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Hartman B&B in Barre MA
by Jeff "Foliage" Folger
A shot of the front of the house.
I really wish I could go back and spend more time here...
A little hidden birdhouse in the garden... I expected to see humming birds and faeries all over the place...
The reception room off where we had Breakfast.
He stopped in with his parents and he grabbed some clover to feed the rabbits..
Pumpkins out in the herb shed...
Drying herbs out in the shed.
A welcoming front entry way... Everything was welcoming and I look forward to going back.
Greetings Foliage Peepers!
The fall season is waning into the coming (dreaded) winter season and I'm already looking back and enjoying all the memories I captured while exploring the New England countryside.
I love going to the Yankee foliage contest and looking at the wonderful pictures that all the other readers have entered into the contest, I'm literally in awe! And speaking of contests my blog contest was won by Susan Bot of Connecticut. She told me she had never won anything so this was a really good fall season for her. I hope to have a similar contest next fall so keep your eyes open for that.
Hartman's Herb Farm
1026 Old Dana Road
Barre, MA 01005
978-355-2015
Many times I'm asked by my readers about places to stay in New England during the fall foliage season. This is more difficult than you would imagine since I live in rather centrally located Salem MA. I don't usually stay overnight when I'm out searching for foliage.
I can take off in the early morning and be anywhere from the Berkshires or over to Camden ME, before lunch, so I don't usually stay overnight. So when I recommend that you go to the foliage forum and ask about places to stay, it's because I realize do have limitations and I only like to refer actual places that I've stayed at. That said...
Each year Lisa and I like to take a long weekend in October to try to relax and this year we choose the Hartman Herb Farm. We found out when we got there that Lynn and Peter Hartman had been in Yankee Magazine back around 1983 and we spent several hours talking with them about the intervening years.
Lisa and I loved looking around their 1800s styled farm house B&B and no matter where you look, Lynn's artful work is evident. They showed us the magazine page from the Yankee issue where their daughter Carissa was only five years old. Today, Carissa is their head chef for weddings and other catered functions that are held all through the year at the farm.
I loved the exposed beams and wide pine plank board flooring and in talking to Peter about the age of the house he asked how old I thought it was? I guessed the 1890s and he said more like 1996! There had been a fire that destroyed the house and they had an architect come in and design it much as it would have been before the fire but with current upgrades in many areas.
I could go on about how wonderful the place was to stay at but space is limited so if you still have questions please feel free to ask them here in the comments section or over in the foliage forum and I will do my best to answer them.
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