ont Cou n erm try V Sampler Free • Statewide Calendar of Events, Map • Inns, B&B’s, Dining, Real Estate • Entertainment, Book Reviews • Plenty of Good Reading! July 2013 Vermont at it’s Very Best! Montague Golf Club and ~ 100th Anniversary ~ Randolph,Vermont 18 Holes for Only $49/pp, Including Golf Cart “Best Bed & Breakfast in Central Vermont” x Abeautiful,6,300Ͳyardlinksgolfcoursewithmanyholes frontingontheThirdBranchoftheWhiteRiver. x Enjoy“TheSportingLife”onour1,300acres. x 2013Dues:Couple$1,470~Adult$885~Senior$770 x Golf,tennis,biking,fishing,swimmingpool,sauna, hot tub and Fitness Center. Air conditioned guest rooms with luxury baths and EarlyBirdSpecial–AllSeason x highͲspeedwirelessInternetaccessavailable. TeeOffBetween7:30and9AM! x Theperfectgatheringplaceforweddings,familyreunions Mon.ͲFri.•18Holes:$30incl.cart•9Holes:$20incl.cart andbusinessconferences. Saturday:•18Holes:$35incl.cart•9Holes:$25incl.cart x Centrallylocatedonly2milesfromExit4,IͲ89. PressedforTime?Play9Holes The Sammis Family, Owners www.MontagueGolf.com - 802-728-3806 • www.ThreeStallionInn.com - 802-728-5575 “A fun, friendly, private golf club open to the public” Dutton’s Strawberries Blueberries & Raspberries Pick-Your-Own at our fi elds on Rt. 30 in Newfane, VT. Call for conditions (802) 365-4168. Already-picked will also be available at our farmstands in Newfane, Manchester, and W. Brattleboro, VT. Flames Stables Route 100 South, Wilmington, VT (802) 464-8329 Scenic Year-Round Trail Rides Children Over 6 Can Ride Alone Pony Rides for Younger Children ~ by reservation ~ Great Family Fun at the Lowest Prices Around! Teacher Treasures photo by Billings Farm & Museum A Teacher Resource Store & More! Visitors help load the hay wagon using pitch forks at Billings Farm & Museum’s Hay Day. Jason Johnson, Farm Scrapbooking Materials & Gently Manager, is driving the team of horses, Jim & Joe. Paul LeBlanc is helping the children with the hay. Used Books/Lending Library “A Hands-On Store” Brattleboro, VT School year hours: Rural Vermont and Wild Carrot Farm Host Raw Dairy Class 2–5 pm Wed–Fri and 10–5 on Sat Learn to Make Butter, Ricotta, & Mozzarella from Raw within their community, they are working to create a positive (802) 365-4811 • (802) 365-4426 fax Milk. Rural Vermont is bringing back its popular raw milk impact on their local ecosystem. Learn more about the farm Cynthia W. Nau • [email protected] dairy processing classes on July 13th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. by visiting www.wildcarrotfarm.net. Right on Rt. 30—just north of Newfane Village at Wild Carrot Farm in Brattleboro, VT. Rural Vermont Board members and farmers Ben Crockett and Ashlyn Bristle will Rural Vermont is a statewide nonprofi t group founded in host and teach this introductory class about using raw milk 1985. For over 25 years, Rural Vermont has been advancing to make some basic and delicious dairy products—butter, its mission of economic justice for Vermont farmers through BLUEBERRIES NOW! ricotta, and mozzarella. advocacy, grassroots organizing, and education. For more It’s Summer Berry Time! Half-way through the class, participants will be treated to info or to be added to the mailing list, call (802) 223-7222, Pick-Your-Own or Ready Picked! a complimentary and hearty farm lunch of grilled chicken visit www.ruralvermont.org, or fi nd them on Facebook. (vegetarian option available), potato salad, green salad, and Also U-Pick Red Raspberries Call for hours and picking conditions bread with freshly churned butter and freshly made cheese! The class fee is $50. Registration and prepayment is re- Our Own Vermont Maple Syrup. Widow Carrie’s Courting We Ship Anywhere! quired. All proceeds benefi t Rural Vermont. This is the only scheduled dairy class for this summer and it will be a small Tramps carved “yes” marks — Open 7 Days — class, so space will fi ll quickly! To register, e-mail shelby@ along stone walls that led to Wilbur’s farm. Harlow’s Sugar House ruralvermont.org or call (802) 223-7222. It meant their travelling kind could get Rt. 5, 3 miles north of Putney, VT Wild Carrot Farm is a small, diversifi ed farm that raises a hand-out there. It didn’t tell (802) 387-5852 over 100 varieties of vegetables, fl owers, mushrooms, pas- that one might have to split some kindling wood tured dairy and beef cows, lambs, goats, pigs, chickens, or fetch a pail of water from the well. turkeys and rabbits. By growing food in a diverse environ- ment using organic principles, and selling all of their food Wilbur’s widow never minded feeding tramps. Vermont Country Sampler She had plenty of odd jobs they could do. At any rate they were some company. July 2013, Vol. XXIX Open Fridays TOWNSHEND 4-7 pm Each knew there’d be a bounty on his plate. The Vermont Country Sampler is distributed free over-the- FARMERS’ June 7 through No matter