Spring on the Farm

We found the Remick Family Farm online while searching for maple sugar shacks. We learned that we were late for the syrup making season, when the maple tree sap is heated and processed into delicious syrup. The trees 'run' with sap during February and March typically and while the rest of the country had an incredibly cold and snowy winter, Vermont and New Hampshire did not have an unually hard winter. Great for the residents, not so great for the syrup makers!

After finding out more about the farm, we drove up anyway as the farm has been reworked to become a teaching facility about farm life. Here's the sugar shack where the syrup is made. When in season, the tell-tale sign is reported to be a lot of steam rising from the building. Too bad we missed it, but we did buy some syrup - very tasty!

The most charming thing about spring on a farm are the new babies everywhere. These kids are only 3 days old!

The kids were charged with creating fences with stones and long timbers.

They did a great job and didn't have to work too long. We are happy to see how well they work, though, as we hope a farm is in our future!

Another baby was across the field - this little week old lamb.

Craig had a nice chat with mom...

The lamb flopped over when it got too fast for its little wobbly legs.

No worries - it found its feet quick enough!

These two Heritage breed turkeys were not particularly charming nor were they happy to see us! We were happy to be on the other side of the fence as these two guys were wishing for us to leave them alone.

These two wanted to see us, until they found out we didn't have any feed for them.

The town of Tamworth now surrounds this part of the farm, which covered 400 acres at one time.

A wagon ride closed out our farm visit, with these beautiful twin sisters pulling us around.

Very strong Belgians, they had no trouble pulling the wagon around the farm for a short visit.

We stopped at the hardware store before leaving, where they also sell homemade ice cream - Moose Tracks is a nice flavor with chocolate and peanut butter mixed into vanilla. Another little adventure is done for the day.