 Pineview Dr. and Rt. 103, south pm. Bennington Center for the Arts, 44 Gypsy Lane. (802) of town—look for the life-size moose! (802) 875-7400. WEST RUTLAND. Vermont Herbal General Store. Owned 442-7158. [email protected]. thebennington.org. www.103artisansmarketplace.com. and operated by a registered pharmacist. Tai’ Chi Gung classes, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 pm at the store. Free BENNINGTON. Bennington Museum. Founding documents, HUNTINGTON. Birds of Vermont Museum. Features intro classes. Meditations at the store Wednesdays at 5 fi ne art, Bennington Pottery, the 1924 Wasp Touring Car, over 500 carved wooden birds, representing 259 species. pm. Usul & Karuna Reiki Healings & Classes. Handmade Vermont furniture, and the Bennington Flag—one of Museum, special events and bird walks, exhibits, children’s Herbal Medicines, Oils, Essences, Crystals, Gemstones America’s oldest fl ags. Lectures, workshops, concerts, fi lms, programs, gift shop, video, restrooms and trails with maps & Books. Teas, Lotions, and Capsules. All are welcome. and the George Aiken Wildfl ower Trail. Adults $10, seniors available. Pre-schooler’s Program: Nestling Find Nature, Open Tuesday & Wednesday 1-6, Thursday 11 am – 4:30 and students over 18 $9. Open 10 am – 5 pm every day except 2nd and 4th Tuesdays May through October, 10:30-11:30 am. pm, Saturday 1-6 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm, closed Friday and Wednesdays. Bennington Museum, 75 Main St. (802) 447- Early Birder Morning Walks, Sundays 7-8:30 am, May & Monday. Vermont Herbal General Store, 578 Main St. (802) 1571. www.benningtonmuseum.org. June, free. Program: Who Walks These Woods, 2nd Sundays, 438-2766. On Facebook and Twitter. vermontherbal.com. 1-3 pm, May through October, with expert tracker Mike BRANDON. Compass Music and Arts Center. Exhibit: Kessler. Adult $7, senior $6, child 3-17 $3.50. The Birds of WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Newberry Market. Splash of Color. Norma Montaigne presents a collection of Vermont Museum, 900 Sherman Hollow Rd. A year-round, public indoor market with vendors her vibrant and varied work, May 5 through July 2. Arts (802) 434-2167. birdsofvermont.org. offering local products, cheeses, clothing, gifts, pottery, businesses and studios, workshops & classes, exhibits, and specialty foods. Free admission. Open every concerts, and community events. A gift shop features art MANCHESTER. Southern Vermont Art Center. Thursday year round 11 am – 6 pm. Newberry and music related books, collectibles, and the music of the Galleries, exhibits, classes, performances, gift shop, Market, 19 South Main St. For information classical recording company, Divine Art Records. Onsite café, botany trail. Free admission to some exhibits. contact: Betsy Briggs Wheeler at (802) café. Open daily 10 am – 5 pm. Compass Music and Arts Open Tues-Sat 10 am – 5 pm. Yester House 299-0212. newberrymarketwrj@gmail. Center, 333 Jones Drive, Park Village, 1.5 miles north of Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, com. newberrymarketwrj.com. downtown. (802) 247-4295. cmacvt.org. West Rd. (802) 362-1405. svac.org.

Greenhouse Shopping Tour of Northwestern Vermont on Monday, May 22nd Plan to take part in this Leonard P. Perry is Horti- ury coach, with room to hold produce many of their own our annuals, and most of our Bristol, VT, which special- year’s Greenhouse Shopping culture Professor Emeritus, plants and purchases from a plants in the fi eld, containers, perennials fi t in this category. izes in unusual, hard-to-fi nd, Tour on Monday, May 22nd, University of Vermont. diverse selection of some top and greenhouses. They also Our edible crops are all certi- and specialty fl owers, shrubs, sponsored by Dr. Leonard We’re pleased to announce retailers with trained staff for have a shop with gardening fi ed organic and either grown trees, and ornamental dwarf Perry’s Green Mountain Hor- this day tour of several Ver- all your questions. supplies. from seed on the premises or conifers (www.rockydale ticulture: Tours, in collabo- mont greenhouses in the Leaving the Horticulture From Horsfords we’ll trav- from cuttings that originate gardens.com). In addition ration with Green Works: Burlington area, timed for Research and Education el to Red Wagon Plants in in certified organic green- to their retail area, there are the Vermont Nursery and your spring garden shopping. Center in South Burlington Hinesburg, VT. Red Wagon houses.” extensive display gardens Landscape Association. Dr. We’ll travel in a Premier lux- (where you can leave your (www.redwagonplants.com) Lunch (included) will be located around the old barn car safely) at 8 a.m., we’ll states that “Our methods at Gardener’s Supply in Wil- and 1856 farmhouse. travel fi rst to Charlotte, VT are organic and most of our liston, VT, (www.gardeners. We should arrive back in Gerry L. White New & Used and the historic Horsford plants are certifi ed organic. com) provided by their Gar- South Burlington around Gardens and Nursery (www. The only plants we grow den of Eatin’ Café. While en- 5 p.m. Here’s your chance SMALL ENGINE PARTS horsfordnursery.com). that we cannot call organic joying our private group meal in one day, without having Biggest Inventory & Best Prices in the Area Vermont’s oldest nursery are those that come to us as on their covered patio, we’ll to drive, to see and select For OEM & Aftermarket has been growing plants rooted cuttings from conven- be provided with a gardening from the diverse offerings of Parts for Snowmobiles since 1893, and continues to tional greenhouses—some of how-to demonstration. several established Vermont & Small Engines. You’ll then have plenty plant retail growers. Open Evenings and of time to shop in their ex- Register early. If you have Weekends: (802) 234-9368 tensive shop of home items, special needs (food, seating Beautiful garden supplies, and indoor and accessibility, or other), 31 Arctic Cat Road, Bethel, VT Hanging Baskets plants. Outdoors they have please let us know at least [email protected] fl owers, shrubs, and trees. one week prior to the tour. For Every Location You’ll find many items If you have any questions: Annuals, Perennials in the store that you won’t (802) 318-8453, leonard. s • Stained Glass • Bears, Bears, Bears • Framed Prints • Tap fi nd in their catalog—one of [email protected]. p e And Vegetable Plants, too m s a t America’s most well-known, ries • Bath Products • Incense & Oi L Bethel, VT • I-89 Exit 3, 1½ mi. west on Rt. 107 serving “millions of garden- Fee for the tour is $89 per (802) 234-6622 • (888) 234-6622 ers nationwide, offering ev- person, inclusive. Mail your — Open daily 9 am to 5:30 pm — erything from seed starting contact information and a supplies and garden furniture check by May 8 to: Kristina to fl ower supports.” MacKulin/VNLA, PO Box 92, Three fl oors of unusual crafts, We’ll fi nish the afternoon N. Ferrisburgh, VT 05473. beautiful gifts, and home