Tricia Smith 10/7/19 Tricia Smith 10/7/19

Fall

The Black Oberhasli Club has elected Hazel this year's president at their October annual meeting. Cited were her outstanding contribution to cheesemaking, kind temperament in a time of great change, her steady role as barn ambassador, and her stand-out appearance.

Tricia Smith 9/28/19 Tricia Smith 9/28/19

Coincidence

In 2015, an Oberhasli buyer was so enthused with her kids, she had made and gave me this stained glass. Neither Oberhasli or Saanen, but prescient.

In 2017, Hazel was born.

Late this September, Hazel appraised EVEV 88, almost 70 weeks into her first lactation, still making 8.3# of milk each day. An easy, congenial doe is this Alys great-granddaugher and Remy granddaughter.

Tricia Smith 9/1/19 Tricia Smith 9/1/19

Exodus

Our breathtakingly beautiful 38-acre farm is located in the bucolic central Massachusetts town of Hardwick, just east of the Quabbin reservoir. The farmhouse dates from 1760 and sits along a quiet lane with hayfields to the west and with barns and pastures surrounding the house to the east and south. Our solar array sits a top a post-and-beam equipment shed.

Because I (Tricia) would like to continue raising goats and making cheese for my live-long days, we decided that now is a good time to simplify. Our herd has become quite small this season, and now work is easily managed by Michael and me.

Here’s a link to our MLS listing:

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/ma/hardwick/670-ridge-rd/pid_31980066/

Tricia Smith 8/19/19 Tricia Smith 8/19/19

Competition

Hanna’s Awashed (photo by Nina Gallant for Boston Magazine)

Best-in-Show, 2019 The Big E New England Regional Cheese Competition