June 2015

What’s Up Down on the Farm

The Aiken Farm consists of 90 acres sitting on the top of  Windmill Hill, toward the southern end of that long ridgeline. It lies at the end of a little-used dirt road and it looks to the south. It has that “top of the world” feeling, like so many farms in Vermont. Vermont had soil, so hill farms were viable. The place has remained in use up to the present day, so it never grew up in brush or second growth forest. The pastures are well-established...