accessories. ⌜▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔⌝ at Rocky Dale Gardens in (802) 425-5117. WWindowindow Visit Us for Mother’s Day! ▏▕SServiceervice OOpenpen Delicious RESTAURANT Maple Homemade Fudge ▏▕Creemies • Music • VT • • Cards Souvenirs • Music In Maple Walnut, Maplels • Products Foo • Gourmet Fresh Seafood Coconut Crème (Brûlée), ▏▕Gifford’s Dark Chocolate Caramel Sea Salt! Chicken • Steaks Ice Cream VT Maple Truffl es • Beautiful New Hummingbird, ▏▕THURSDAY: Dragonfl y & Butterfl y Ornaments • Windchimes Mara Mugs • Stuffed Gnomlins are Here! All-You-Can-Eat Hours: McCalls & Woodwick Candles • Linens ▏▕Fish ’n’ Chips 11 am – 8 pm, Sweet Grass Farm Soaps & Lotions • VT Food Lines Thursday Healing Touch Pottery • Willow Tree Figurines ▏▕FRIDAY: Gifts & Jewelry Braided & Woven Rugs • Silver Forest Jewelry Captain Bill’s Seafood through Crystals & Mineral Specimens VT Tee-shirts & Sweatshirts • Naked Bee Lotions Sunday Rt. 107, Royalton, VT ▏▕Chowder & Prime Rib Collecting Equipment Bead Restringing (802) 763-2537 • I-89 Exit 3 (Bethel) Rt. 107, Bethel, VT

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The River Artisans Cooperative, in the center of more crumbs and more rhubarb, and proceed in this manner making facility, fl oating boardwalk, walking trails, Saxtons River on Main Street, across from the Saxtons until the dish is full. Sprinkle the top of the pudding with dry museum store and welcome center. Admission: $20 adults; River Inn, 26B Main St. (802) 869-2099. riverartisans.com. $5 children 6-14; under 6 free. Open daily 9:30 am to 4:30 bread-crumbs dotted with bits of butter. Bake, covered, for pm. Hildene, off Rt. 7A, just south of the village. SAXTONS RIVER. Main Street Arts. Exhibit: Gil half an hour; uncover, and bake for ten minutes longer. Eat (802) 362-1788. www.hildene.org. Perry landscape oils and graphite fantasy drawings. with hard sauce, fl avored with powdered nutmeg. Charles Norris-Brown images plus narrative from his —Marion Harland, 1903 MARLBORO. Southern Vermont Natural History children’s book Did Tiger Take the Rain? May 1 through Museum. Mounted specimens of over 600 native New June 16. Exhibits, concerts, lectures, workshops, and Fiddlehead, White Bean England birds and mammals; a Raptor Center with live classes for adults, teens and children. Main Street Arts, 35 hawks and owls; amphibian, reptile and Fall wildfl ower Main St. (802) 869-2960. www.mainstreetarts.org. And Shrimp Salad exhibits, Adults $5, seniors $3, children 5-12 $2, kids 4 1 pound cooked shrimp 15-ounce can white beans, and under free. Open 10 am – 4 pm weekdays, till 5 pm SHELBURNE. Shelburne Museum. Renowned for its 1 cup trimmed and cleaned drained and rinsed weekends. Rt. 9, Hogback Mountain. (802) 464-0048. collection of American folk art and quilts. Decorative arts, www.vermontmuseum.org. design, decoys, and carriages. The paintings collection fi ddleheads, blanched 1 cup diced red onion includes French Impressionists as well as over 400 until tender 3 tbsp. rice wine vinegar MIDDLEBURY. Middlebury College Museum of Art. 18th-20th century American works. Exhibit: “Wild Spaces, 4 tsp. chopped parsley Salt and black pepper Free. Tues through Fri 10 am–5 pm, Sat and Sun 12–5 pm, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art” June closed Mon. 72 Porter Field Rd. (802) 443-3168. 3 through August 27. Over 20 gardens. Historic houses Combine all ingredients except parsley in a bowl. Refrig- www.museum.middlebury.edu. and community buildings. Adult $24. Ages 5-17 $5, under erate for 1 hour. Toss in the parsley. Divide among 4 plates 5 free. 10 am – 5 pm daily. Shelburne Museum, 6000 and serve with crusty French bread. MIDDLEBURY. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont. Shelburne Rd. (802) 985-3346. shelburnemuseum.org. —Earthy Delights, 2008 The oldest chartered community history museum in the United States, welcoming visitors since 1882. Exhibits, SHELBURNE. Shelburne Farms. Welcome Center, Farm research center, and museum shop. Admission: adults $5, and Farm Store. Family programs, workshops, events. Asparagus Tips Caches youth 6-18 $3, senior $4.50, family $ 12, under 6 free. Open year round 10 am – 5 pm. Enjoy eight miles of Cut the tops from square breakfast rolls, and scoop the Open Tues-Sat 10 am – 5 pm. Henry Sheldon Museum of walking trails in woodlands and meadows. Walkers, check crumbs from the insides, leaving box-like crusts. Butter the Vermont History, One Park St. (803) 388-2117. in with the Welcome Center. Admission. Shelburne Farms, outside and inside of these hollowed rolls and set them with www.henrysheldonmuseum.org. 1611 Harbor Rd. off Rt. 7. (802) 985-8686. www.shelburnefarms.org. the tops beside them in the oven to dry and brown lightly. MIDDLEBURY. Vermont Folklife Center. Gallery, Boil asparagus tips tender in salted water and drain. Have archives & research center, programs, and Heritage Shop. SHOREHAM. Shoreham Bell Museum. See 5-6,000 bells ready on the stove a white sauce made by cooking together a Free admission. Open Tues-Sat 10 am – 5 pm. Vermont collected from all over the world. Open most afternoons tablespoonful of butter and one of fl our, and adding to them Folklife Center, 88 Main St. (802) 388-4964. by appointment or chance year round. Free admission, a cup and a half of milk. Stir into this sauce the asparagus [email protected]. vermontfolklifecenter.org. donations accepted. Shoreham Bell Museum, 127 Smith tips, and pepper and salt to taste. Fill the hollowed rolls with St. off Rt. 74 west. For information call Judy Blake at MONTPELIER. Exhibit: History of the Morgan Horse. (802) 897-2780. [email protected]. the mixture, replace the tops and set in the oven just long Paintings, photographs, and objects, from the collection of www.shorehambellmuseum.com. enough to become very hot. the National Museum of the Morgan Horse of Shelburne, —Marion Harland, 1903 VT. Open Tuesday through Saturday. Vermont History SPRINGFIELD. Gallery at the VAULT. A Vermont State Museum, Pavilion Building (next to the State House) at Craft Center featuring fi ne art and hand-crafted gifts from Scallions or Spring Onions 109 State St. vermonthistory.org. April 29 through August. over 125 local and regional artists and craftsmen. Exhibits, classes, workshops. Tuesday – Saturday 11 am – 5 pm. These in this country are frequently called leeks, but are MONTPELIER. Vermont History Museum & Bookstore. Gallery at the VAULT, 68 Main St. (802) 885-7111. different both in appearance and fl avor. Spring onions are Adults: $7; families: $20; students, children, seniors: $5; galleryvault.org. small onions grown from old mature onions, replanted; they children under 6: free. Open 9 am – 4 pm, Tuesday through are usually served raw or as fl avoring for salads. If the fi rst Saturday. Pavilion Building, 109 State St. ST. JOHNSBURY. