Thornhill Farm - East

144 acres • $645,000

Property Owner:

Farmer or farm family

Contact Name:

Todd Hardie

Property Location:

114 - 198 Taylor Road, Greensboro Bend, Vermont
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The Land

Total number of acres available with this property:

144.0

Total acres available for agriculture:

30.0

Acres of forested land:

104.0

Acres of cropland or tillable land:

30.0

Acres of pasture:

30.0

Other open and/or non-farmable land:

10 acres with house, main farm building, building with high ceiling for combine, two pole barns, one insulated shed with water and electricity.

Quality of land:

We have grown organic grain on the farm for eight years, certified organic by NOFA-VT and have had some good crops of rye and barley. There is a 24 acre field below the house and six acres around the courtyard of green barns. The soils include Buckland fine sandy loam, Cabot silt loam, Peacham muck, Vershire-Glover complex, and Vershire-Lombard complex. All of the fields are flat or gently rolling. A 1.5 hour (round trip) walk or cross country ski does down the edge of the field and into the woods to Esdon Brook. The trails in the woods connect to Isa's adjoining land to the east and the three miles of marked and mapped trails that Isa has made. We have permission from the State of Vermont and Vermont Land Trust to clear six more acres of the woods to cropland. All power and telephone lines are underground.

Farm Information

Water sources present:

Available

Water sources details:

two wells, with drilling records, three frost free hydrants, one in an insulated hut that offers water to a house on wheels year round

Barns and sheds:

Available

Farmer housing:

Available

Farmer housing details:

1.5 story energy efficient cape, 1,800 sq. ft c 2016, clapboard siding, 2 bedrooms, poured concrete foundation walkout, root cellar, foot thick insulated walls, large windows for passive solar, heated with woodstove, LP Rinnai back up heat, air exchanger, generac 8 kW generator

Equipment and machinery:

Available

Equipment and machinery details:

disk harrow

Farm infrastructure details:

four farm buildings includes one shed, one insulated hut with water and electricity, one high ceiling barn for the combine, 110 volts. main building also has 220 volts and an insulated office with sink, wood stove, back up LP Rinnai, on demand hot water heater, cellar and root root cellar, general 8 kW generator. All built around seven years ago.

Tenure Arrangement

Tenure arrangement:

Property for sale

Property for sale:

$645,000 with agricultural covenants with the Vermont Land Trust. The next steward has to have 50%+ income from farming/forestry and give an agricultural business plan to the land trust for approval. The covenants do not allow for the building of another house, except for the building of farm labor housing on the four acres including the barns and sheds. A cabin up to 800 SF and a lean-to may be built.

Sale price:

$645,000

Additional Information

This is a beautiful farm, with a high elevation and long views to the south. As the steward, I thought that I would be here forever, but am leaving to build a grain center on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh. 

This is a friendly neighborhood, Caspian Lake & beach, Barr Hill, Willey's Store, Craftsbury & the Outdoor Center, and Hardwick nearby. Burlington is 1.5 hours, Montpelier 50 minutes, Derby and the Quebec border 45 minutes, Boston 4 hours. Dairy farms and a beef cattle farm hay the fields by the farm. 

for more information -

on this east farm - https://www.landvest.com/farm-and-ranch/int/vt1419/114-taylor-rd-greensboro-vt-05842

and the adjoining farm, also listed on Vermont Land Link

Thornhill Farm west farm: https://www.landvest.com/farm-and-ranch/int/vt1418/1337-garvin-hill-rd-greensboro-vt-05842

Thornhill Farm, 198 Taylor Road, Greensboro Bend, VT 05842. Todd Hardie, 802.324.0354, [email protected]