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From our green mountains to our blue lakes, Vermont is open for your summer vacation escape. Through our Gateway to Vermont you can plan your Vermont vacation, tour a family farm, or follow a Vermont life through our online journal.

We popped the cork on the lambing season a week ago, five ewes produced nine healthy happy lambs with a minimum of intervention and fuss, one ewe didn’t take, but she was young and breeding her was a gamble anyway. However, as the Merck Medical Manual says “Proof positive of a pregnancy is the delivery of a fetus,” and stumbling around the shed is Proof Positive that yes, this ewe was pregnant. A three and a half pound premie. Which, in her adolescent confusion, the ewe has rejected utterly. Not content just to refuse to nurse her, the ewe has tried kicking it to death, and when that didn’t work, bashing it against walls. We’ve dribbled formula into a limp lamb and tucked it in with a water bottle to raise its temperature, to suck the lamb needs to be reasonably warm.<Pipi cont.>

A Farm of Your Own: in Vermont or in your back yard!

The magic of Vermont is in her small farms and Vermont life.  It is in her farm yards, hayfields, barns, and hen houses. You can visit a Vermont farm, you can stop by a Vermont farm stand... or even shop for Vermont cheese, Vermont wool, or Vermont maple syrup online.

Do you dream of your own "someday farm?" Visit the Farm at Morrison Corner for a walk through the story of bringing a lost farm back to life, and learn about keeping a flock of your own sheep or chickens.

UPCOMING EVENTS IN NORTHERN VERMONT:
May 10th (Mother's Day) Tours at the Shelburne Farm's Inn: 12-5; $10 pp and:

Shelburne Farm's Backyard Farmer Series: May 23: Raising Layer Hens

June 20: Small Scale Livestock Production (including the economics of raising your own chickens, rabbits, sheep, and goats) ShelburneFarms.org

May 17 Opening Day at Shelburne Museum: this year's feature is "Full Throttle: Vintage Motorcycles, Custom Choppers and Racing Machines," as well as new textile exhibits. Opening day also features the lilac tour: 90 varieties in bloom!

Sat, May 23rd Dandelion Festival at Grand View Winery: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. there will be free tastings at the Grand View Winery in Waterbury, right off route 100. www.grandviewwinery.com