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium. outside layer is taken off they may be boiled and served (802) 828-2291. www.vermonthistory.org. Exhibits, programs, special events, wildfl ower table, with cream sauce, the same as asparagus; or they may be collections. Admission: adults $8, seniors and children NORWICH. Montshire Museum of Science. Trails, under 17 $6, under 5 free. Open every day 9 am – 5 pm. substituted for leeks in cock-a-leekie. programs, and museum store. Open 10 am – 5 pm daily. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, 1302 Main St. —Sarah Tyson Rorer, 1902 Adults $14, children 2-17 $11, under 2 free. Daily 10 am – (802) 748-2372. www.fairbanksmuseum.org. 5 pm. One Montshire Rd. (802) 649-2200. montshire.org. ST. JOHNSBURY. The Stephen Huneck Gallery at Dog POULTNEY. Exhibit: Our Natural World in Art. Rutland Mountain and Dog Chapel. Free. Summer hours: Gallery County Audubon’s fi rst wildlife art show. Opening open seven days a week. Dog Chapel open seven days a reception, May 26, 5-8 pm. Gallery hours Sat-Sun 10 am – week from dawn to dusk. Dog Mountain, 143 Parks Rd. 5 pm. Local artists, both professional and non-professional off Spaulding Rd. (800) 449-2580. [email protected]. Locust Creek Outfitters in several mediums. Open to the public the following two www.dogmt.com. weekends as well from 1-4 pm. Stone Valley Arts, 145 Outdoor Gear • Fishing Main St. (802) 287-8197. stonevalleyarts.org. May 26-28, SWANTON. Exhibit: Friends of Missisquoi Refuge Art Clothing & Footwear June 3-4 and 10-11. Show. Works from local artist and photographers. The Refuge Bookstore will be open and all art work is for sale Archery • Guns & Ammo QUECHEE. Forest Exhibit. Experience the sights and to the public. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, 29 sounds of the natural Forest. 10 am – 5 pm. VINS Nature Tabor Rd. (802) 868-4781. Center, 6565 Woodstock Rd. (802) 359-5000. www.fws.gov/northeast/missisquoi. May 20 through 802-234-5884 www.vinsweb.org. July 16. 1815 River St., Bethel, VT READING. Exhibits: Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of WEST RUTLAND. Carving Studio and Sculpture Center www.locustcreekoutfitters.com Eros curated by Eric Fischl of over sixty-fi ve artists from Gallery. Hours are Monday-Friday, 10 am-1 pm, or by the Hall and Hall Art Foundation collections. Ready. Fire! appointment. 636 Marble St. (802) 438-2097. Aim. curated by DJ Hellerman, exhibited in Reading, and [email protected]. carvingstudio.org. Open Daily: Turkey Tags, also at BCA Center in Burlington. And a Solo exhibition 8–5:30 Mon–Fri by British artist David Shrigley in the newly opened WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Main Street Museum. A visitor center. Outdoor sculptures by Richard Deacon, small, public collection of curiosities and artifacts, each 8–3 Sat • 9–1 Sun Calls & Gear Olafur Eliasson, and Marc Quinn. Admission is free. Open one signifi cant and telling a story about human beings and weekends and Wednesdays by appointment at 11 am, 1 the universe we are part of—an alternative experiment pm and 3 pm, and unguided tours fi rst Fridays from 5-8 in material culture studies. Open Tues & Wed 4-7 pm. pm. Box lunches for purchase 24 hours before your visit. Parking adjacent to the rear of the building. Located at 58 Hall Art Foundation, 544 VT Rt. 106. (802) 952-1056. Bridge St., Studio 6, near the underpass. (802) 356-2776. MORSE FARM [email protected]. www.hallartfoundation. www.mainstrteetmuseum.org. MAPLE SUGARWORKS org. May 6 through November 26. WOODSTOCK. Billings Farm & Museum is Open for the ROCHESTER. BigTown Gallery. Exhibits “An Art That Season. Visit our award-winning Jersey herd, draft horses, Two Books by Burr Morse Nature Makes.” Photographs by Rosamond Purcell through and sheep and tour the restored 1890 Farm House. A Place July 29. “Sculpture, Relief & Prints” Works by Hugh in the Land our Academy Award®-nominee fi lm will be A sugarmaker describes what maple Townley, through September 10. “Marcus Ratcliff”, May shown every hour in the theater. Admission: adults $15, 62 and life in Vermont are all about. 17 – July 1. Exhibits, readings, events. Gallery hours: Wed- & up $14, ages 5-15 $8, 3-4 $4, under 3 free. 10 am – 5 Fri 10-5, Sat 12-5, Sun-Tues by appointment. 99 N. Main pm. Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) St. (802) 767-9670. [email protected]. 457-2355. [email protected]. billingsfarm.org. www.bigtowngallery.com. WOODSTOCK. ArtisTree Community Art Center. RUTLAND. Chaffee Downtown Art Center. Exhibits, Exhibits, classes, music, special events. Tues 11 am – 8 workshops, classes. Open Tuesday-Friday 12-6 pm, and pm, Wed-Sat 11 am – 4 pm. Mount Tom Building, 1206 Saturday 10 am - 5 pm. Chaffee Downtown Gallery, 75 Rt. 12. (802) 457-3500. artistreevt.org. Merchants Row. 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Tickets are $10-$20. The work shares the program with two works by J.S. Bach: his Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, and Magnifi cat, BWV243, a loving, brave lament from the perspective of Mary, mother of Jesus. The chorus is joined by an orchestra and guest soloist Derek Chester, tenor (“beautifully shaped and carefully nu- anced singing”—The New York Times). Chester previously appeared as a soloist in the Handel Society’s productions of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Weihnachts-Oratorium, and Handel’s Messiah. Robert Duff conducts the program. Dvorak’s Stabat Mater Composed in the wake of the deaths of his three young children, the Stabat Mater is a powerful expression of both grief and our ability to transcend it. With melodic abundance, harmonic richness and darkly beautiful scoring, it is both grand and intimate, consoling and spine-tingling. The text is from a medieval hymn inspired by a vision of the Virgin Mary watching her son die on the cross. Tradition- ally ascribed to the Franciscan monk Jacopone da Todi (c. 1230-1306), it joined the Roman Catholic liturgy in the 14th century, was suppressed by the reforms of the Council of Trent in the mid-1500s, and was reinstated by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727. Combing devotional content with profound photo by Rob Strong human sentiment, it has proved irresistible to composers in The Handel Society of Dartmouth in a choral performance at the Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH. every age, ranging from Palestrina and Pergolesi to Haydn, Schubert, Rossini, Verdi, Poulenc and Pärt. as soloist at the 2006 and 2008 Oregon Bach Festivals under   Dvorák began composing his setting a few months after Helmuth Rilling, as Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion Wild Plum the death of his infant daughter Josefa in 1875, and returned during Bach Woche 2007 in Stuttgart and at the 2007 Toronto They are unholy who are born to complete the work in 1877, following the deaths of two Bach Festival also under Rilling, and in Monteverdi’s Vespers To love wild plum at night, other children. Although he is remembered today largely for with Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque. Who once have passed it on a road instrumental works and operas, it was the Stabat Mater that Chester is frequently featured as guest soloist with Jef- Glimmering and white. brought his fi rst fame beyond his homeland of Bohemia. The frey Thomas’ American Bach Soloists and is featured as on ensemble singer and soloist on the rosters of Miami’s It is as though the darkness had work’s London premiere in March 1883, about two years Speech of silver words, after it was introduced in Prague, was such a success that professional chamber choir Seraphic Fire, directed by Patrick Quigley, and Austin’s Conspirare, directed by Craig Hella Or as though a cloud of stars the composer was invited there the following year to conduct Perched like ghostly birds. the piece himself. Johnson. 