Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: Tunbridge

Tunbridge, Vermont.

Tunbridge, Vermont

Tunbridge, 2009

Tunbridge, 2009

Tunbridge, 2009

Tunbridge, 2009

In 1900, Vermont was about 10% forest and 90% farmland. In 2009 those numbers are approximately reversed with forest covering about 90% of the state. The forest has been almost completely cleared twice - for lumber and then for sheep farming and potash production. There are very few stands of true old growth forest in the state (meaning never been logged) and this area was sheep country but perhaps this and a few other giants were left by farmers for protection from the mountain winds.

Peter and Amanda's kitschy awesome tag sale lamp.

All over the mountain are these beautiful old stone walls - the only evidence left of the sheep farming that went on here over one hundred and fifty years ago. These stone walls were created by settlers digging rocks out of post - glacial fields. Hardscrabble farming for sure. Most mountain farmers left for the more fertile mid-west once the sheep market bottomed out - due to the Australian sheep boom mid-19th century.

Julia calling to wish her Dad a happy birthday.

Tunbridge, Oct 2009

All of these stone walls were created by settlers digging rocks out of post - glacial fields. Hardscrabble farming for sure. Most mountain farmers left for the more fertile mid-west once the sheep market bottomed out due to the Australian sheep boom mid-19th century.