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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 of Life on a Vermont Sheep Farm.

This year the chickens, instead of being the feral flighty creatures I raise, are hand-tame. I wouldn’t spend the time to do it, but my neighbor’s daughter did. She painstakingly taught them to fly, lifting them up with their stubby wings and encouraging their little hops. She taught a couple of them to sit on her finger, and as they got bigger to tolerate being carried around. And, naturally, she named them: Abby, Sunflower, Fudge — a half-dozen names for the cutest of the 15 chickens. She prefers the buff and yellow birds. The black-and-white Barred Rocks are all anonymous bundles of feathers. <The Chicken Whisperer>

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.

EVENTS IN NORTHERN VERMONT:

Stowe Foliage Arts Festival in Topnotch Field. Stowe,
October 7, 8, & 9, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Stowe Foliage Arts Festiva has 200 juried artisans exhibit and sell a wide range of contemporary and traditional craft work as well as original Art, photography, sculpture, and specialty food products. The event includes organic wood fired pizza, grass fed burgers, lobster rolls, soups and salads, sweet potato fries, local apple cider, tacos, pulled pork and all the trimmings, grilled cheese Paninis, and so forth. In addition the Vermont Beer Cheese and Sausage tent returns for the fourth year. A dozen Vermont beers will be served along with Vermont cheese and sausages. Live music on Saturday and Sunday make this one of Vermont's best arts and crafts festivals.
• Adults $8 • Kids Free

December 1-4
White Christmas at the Hyde Park Opera House and Governor's House
Celebrate the romance of a Vermont Christmas with a stay at the Governor's House in Hyde Park. Enjoy dinner and a night at one of the most charming theaters in the country. This unique package includes half price theater tickets and gift cards to area shops... come and recapture the joy of Christmas. More info..

Jane Austen Weekends at The Governor's House in Hyde Park
A leisurely weekend of literary-inspired diversions has something for every Jane Austen devoteé. Imagine a literary retreat that will slip you quietly back into Regency England in a beautiful old mansion where Jane herself would feel at home. A charming and very popular escape (Jane Austin)