Hill-Stead, Not Hill Farmstead Hill-Stead Trails, Farmington January 21, 2018 Hill-Stead is a great museum. Top notch. One of the best. It appears on several CTMQ/state sanctioned lists: Art Trail, CT Women’s Heritage Trail, CT Historic Gardens Trail, and it’s National Historic Landmark. It’s a museum, obviously, … [Read more...]
Bunnell Turkey Farm
Gobble Gobble... For Real Though Bunnell Farm, Litchfield November 21, 2017 We have been purchasing farm-fresh turkeys for Thanksgiving for several years. Our first foray into fresh turkey was at Gozzi’s Turkey Farm down in Guilford – the home of the neon turkeys. Read all about it here. Those turkeys were … [Read more...]
SLT: Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot
Calvin's Favorite Hike Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot October 31, 2015 No matter how many years pass, this remains one of my son's favorite hikes of all time. I think you can figure out why. I have written many times of my affinity or West Simsbury. Tulmeadow only adds to that love. They sell delicious ice … [Read more...]
Foster Family Farm
Corny Foster Family Farm, South Windsor September 24, 2017 I had never in my life done a corn maze. So I figured I should do one. "Completing" South Windsor gave me such an opportunity. I have now done a corn maze. In fact, according to the Foster Family Farm website, I've now experienced Connecticut's … [Read more...]
Hastings Farm
Make Haste! Hastings Farm, Suffield Multiple visits I’ve been happily popping along the Connecticut Cheese Trail for a decade now. I must admit that I’m surprised that no such official trail yet exists. After all, everyone loves cheese. And baby cows. I first found Hastings farm in 2013 and was very … [Read more...]
354. Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center
If a Museum Falls in a Valley... Vernon (Google Maps location) June 10, 2017 Would I bother with this place if not for my goal to completely complete Vernon? No. Of course not. Am I glad I did – so much so that I’m going to write up a page about it as if it is a real, functioning museum in 2017? You … [Read more...]
365. Woodbridge Farmstead Museum
Milkin’ It Manchester (Google Maps location) July 23, 2017 I'm very close to completing everything there is to do in the first five towns I've set out to complete. In fact, I completed Manchester a couple months ago. So here's a new post from a place in Manchester. Sigh. I knew about Woodbridge … [Read more...]
Strong Family Farm
Their Strawberry Game is Strong Vernon June 10, 2017 Yup, this is another one of those CTMQ pages that just sort of "exists." I learned about the Strong Family Farm via the CT Open House Day listing which said that they "Strong Family Farm provides a historic agricultural education center where children, … [Read more...]
Bakerwoods Farm
It’s... Interesting Ashford (Google Maps location) May 21, 2017 Look, if you’ve been reading this site for a while you not only know the style in which I write, you also know my feelings about certain things. You should also know that almost all of what I write comes from a place of respect and love for the … [Read more...]
Apple Pie Moonshine, Connecticut Style
Apple Pie Moonshine, Connecticut Style Hickory Ledges Distillery/Hastings Farm Dairy Farm I had totally forgotten about this drink, but it was one that made my wife quite happy last winter. But it's not just a cold-weather drink at all. Something tells me she'd drink this in the middle of July if it was available. … [Read more...]
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