Ruth,
It is not what you would call farming; farming is hard work. No cows
since the 1960's. We have 18 acres under plow and supplement the farm
stand that is run by our neighbor and has been a stand for about 50
years. The farm was 380 acres at its biggest some 150 years ago. The
farm was started in 1786 and has been in the Clarke/Sorenson/Hubbell
family until six years ago when a fellow of means bought 44 acres.
Carroll Hubbell and Bob Sorenson (along with their spouses) still live
in the main farm house. Carroll runs the stand and Bob fixes all the
1950's tractors and equipment. Chris, his nephew does most of the
farming, I spend about eight to 24 hours a week helping out (there are
two to ten Mexicans at any time). We plant a lot by hand. Before
sunset, upon occasion, you can spot men women and children, eight to ten
white people planting!: snap dragons, sunflowers, brussel sprouts,
peas, lettuce, corn, pumpkins, gourds, you get the idea. We had two
acres of sun flowers right outside my office window this summer. Mike,
Ken and John have all been to visit, but call ahead, my wife is a great
cook, but not to keen on neighbors or surprise visitors. If you are
ever through New Haven, give a call. By the way, I wonder how long it
would take to get from Vermont to New Haven on route 5 now?
Best,
Leland
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Leland, Where do you farm? We don't have much space between the
killing and the eating either. Just did the turkey in this afternoon.
Ours weighed in at 40#. We knew he'd be big. We bought him about 6 wks
ago from a guy who said he wanted to get rid of him because he was
eating so much. Has a nice fat layer under the skin so he'll be nice
and moist, won't need to inject him with butter!
As to hunting, we're lazy hunters. We wait for neighbors to hit one in
front of the house with a car. Happened last yr and we got a nice 135#
buck out of it.
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. Anyone going to the big parade?
Ruth
At 5:26 AM -0500 11/23/04, Leland Torrence wrote:
Hey Michael, great morning reading as usual. I don't hunt any more and
the 24 pound turkey I let, dressed and plucked on Sunday was farm
raised, but I make sure my young boys are involved. I think it is
important not to allow too much distance between the killing and eating;
one looses respect. However, I could have bagged the two six pointers on
my lawn yesterday with a lacrosse ball. Our sub-urban Romeos have
little fear. In the summer they jump the pool fence and eat the young
hastia at my window. We had a great blue Heron stop at the court yard
in June and enjoy an appetizer of 26 coy and one baby snapper from the
fountain. Laura and I like to sit out there in the early morning and
watch the fish and turtles, not much of a show after Mr. Beady Eye's
visit. Best, Leland
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