the haiku circle
The Red House Tree Farm....
The land & water are home to a wide variety of plant and animal life - which each year can be explored and photographed in detail during a guided nature walk. There is a walking path around the pond's West end. Pond-edge flora, and maybe a deer or a fox may be seen, studied, and enjoyed.
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The farm is owned by Haiku Circle hosts Nate & Ros Tufts. The property was bought by Nate Sr. in 1922, 500 acres in all. Much of the upper watershed has since been sold to Mass. Fish and Wildlife, and will remain undeveloped. Today three generations of Tufts share the woods and the waters in all seasons.
Each year the Tufts work to make the property more self-sustaining for future generations. In 2011, they added a photo-voltaic array to help remove them from the grid, much of their hot water is generated by a solar panel. |