Sunday, April 24, 2011

Adventure 2011: Taft HIll Farm

Two days ago we moved to Taft Hill Farm in West Townshend, VT which has the most beautiful view of the Green Mountains. The DuGrenier family is kind, inviting, and extremely knowledgeable. Robert and Kathy have lived here for 14 years with their 10 year old son Luc. Critter, however, is not that inviting...he’s the male llama that I’m sure you’ll be hearing more of. He shows his affection by awkwardly staring you down and randomly running at you.


So far our responsibilities have included learning how to feed the animals in the morning and to put them away for the night. The animals include: 2 llamas, 5 mini horses, lots of ducks (moscovy, shetland), lots of chickens (taft hill blue foot, lady kathy, copper scotch, and the special breed of luc dugrenier), 5 emus, 1 sheep, 1 ram, 1 donkey, 1 dog, 4 peacocks, 1 rabbit.


The weekend also included 2 inches of snow and slush which caused us to stay in doors on Saturday and work in the apartment in which we will be living once it’s done. Luckily my dad was here to help Robert put in bathroom tile while Kyle and I painted the ceiling.


Easter Sunday was spent eating a feast of a brunch, visiting a friends’ day old lambs, hiking down to Hamilton Falls, operating a back hoe, and feeling old jumping on the trampoline. The best way to convey how wonderful it has been so far is to show you!! Here you go.


PS- We miss everyone in Cleveland!!! Love you all so much. Thanks for being excited with us for this experience!!!



Peanut Butter and Fluff is the closest mini horse.

Horse poop turns into soil that is full of nutrients...notice how green the grass is that grows under the poop!!! This is why animal poop is composted and then spread in gardens...rich and nutritious!!



Dominant male peacock.

The pond.

Emu.
Critter the llama and Black Lightening the ram.
Marmalade the pregnant donkey.
A rooster.


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5 comments:

  1. YisuApril 25, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    labyo

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  2. CoryHarrillApril 25, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    AWESOME! glad you guys were able to make it over to VT. That means We are going to have to come visit some day! You guys are awesome! God Bless and I am going to link your blog to mine :) haha YAY Social media! :)-

    Cory

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  3. HeatherApril 25, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    So happy to see you guys made it safe and sound to the farm and things are going so well! It looks amazing and I know you guys are going to love it! Learn lots of garden secrets for me and smuggle them down when you come visit! Love all the animals and know you are going to rock that place! Love you guys so much! Heather

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  4. Mrs. Mitchell's Grade 3/4 ClassApril 26, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Glad we were able to meet the DuGrenier family...enjoyed our stay...give our love to everyone.

    Hey, when do you want to stop by for dinner?
    Who is going to help us eat our left overs now?

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  5. dentonApril 28, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    i love the animal names.
    please, let me help choose marmalade's kid's name. i will do a good job.

    i like lynea's ability to subdue heavy machinery.

    i like kyle by the pond- it reminds me of "Walden" by Thoreau, which i haven't read, but have heard a lot about.

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