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Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 25 North Country Refl ections Flowering Trees to Celebrate Spring by Judith Irven Spring in Vermont always seems to be drive into the mountains. Since each ad- such a fl eeting season. Everything comes ditional thousand-foot elevation translates and goes so quickly that sometimes I want into almost a week’s delay in the passage of to say: ‘SLOW DOWN’ and let me savor the spring, even in early May you should still be delights of nature’s new year. able to catch a glimpse of these lovely trees Two years ago, on Mother’s Day, I remem- fl owering in the wild. ber driving home from Burlington airport Serviceberries also make delightful ad- after a brief trip to South Carolina (where ditions to our gardens. There are several spring passed through many weeks ago) and natural varieties, all members of the genus being treated to a quintessentially perfect ‘Amelanchier’. I am particularly fond of the Vermont spring evening. Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier ca- Just a few short days before, on my drive nadensis) which grows into a small spreading north, the branches of the maples, having multi-stemmed tree just 12’ high and wide. shed the remnants of their early fl owers, A group of four frames the entranceway to were still bare to the sky. Now they were our back garden. veiled in pale green lace. And all around me, Also, since the natural varieties of Amel- in gardens and hedgerows alike, beautiful anchier cross-fertilize easily, plant breeders small trees in bridal white or bridesmaid pink have produced several cultivated varieties shimmered in the gentle light. (or cultivars as they are called) that vary in A small tree is a wonderful way to add a ultimate height and spread. For instance the pleasing vertical dimension to your garden Apple Serviceberry Amelanchier x grandi- without being overly dominating. And, if fl o r a ‘Autumn Brilliance’ will eventually you choose it right, you can have the added reach about 20’ high with a canopy diameter bonus of a burst of color in springtime just of 15’ or more. So it is important to check when you need it most. the spot where you want to plant your tree In addition to the beloved crab apples and choose a variety or cultivar that will not which are just now coming into bloom across outgrow the space you have available. our region, here are three other small trees, also perfectly sized for our gardens, to help Pink ribbons us celebrate spring in Vermont. I will never forget, a few years back on an overcast day in early May, the visceral thrill photo by Judith Irven The ground has thawed when the of encountering the dainty little tree you ‘Leonard Messel’ Magnolia blooming its heart out along Cross Street in Middlebury, VT Serviceberries bloom see in this picture, completely smothered in in early May. Serviceberries get their name because, in frothy pink ribbons. the effervescent pink fl owers. Everything was bracts), and are a familiar sight in gardens up northern New England, they fl ower just after With a little research I discovered it was a indeed ‘picture perfect’. and down the Atlantic coast but are unlikely the ground thaws and graveside services are ‘Leonard Messel’ Magnolia, growing in the While we most often think of Magnolias to thrive here, except perhaps in the Cham- held for people who died over the past winter. heart of Middlebury, Vermont! as enormous trees reminiscent of the deep plain valley. Serviceberries are small native trees that, I admired the way the gardener had chosen south, there are actually several garden-sized Instead I suggest we Vermonters consider in the wild, stake out their claim along the the perfect spot for this delicate tree, cradling magnolias that grow really well in Vermont. the smaller native Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus edge of the woods. For most of the year they it in the southwest angle of the house. This About a hundred years ago the German alternifolia) that you may have seen growing are completely anonymous. Then, for a glori- sheltered spot also protected the tree from hybridizer Max Loebner experimented with wild in the woods. ous fortnight in spring, they are covered with late frosts and chilling winds. crossing the Kobus Magnolia (Magnolia It makes delightful garden tree and, al- delicate white blossoms, a sight which makes It had been planted far enough away from kobus) and the Star Magnolia (Magnolia stel- though slow growing, will eventually reach my heart leap for joy. the walls to give it room to grow into its lata), resulting in several small slow-growing about 12’ high and wide. I admit its fl owers, At lower elevations Serviceberries gener- natural shape, while still not overhanging magnolias, including ‘Merriill’ and ‘Bal- which are more like fl uffy balls of pollen, ally bloom around the third week of April. the sidewalk. And furthermore the dark slate- lerina’, both of which inherited the familiar are not as showy as those of its southern or But, if you miss them in the valley, take a blue color of the house was the ideal foil for white fl owers of the parent Star Magnolia. Asian cousins, but it has the added attrac- It is important to note however, that while tion of turning a beautiful bronze color in p the trees of these magnolias are hardy across the fall when its fruit will also be enjoyed ip i-D most of Vermont, a late cold snap can dam- by the birds. h i age the emerging fat buds, resulting in the And, like other dogwoods, the Pagoda dog- p occasional fl owerless year. wood has a pronounced horizontal branching ddesigningesigning wwithith vvintageintage W Then a few years later Leonard Messel, structure that always looks especially nice SStudiotudio working in Sussex, England, continued hy- against the verticalness of the house. 