Showing posts with label taylor farm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taylor farm. Show all posts

Monday, October 29, 2012

Creatures at Taylor Farm

At Taylor Farm, we were greeted by a friendly calico cat on the farm store's front stoop.  The cat even wanted to meet Mr. Hunter.



A bunch of chickens scooted about near the woodpile, including these notable roly-poly hens.



Two necks.


And we also made the acquaintance of a group of sturdy Belgian draft horses.  More on the draft horses in the next post...

Taylor Farm
Londonderry, Vermont
September 2012

Welcome to Taylor Farm

You know the proverbial needle in a haystack?  
Maybe you'd like to try to find Mr. Hunter in this woodpile...


"Here I am!"

Mr. Hunter and family found this woodpile as they wandered the grounds of Taylor Farm, a dairy farm located on Route 11 in Londonderry, Vermont.


Maple Meadow cage free eggs and Bob White quail eggs.

Mr. Hunter and some grade A gold maple syrup at Taylor Farm.


Taylor Farm
Londonderry, Vermont
September 2012

Official site for Taylor Farm - http://www.taylorfarmvermont.com/

Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Vermont Cheese Trail

Mr. Hunter and family spent a day driving around southern Vermont, and we realized that there might be some good cheeses to be found along the way.  Turns out there's even a Vermont Cheese Trail, although many of the dairy farms and cheesemakers were located further north in the state.  

But in addition to sampling cheese at the Vermont Country Store, we managed to visit two dairy farms: Taylor Farm in Londonderry, makers of Gouda cheese and home to some wondrous Beglian draft horses, and Hildene Farm, which is located on the grounds of Hildene, the Vermont summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln.

Mr. Hunter appreciated the name of this brand of cheese: Hunter.

You can sample a big variety of cheese at the Vermont Country Store.

We spotted some Hildene Farm cheese among the many cheeses
at the Vermont Country Store.

Vermont Cheesemakers map.
You can find this map online, too.

On the porch of the Vermont Country Store,
Mr. Hunter climbed onto a tall stack
 of wheels of Cabot cheddar cheese.


Mr. Hunter considers the selection of goat cheeses at Hildene Farm.

A sign across the road from Taylor Farm.

The Vermont Country Store
Taylor Farm
Hildene Farm
Weston, Londonderry, and Manchester, Vermont
September 2012


Vermont Cheese Trail Map from the Vermont Cheese Council - 
http://www.vtcheese.com/cheesetrail.htm