just how sad or frail they looked counter in and out of Vermont. Back issues, $2 per issue, fi rst MARKET she let them do their job before they ate. class. Subscriptions $24/year. October 11 Calendar of Events published free of charge. Mail your At West Townshend Country Store One day one came who hardly seemed a tramp information to us by the 10th of the preceding month. Rt. 30 & Windham Hill Rd., W. Townshend, VT yet all his worldly goods were on his back Advertising rates available upon request. Deadline the 10th of (802) 869-2141 or [email protected] When the widow spoke of unpaid bills the preceding month. he reached inside his sack and loaned her money. Vermont Country Sampler Local farm fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed meats, His chance for quick repayment was so slim PO Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 • (802) 772-7463 plants, breads, baked goods, and dinners. he worked the farm for her until she married him. [email protected] Plus handmade soaps, blown glass and more. vermontcountrysampler.com EBT and Farm to Family coupons welcome —WILLIAM MUNDELL Newfane, VT aylor F it T ar ~ Homemade Pies ~ is m 24 Delicious Assorted Varieties! V Fresh Baked or Oven Ready ANDM Take One Home Today! R A Apple • Apple Crumb • Cherry • Cherry Crumb G pies pastries Strawberry-Rhubarb • Raspberry-Apple • Pecan M SINCE 1994 Blueberry • Summer Berry • Raspberry-Peach “Have a cup I ' S L L E R 29+ Varieties of Homemade Pies! of coffee or tea and a Pies also available at: pastry in Woods Market Quiche, Soup and Other Dinner Specialties in Brandon, VT Chicken Pot Pie & Shepard’s Pie. our cafe area The Colonial House and enjoy A New Vermont Tradition! Coffee Cake, Sticky Buns, Cookies, and Breads. Inn & Motel in Weston, VT the view!” Visit our Farm Store for Vermont Wayside Country Store Special Orders Welcome (802) 824-4032. in West Arlington, VT cheeses, raw milk, baked goods, Sheldon’s Market honey, syrup and more. in Salem, NY Come Visit Our Retail Store The Market Wagon Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides! At Hearthstone Village, Rt. 100, 2 mi. S. of Londonderry, VT David Nunnikoven in N. Bennington, VT Open Monday–Saturday, 8 am – 5:30 pm Baker & Owner 825 Rt. 11 West, Londonderry, VT (20 min. from Manchester or Stratton) (802) 824-5690 • www.taylorfarmvermont.com Page 2 Vermont Country Sampler, July 2013 photo by Billings Farm & Museum Billings Farm & Museum teamster, Phil Warren, drives the Percheron draft horses, Lynne & Sue, cutting hay. The cutter is a McCormick New 4 Mower, 1880–1900. Woodstock, VT July Festivities at Billings Farm & Museum Billings Farm & Museum is celebrating it’s 30th Anni- Celebrate National Ice Cream Day October 31, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekends Nov. – Feb., and versary this year. Over these past 30 years, over one million Billings Farm & Museum will celebrate National Ice Christmas & Presidents’ weeks, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admis- visitors—hailing from every state in the U.S. and over 40 Cream Day on Sunday, July 21, 2013, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. sion: adults: $12; 62 & over: $11; children 5–15: $6; 3-4: foreign countries—have made the farm an important part of Visitors can participate in making and tasting hand-cranked $3; 2 & under: free. The Farm & Museum is one-half mile their visit to Vermont. In addition to the following special ice cream made using Billings Farm cream several times north of the Woodstock village green on VT Rt. 12. For in- events, you can visit the farm for Time Travel Tuesdays, during the day, while learning the history and science of the formation call (802) 457-2355 or visit www.billingsfarm.org. Wagon Ride Wednesdays and Foodways Fridays. Whether “great American dessert.” Have fun making an ice cream you are a visitor or make Vermont your home, plan a trip to cone headband, playing 19th century historic games, and Billings Farm this summer. You’ll have a great time! enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride. “An Old Vermont 4th” Admission to National Ice Cream Day includes all pro- grams and activities, plus the operating dairy farm, farm life Celebrate the Billings Farm & Museum’s “Old Vermont exhibits, and the restored and furnished 1890 Farm House. 4th” on Thursday, July 4, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., featuring traditional music, fl ag-making, hand cranked ice Hay Day! cream, horse-drawn wagon rides, patriotic speeches, and Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural debates. A special feature will be the continuous showing heritage, will feature Hay Day on Saturday, July 27, from 10 of Island of Hope, Island of Tears, a fi lm by Charles Gug- KLICK’S a.m. – 5 p.m. The event will feature traditional 19th century ANTIQUES & CRAFTS genheim.