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Page 26 Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 NEWS FROM VERMONT Age is Just a Number To a Memory by Burr Morse I recently had my sixty-ninth birthday which begs the proverbial question, “Where did all those years go?” All of a sudden it occurred to me that I’ve lived through some mighty big transitions and, like all the old guys I used to make fun of, I’m beginning to say “When I was a boy...” a lot. Although I missed out on the horse and buggy days by a few years, I did see the advent of TV and, boy, has it changed! Back in those days, TVs were small, black and white, and always snowy. We had one of the fi rst ones in our neighborhood. Friends often stopped over for a night of entertainment at the Morse home watching “Dragnet”, “Lassie”, or “The Burns and Al- len Show”. Then there was “The Little Rascals” for us kids after we trudged home from school (no school buses back then!). We laughed and laughed over the antics of Spanky and his gang. Shows like that offered us not only world-class entertainment but total awe—we wondered how this could possibly be coming from a small box that sat on a table. Oh yes, and thanks to Mother, there was usually popcorn, lots of it, slathered with rich, creamy butter, produced from small herds of Jersey cows. Jerseys, not Holsteins, were the Vermont cow when I was young and the average dairy herd was small, only 25 critters! “Jerseys, not Holsteins, were the Vermont cow when I was young and the average dairy herd was small, only 25 critters!” As my dad, who was one of those small dairy farmers, would have said, “Farms were as thick as hair on a dog.” On a drive the three miles from our place to Montpelier, we might have been stopped at several cattle crossings, shared the road with farm trucks fi lled with clanging milk cans, and seen hand signals pop out the driver’s window of turning vehicles. Those vehicles had standard shift transmissions and starter push buttons on the fl oor, too. They either started with the slow groan of a turning motor, or not. When they didn’t, it was common to push them to the nearest downhill grade for a jump start. Once going, double-clutching and gear- scrunching was everyday routine for men and women alike. photo courtesy of Morse Farm Sugar Works For us, traveling beyond Montpelier was rare because we Even his sister Susan looked surprised that Burr could play with others! always lacked either the money or the time. Just driving the wreaking more havoc than cancer. Some things today must 100 miles of winding roads to visit my Southern Vermont be making many of our dearly departed “turn over in their Open Tues–Sat 10–4 relatives took over three hours. (The interstate highway graves”. Heck, when I was a boy…darn, there I go again! was yet to come to Vermont). We called our New York Jct. Rt. 10 & 25A City friends, “summer people”, and it was always a treat to Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks is located at 1168 County Orford, NH greet the latest group of summer people at the train station. Rd., Montpelier, VT. It is open year-round with Vermont (603) 353-4611 Train stations, not airports, were our transportation hubs of products, gifts, maple, and pasture-raised local beef and Featuring Katie’s Korner excitement. Upon the arrival of a train at Montpelier Junc- bacon. Order Cabot cheddar cheese and Maple products, Consignment Shop Brand Name Teen Clothing! tion, my farm boy world suddenly came alive with crowds of and much more at (800) 242-2740 or www.morsefarm.com. people sharing platforms with steel-wheeled cargo wagons and “tramps” looking for a free ride to a distant stop. Train stops were quick and frenetic because schedules back then were tight and adhered to, come rain or shine. 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Children’s Book Reviews by Charles Sutton Gardens, Mice, Elves, Peas & Tales of Spring ! Starting with May Day and ending with Memorial Day In the Land of Elves by Daniela Drescher ($15.95. Floris weekend, more festival than memorial and with Mother’s Books. www.fl orisbooks.co.uk). This is one of those delightful Day in the middle, Spring bursts upon us. Lilacs, fi ddleheads, books from the Scottish publisher, Floris, whose stories and green grass, warm days, who doesn’t like to get outdoors and drawings are so appealing. This mystical tale covers all the soak up the sun! Here are some children’s books in keeping seasons. For Spring we meet elves coming out of their crystal with the season for those quiet times after we come indoors. caves to admire the snowdrops, collect fl ower petals in the Happy reading! sunshine and watch butterfl ies drift and fl utter. And at night ❧ ❧ ❧ they take in the shooting stars. The Munich-born author-artist We all like to come up with something special for Mom done 20 books for children including Over the Hills and on Mother’s Day to let her know how much we love her. Far Away: Stories of Dwarfs, Fairies, Gnomes and Elves Join Biggest Mouse, Middle Mouse, and Little Mouse in from Around Europe. She is also a children’s art therapist. The Mother’s Day Mice by Eve Bunting and illustrated by ❧ ❧ ❧ Jan Brett ($8.99. Houghton Miffl in Harcourt. www.hmhco. Spring may be in the air, but its sights and sounds seem com) on their early dawn quest to get their mother some to come awfully slowly. For an instant glimpse of all of perfect gifts before she wakes up. Holding each other by Spring’s marvels in one book, enjoy Hello Spring! by the tail for security they evade a predatory snake, owl, red Shelley Rotner ($16.95. Holiday House.www.holidayhouse. fox and even a black house cat. They make it safely home com). Color photographs start with the season’s early signs Book News with their gifts: a giant strawberry, a dandelion fl uff ball like snowdrops, buckets collecting maple sap, tree frogs and a special song sung by on a log, and crocuses. Next Phoenix Books Launches Collateral Little Mouse. Caldecott Medal meet some of the animals who Trout by Peter Shea on May 11 winning author Eve Bunting’s have hibernated all winters: Phoenix Books Burlington published on outdoor topics charming story is accompanied chipmunks, groundhogs, bats, invites fi shing enthusiasts to for thirty-fi ve years, mostly by artist Jan Brett’s spellbinding bees and bears. Green leaves are catch up with Burlington’s trout fi shing and mostly Ver- illustrations. A perfect story to bursting out all over and many own legendary fly fisher mont. Shea and his wife share with your Mom! happy children are seen enjoy- Peter Shea at a book launch Carol have one daughter ❧ ❧ ❧ ing the spring fl owers and the celebration on Thursday, and live in Burlington. He is Vermont artist Amy Hun- baby animals. A perfect book May 11th at 7 pm. Director of Corporate Sup- tington of Williston loves to for spring! For more than fi fty years, port at Vermont PBS, and visit farmers’ markets while ❧ ❧ ❧ with fl y rod in hand, Shea continues his love affair with out riding her bike so she’s the Gardeners often plant peas has chased trout in the Green trout fi shing. ideal person to illustrate Fresh- with carrots as “companion” Mountain State and else- Ticket proceeds will be do- Picked Poets—A Day at the plants do well together. In where. Along the way he has nated to Vermont Foodbank. Farmer’s Market by Michele Carrot & Pea—An Unlikely documented their geography Tickets are $3 