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CTMQ > Farms

CTMQ & Bozrah: A Love Story

October 6, 2018 by Steve 2 Comments

BOZRAH! I Love Bozrah BOZRAH! Ever-lovin' Bozrah. My nemesis and my muse. The butt of my jokes for decades. Bozrah. I love Bozrah. And I will always love Bozrah. Boz. Rah. Rah-Rah, Boz! When you parse the name, it sounds darn exciting! I envision the 'z' being a lightning bolt. BOZRAH! When I began … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Bozrah!, Farms, town essays

Ferris Acres Creamery

July 26, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Good Way to Spend a Day Off Ferris Acres Creamery, Newtown August 2013 “Hey Steve, why haven’t you gone to Ferris Acres yet? Bueller? Bueller?” My answer is always the same, “Oh but I have. I just haven’t written about it yet. I'm waiting for a Ferris Day Off.” My point is that Ferris Acres commands a lot of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Newtown

Hill-Stead Trails

January 29, 2018 by Steve Leave a Comment

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 cultural trails: The CT Art Trail, CT Women’s Heritage Trail, CT Historic Gardens Trail, and it’s a National Historic Landmark. It’s a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Farmington, Farms, hill-stead museum

Bunnell Farm

December 21, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Gobble Gobble... For Real Though Bunnell Farm, Litchfield November 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 good. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Birds, Calvin, Damian, Farms, Litchfield

Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot

November 4, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Calvin's Favorite Hike Simsbury Land Trust's Tulmeadow Farm & Woodlot, Simsbury 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Farms, Hikes with my Boys, Severed Limbs, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust

Foster Family Farm

October 14, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Farms, Hoang, South Windsor

Hastings Farm

September 18, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Calvin, CT Cheese Trail, Damian, Farms, Suffield

Valley Falls Farm Heritage Center

August 1, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

If a Museum Falls in a Valley... Vernon (Google Maps location) June 2017 CT museum visit #355. The organization responsible for this place received a $6,200 grant in 2023 to make it into more of a true museum. Would I bother with this place if not for my goal to completely complete Vernon? No. Of course … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Farms, Valley Falls Trails, Vernon

Woodbridge Farmstead Museum

July 2, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Farms, Free Museums, Manchester, manchester historical society

Strong Family Farm

June 24, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Their Strawberry Game is Strong Vernon June 2017 Through grants and efforts, the Strong Family Farm preserved some pastureland and added a trail as well. 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Farms, Vernon

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