THINGS TO DO IN CENTRAL VERMONT: Billings Farm & Museum

Billings Farm is a living museum celebrating Vermont's rural history. Today the museum is also a working dairy farm, and features regular demonstrations and educational events. The Billings Farm dates to 1871, when owner Frederick Billings (name-sake of Billings, Montana) a lawyer, railroad entrepreneur, and philanthropist began importing cows from the Isle of Jersey.

Today the farm still dairies Jersey cows as well as other livestock including sheep, horses, oxen, and chickens.

Billings Farm also features an authentically restored 1890 Farm House and abuts the
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park. It is within walking distance of beautiful downtown Woodstock, VT, and within a resonable drive of all central Vermont destinations.

If you are looking to rent a vacation home for the weekend (or a week) during Foliage Season or Ski Season, be sure to visit ReynoldsRentals.Com for a lovely nearby village farmhouse.

Good Stuff

Mid-stride through our first CSA week we just received the following email from a satisfied share-holder. Of course we're only too pleased to share:

"Hi, I just wanted to let you know that my family really enjoyed all the great food we recieved on the monday CSA. You went above and beyond, and I really appreciate it. I will see you on Monday!"
-- L and Family

Reading, VT area

This quintessential New England town is just 2 hours from Boston, 3 hours from western Connecticut, & conveniently located between the ski resorts of Okemo, Ascutney, Killington & Suicide Six. Only minutes from scenic Woodstock Green and historic Windsor., fine dining, art galleries, Harpoon, Long Trail, & Black River brewery tours, maple syrup & cheese-making, Simon Pearce, Vermont Salvage, & antiquing are among the areas many attractions. But you'll also find the world's longest wooden covered bridge, the birthplace of the Morgan horse breed, VAST snowmobile network, 80-foot Cascade Falls, Ascutney State Park hiking trails, a gorgeous Alpaca Farm in Brownsville, golfing at Crown Point Country Club, hot-air ballooning in Quechee, horseback riding at the Green Mountain Horse Association in South Woodstock, a wintry sleigh-ride in Plymouth-Bridgewater, trout fishing in the Black River (the north branch of which babbles behind our house), and moose-watching up at the wallow. In addition to world-class skiing, beautiful autumn foliage, and gorgeous summer vistas, this area is also home to the President Calvin Coolidge Homestead, Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boys, New England's largest gorge, & the Billings-Marsh-Rockefeller Farm & Museum.

For more information about staying in this area visit: www.reynoldsrentals.com

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