per person, and Schaub ($16.99. Charlesbridge Friendship by Morag Hood in maps and guidebooks, and include a coupon for $5 off Press. www.charlesbridge. ($16.99. Houghton Miffl in Har- shared his personal, often the featured book, Collateral com). This colorful book, told court. www.hmhco.com) one hilarious, angling stories. Trout, which will be avail- in poems, captures the color, will see that this arrangement His newest book, Collat- able to be signed. Coupons sights, sounds, funs, games and can also be fun for the vegeta- eral Trout, reprises several expire at closing the evening music as well as the bounty of bles even if they are opposites out-of-print reader favorites, of the event. good things to eat at outdoor farmers markets opening all over in color, size, and versatility. adding new memoirs, and ❧ ❧ ❧ Vermont starting in May. An example is one about farmer This is Scottish author Morag Hood’s debut picture book including the author’s fi rst Phoenix Books was estab- Greg’s free range eggs: “All laid by hens not cooped in pens, and it is an engaging and jolly story. You are introduced to works of fi ction. From sto- lished in 2007 on the prin- but roaming free and bold, these eggs are eggs-traordinary, Lea the pea who has many pea friends, and Colin who is an ries of an early arrest, and ciples of social responsibility, with yoke as pure as gold.” See for ourselves why more than rectangular-shaped very orange carrot. Colin may be much experiences with the “Lake community, and sustainabil- 8,000 farmers markets fl ourish across America. too tall, too orange, and he can’t roll, bounce or play hide Champlain Monster,” to what ity. Phoenix Books Essex, ❧ ❧ ❧ and seek; but for the peas he is an excellent tower, a fantastic happens when you mistake a Phoenix Books Burlington, Spring is a time when wood sprites, devas, elementals bridge, a great slide, and a great friend. He’ll be yours, too! porcupine for a bear, or what Phoenix Books Rutland and and other such magical creatures reappear, as one will see ❧ ❧ ❧ do you do when you find Phoenix Books Misty Valley Many of us are fascinated with the natural world, but have human remains, the reader are Vermont-owned, inde- you ever wondered who gave all those Latin names to every will be entertained with his pendent bookstores. living thing? The immense identifi cation system for plants, authentic tales. A separate animals and minerals was developed by a young Swede, section includes fi ve fi ctional Phoenix Books Burlington, Carolus Lennaeus. 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Lila’s formal gardens ‘past and present’ is the restored late 19th are described: “She was a master of creat- century Shelburne Farms estate in Shelburne, ing “drifts”of harmonious, blended color VT on the shores of Lake Champlain. and visual movement with the informal use If one can’t make it there in person this of perennials and annuals in the context of a magnifi cent 290-page book of photos of the formal garden structure, most notably in the estate today shows life as a non-profi t work- long borders of grand allées.” ing farm, agricultural research and education If you don’t get to see these gardens in center including a 24-room inn and restaurant person, Glenn’s photography shows them serving unusually delicious meals—food all in all their splendid colors and seasons. The produced on the property. plants are the same varieties in the original The original estate refl ected the country’s gardens, but only the peonies are original Golden Age when leading aristocrats of stock from Lila’s garden. Among the fl ow- the day invested fortunes in country estates ers she planted which are grown today are where they could entertain family and friends delphinium, hollyhocks, iris, monkshood, in luxurious style. yarrow, poppies, roses and hydrangea. Shelburne Farms was built between Just as imposing as the estate’s natural 1886 and l905 for Eliza “Lila” Vanderbilt, beauty are the 15 structures still standing out granddaughter of Cornelius of 36 that were built between Vanderbilt, the powerful rail- Book Review 1886 and 1905, designed by road tycoon, and her husband by Charles Sutton the famous New York archi- William Seward Webb. The tect Robert H. Robertson. property included Shelburne House an im- These include the Farm Barn, Breeding Barn, posing Shingle and Queen Anne’s style resi- Coach Barn and Shelburne House. An Old dence and an Italianate fl ower garden. Other Dairy Barn was destroyed when struck by buildings were a farm barn, coach house and lightning and burnt the ground in 2016. You breeding barn. The original farm comprises will see the buildings as symbols of wealth, 4,000 acres of pastures, woodlands, gardens, grandeur and style. and trails. The book includes many photographs of Remarkably the owners intended their the farm barns, inn and restaurant, green- estate to be a model agricultural farm promot- houses, vegetable and fl ower gardens. These ing research in crop production and breeding are intermixed with many pictures of the past livestock. This they were able to do success- when the estate was a private mansion and of fully for a couple of decades until support the many restorations made since 1972 when dried up through economic crises, two world the family established a non-profi t organiza- wars, shifting tax levies. tion to take over. All this might have come to an end for Today this is a model sustainable farm fi nancial reasons had not Lila’s youngest son providing enough food for some 60 staff- Vanderbilt Webb took over the management ers and residents and two meal a day at the of August last year. This enabled him to be at week in the spring in the greenhouses and of the property in 1936 and started token restaurant. Surplus meat, maple syrup and the right sites at the farm, fi eld, and facilities they are used in a variety of dishes—delicate renovations. Cheddar cheese are sold in the farm store. with perfect lighting for that particular sea- enough to eat raw. Other memorable dishes Major restoration efforts starting in the The author who lives in Woodstock,VT, son. You will marvel at the beauty all around would include Carrot-on-Carrot Salad with 1980s recreated the splendid gardens, among made 50 trips to Shelburne Farms to take which he has captured on fi lm. His full-page Black Walnuts and Black Walnut Vinaigrette; the most beautiful in America, a major factor color photographs and compile information pastoral landscapes include acres of growing Pheasant-Back-Mushroom Carpaccio with in the property being designated a National for the book from February through the end vegetables and grazing Brown Swiss cows. Nettle Pesto; and Lamb and Cheddar Meat- Glenn, an organic gardener too, said he was balls with Pickled Wild Leeks. amazed at the beauty of the vegetables, many The farm raises all its own meat including Book Review by Charles Sutton of which he later tasted. beef, dairy cows, lamb and pork. Among the most challenging photographs This is a surprising