Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Hubbell Farm (c. early 1800)

The Hubbell Family was a big part of the history in Shelton, CT where I live. In more recent generations, the Hubbell's got involved in making telescopes for space. Today friends Ray & Linda now own and run the farm, raising sheep, Llama, Alpaca and other assorted critters, and haying the fields to feed them, and growing organic herbs, greens, flowers and more. The farm features all of the original buildings and barns, although some were built more recently than the early 1800's when the oldest structures were built. The newest barn was built after 2000 to house the Alpaca's, Llama and sheep, and Linda's yarn making operations. She runs a gift shop in one of the barns and sells wool that is ready for spinning yourself or knitting. I've been lucky to spend some time there this Fall checking out all the old barns. Here's the scene. More shots to follow in another post.

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