story because Shel- Compact Farms—15 Proven Plans were the dishes of food, as one has very little burne Farms’ original owners, although very time to take the picture of food right off the wealthy, cared enough to use the property For Market Farms on 5 Acres or Less stove before it cools down and changes color as an experimental farm to develop methods by John Volk (Slow Hand Farm) and shape. Nevertheless, he particularly liked to help all farmers—just what’s happening ($19.95. Story Publishing. www.storey.com) this assignment as he is working on a book there today! about Vermont chefs and their creative farm- ❧ ❧ ❧ Ever wonder while at a hour, but then he is his own growing certified organic to-table meals. He said Vermont is a leader in Glenn Suokko also is the author of Simon farmer’s market whether the boss, grows all his own food, mixed vegetables, culinary the country with this new style of cooking, Pearce: Design for Living (Rizzoli 2016). life of a market gardener does something he loves, is herbs and non-certifi ed eggs producing some marvelous dishes. For pho- For 25 years he has independently designed might be for you? You’ve outdoors rather than in an of- and rabbits. (See flywheel tography, he used a Canon Mark 2 camera. and produced art books and exhibition cata- been growing vegetables, fi ce or factory-bound. Also, farmvt.wordpress.com). Included are 14 farm-to-table recipes for logues for publishers, museums and univer- some fruits and berries as a there is the joy of knowing These small farms get their dinner meals as well as 16 pantry recipes sities. He is editor for Pastoral Vermont, an backyard, hobby gardener one is supporting the com- best income from direct sales for sauces, rubs, jams, vinaigrettes using online resource sharing kitchen recipes and for years. How much work munity with fresh, naturally to customers through farm- vegetables, fruits, herbs, meats, eggs, maple stories of Vermont creativity. www.glenn can one expect running the grown foods, and not using stands and farmer’s markets syrup, and other items like wild edibles—all suokko.com. garden as a business, and chemicals or toxins. and selling shares through grown or produced on the farm. can one make a living? What The farms profiled are Community Supported Ag- These recipes were created and prepared actually is subsistence gar- spread across the United riculture (CSA). This saves by the inn’s executive chef James McCar- dening anyway? States with one in Saint- fees and discounts paid to thy, especially for the book, to show how Hermit Hill All your questions, and Armand, Quebec, Canada. distributors, wholesalers, delicious, nutritious, fresh, and creative doubts too, are answered in New England is represented food stores and restaurants. locally-grown foods can be. Glenn Suokko Books this remarkable book with by the Flywheel Farm in These farms all grow 30 or had the good fortune to enjoy all the dishes profi les on 15 compact mar- Woodbury, VT and the fa- more vegetables, not special- on his various visits which he described as Used, Rare & ket gardeners making a living mous Four Seasons Farm in izing on one particular item. “fantastic” and what can be best described Collectible growing food on less than Harbourside, ME, operated In the forward to this book as a real “cook’s bonus!” fi ve acres, and in one case by veteran organic gardener, Michael Ableman writes Among Glenn’s favorites were Smoked Books on 2.5 acres on rooftops in garden tool inventor, and that small is not just beau- Cheddar and Maple Stout Soup featuring for the Brooklyn, NY! author, Elliot Coleman. tiful but can also be eco- the award-winning Cheddar cheese produced Tues–Sat The book’s fi nal chapter Vermont has plenty of nomical, highly nutritious, on the farm and stout from 14th Star Brew- 10–5 Whole Family called Nuts and Bolts gives arable land on the ground, and extremely powerful. ing Co. in St. Albans, VT. The picante soup Buy • Sell advice on how to plant and so it’s a surprise to see rows He notes that former U.S. was garnished with wilted mustard greens, design your own garden, of vegetables growing on Secretary of Agriculture Earl toasted pipits and toasted cumin seeds. Book Searches location, land and water con- rooftops on 6- and 12-story Butz (1954-57 & 1971-76) Also impressive was the Pea Shoot Salad 95 Main St. • Poultney, VT siderations, goals, infrastruc- buildings at the Brooklyn proclaimed farmers should with Herb Vinaigrette and Radish Aioli. The (802) 287-5757 ture covering water distribu- Navy Yard and Long Island get “big or get out.” These farm plants a few strays of pea shoots each tion, roads and paths, storage, City, NY. Freight elevators compact farms have proven greenhouses including hoop service the gardens, but origi- otherwise!  houses, low or high tunnels nally cranes were used to get and cold frames, livestock or the soil and supplies to the not, harvesting and packing, rooftops. Called Brooklyn processing and distribution Grange, the for-profi t urban facilities, and housing (are farm specializes in salad www.NextChapterBooksVT.com you living there, too?) greens and other intensive Can one make a living? All crops. The farm has added 162 N. Main St., Barre, VT • (802) 476-3114 the farms profi led are in the honey bees and laying hens. Open Monday–Saturday 9:30 am – 5:00 pm black, mainly because these The Flywheel Farm in Books & Gifts for Mother’s Day! farmers are serious and clever Woodbury, VT is typical Th e Bookmobile Books, Cards, Gifts, Stuff ed Animals, Candles! about growing and marketing of farms started by young Folkmanis Puppets, Melissa and Doug Toys their produce without worry- couples who apprenticed Used Books • New Books • Cards • Gifts ing about how hard they must on before getting their own Open Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 9-3, Sun by chance 11-3 Sit down and browse work, or getting dirt on their small-acreage tract. Justin 58 Merchants Row, Downtown Rutland, VT Now off ering audiobooks hands. The author notes he Cote and Ansel Ploog started (802) 342-1477 • www.bookmobilevermont.com • facebook Learn more at https://libro.fm/nextchapterbooksvt may make only $7-$10 an small in 2013 with two acres Vermont Country Sampler, May 2017 Page 29 VT Fish & Wildlife Dept. Be Alert to Avoid Moose on The Highways Drivers need to be alert highway. When on second- and cautious because moose ary roads, the recommended are on the move, accord- speed is 40 mph or less in ing to the Vermont Fish & these moose crossing areas. Wildlife Department. Moose • Drive defensively and are more likely to be cross- don’t overdrive your head- ing roadways at this time of lights. Moose are more active year, especially after dark or at night and early morning, early in the morning as they and they are diffi cult to see move from wintering areas because of their dark color. to spring feeding locations. • If you see a moose ahead, More moose are hit by slow down or stop. Trying to motorists in the spring than speed past them “before they at any other time of the year. can move” can be a serious There is another peak of mistake. Nineteen people activity in September and have died in motor vehicle October, the breeding season collisions with moose on for moose. Vermont highways since “Motorists hit 63 moose 1985. on Vermont highways during Vermont Highway 2016,” said Fish & Wildlife Sections Most Frequented Commissioner Louis Porter. By Moose “We are asking drivers to be especially careful and Rt. 105 from Island Pond for people to enjoy watch- to Bloomfi eld. ing moose from a distance. Rt. 114 from East Burke Moose can be unpredictable to Canaan. and dangerous if you get too Rt. 2 from Lunenberg to close and they feel cornered East St. Johnsbury. or get irritated.” Interstate 91 at Sheffi eld Moose are a threat to mo- Heights. torists, but there are measures Interstate 89 from Bolton you can take to avoid hitting to Montpelier. them, according to Fish & Rt. 12 from Worcester to Wildlife: Elmore. • Always be aware of the Rt. 118 near Belvidere danger—moose cross the Corners and Rt. 109 inter- road randomly, as well as at section. their regular crossings. • Increase your roadside For more information visit Moose walking through the wetland in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. photo by Nancy Cassidy awareness and reduce your the Vermont Fish and Wildlife speed when you see MOOSE Department website at www. Groton, VT CROSSING signs along the vtfi shandwildlife.com. Family Camping Weekend Celebrates 20th Anniversary For the past 20 years, the annual Becoming an Outdoors Families of currently deployed military personnel may Family Weekend has provided an avenue for families to attend for a discounted rate. Eligible families should contact experience nature and learn basic outdoor skills. Becky Bartlett at [email protected] or (802) 257- This year’s event, organized by University of Vermont 7967 x 301 to receive a discount code. Anyone requiring a (UVM) Extension and the Vermont Agency of Natural disability-related accommodation to participate in the camp- Resources’ Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Forests, ing weekend should call her by May 8. Parks and Recreation, is planned for June 2-4 at Stillwater Early registration is encouraged as tent, lean-to and RV Ever-Changing Art Exhibit State Park in Groton, VT. While open to both new and vet- sites, as well as workshops, are fi lled on a fi rst-come, fi rst- eran campers, the weekend is intended as an introduction to served basis. Families and friends may request adjoining camping and the outdoors. sites. Participants may stay for no charge on Sunday night Fine organic coff ees, locally In addition to traditional camp activities, the weekend fea- by contacting the park offi ce upon arrival. craft ed Vermont teas, homemade tures workshops, a bottle rocket-making station and launch, Each camper will have a choice of three workshops. Offer- Friday night ice cream social and Saturday night potluck ings include beginning and advanced mountain biking, geo- baked goods including gluten fr ee supper and dance party with a ‘90s theme. Throughout the caching, introduction to archery, basic fi rearm safety, outdoor options, and weekly specials. weekend families will have full access to all park facilities cooking, orienteering and wildlife tracking, among others. including the boat launch and free canoe and kayak rentals. Workshops designed specifi cally for the youngest campers 102 Depot St., Lyndonville, VT • (802) 535-3939 Fishing licenses may be purchased at the park although kids include exploring trees through touch, nature for very young Open 6 days, Mon-Fri 7:30-6, Sat 8-6 under 15 fi sh for free. explorers and wilderness survival for young families. Registration for the campsite (for up to eight people) and New this year are sessions on black bears, honey bees, We Now Have Nutty Steph’s Fine Chocolates all activities is $189 per family. The deadline to register is pond life, wood slice art, barnwood quilts, kitemaking, May 20. Visit go.uvm.edu/outdoor-family. kayaking, backpacking and white-tailed deer and moose. All sessions are led by expert instructors. Past attendees who refer a new family will be entered in a drawing for a free weekend stay at any Vermont state park, courtesy of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. For questions on the weekend’s activities, contact Debbie Fajans, UVM Extension 4-H Youth and Family Program coordinator, at [email protected] or (802) 257-7967 x 306.

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Built circa 1820, this beauƟ ful Victorian home was converted in 1982 into a six room B&B, and became the Hugging Bear Inn. Located on Chester’s Village Green, the Inn is near shops, galleries, and restaurants. The house is a Queen Anne Victorian with wraparound porch, slate roof, and original interior oak trim. *** Victorian Inn/Main House: Seven guest rooms each with individual baths. Connected barn: presently the Bear Shop. Six-vehicle parking lot. Lot size .6 acre, 26,136 sq. Ō . Landscaping: mature black walnut trees and heir-loom pinksters, raspberries, garden, lawn. The Carriage House is a two-story barn, 830 sq. Ō . NEVER The Guest House is a three-bedroom, two-bath coƩ age at the back of the lot. *** Yes! We are for Sale. Undersold Direct inquiries to the Hugging Bear, (802) 875-2412. SƟ ll open for business as usual, BUT Weekly Specials & Sales For more info and pictures, look on Zillow.com. Type in looking for new owners to conƟ nue the available online. the address: 244 Main St, Chester, VT 05143. incredible legacy of the Hugging Bear Inn Asking price $490,000. Appraised price $550,000. & Shoppe OR move into this beauƟ ful Inn as a turnkey operaƟ on is negoƟ able. Victorian home as a private residence. Call or stop by for Value of Teddy Bear Shop is negoƟ able PVS
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Lovely Mother’s Day Plant Selection Hanging Baskets & Geraniums  Greenhouses Open! Hundreds of Pansies, Colorful Annuals See us for Memorial Day & Perennials, Fruit Trees & Berry Bushes

Farmer’s Choice Vegetable and Herb Plants. Bedding Plants. Potting Soils, Fertilizers, Cow Manure, Peat Moss, Mulches and Seeds! Fresh Produce Asparagus and New Parsnips from the Field. From Our Greenhouse — Swiss Chard, Kale, Salad Greens, Scallions and Cucumbers. All your favorite fresh vegetables! Apples from our orchards. Free samples of our fresh, sweet Cider. Citrus and other fruits. Homemade Baked Goods Jumbo Cookies, Fresh Fruit Pies, Pastries, Breads. Our own Jams, Jellies and Honey. “Buy Direct From a Farmer” Vermont Cheeses. Homemade Fudge.

Open Year-Round, All Three Locations • 9 am – 7 pm Daily Rt. 11/30, Manchester, VT • (802) 362-3083 2017 Maple Syrup Rt. 9, W. Brattleboro, VT • (802) 254-0254 Rt. 30, Newfane, VT • (802) 365-4168 — Gift Certificates — duttonberryfarm.com and on facebook—Dutton Berry Farm We Have Maple Creemees!

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