A Vermont town is closing the roads around a popular fall foliage tourist spot once owned by Aerosmiths Joe Perry.

https://vtdigger.org/2023/09/05/leaf-peepers-beware-one-of-vermonts-most-photographed-foliage-spots-closed-to-tourists/

Leaf peepers beware: One of Vermont’s most photographed foliage spots closed to tourists

Thousands of flannel-clad visitors flock to Sleepy Hollow Farm every autumn for an Instagram photo op, creating a dangerous nuisance for the town and local residents.

by Ethan Weinstein September 5, 2023, 5:57 pm

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Sleepy Hollow Farm in Pomfret in 2019. Photo by Anthony Quintano/CC 2.0

Amid social media-induced traffic jams, the towns of Pomfret and Woodstock plan to close roads this fall leading to a popular foliage photo op.

Pomfret’s picturesque Sleepy Hollow Farm has featured in films and magazines for years. The property’s winding driveway leads downhill past a small pond to a weathered barn and farmhouse, backed by grassland and a wooded hillside. Photographers tend to congregate on the road looking over and above the Disneyworld version of Vermont. 

 

 

That's pretty cool!

I should just break down and drive over there. That's beautiful. 

8 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

I should just break down and drive over there. That's beautiful. 

You wouldn't regret it. From what I understand the only place that comes close to New England fall colors is parts of Japan.

Truly stunning mix of trees !!!

Here I thought we were getting a review on this epic comedy show.

Leaves are the bane of my existence. 

21 minutes ago, Cold War said:

Leaves are the bane of my existence. 

x2.  While I love the beauty and 4 seasons ambience of living in New England, fuck me with the leave. I keep a burn pit down back for getting rid of most of them.  Next house will not be around any mature leaves, and all the bullshit that entails.

34 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

x2.  While I love the beauty and 4 seasons ambience of living in New England, fuck me with the leave. I keep a burn pit down back for getting rid of most of them.  Next house will not be around any mature leaves, and all the bullshit that entails.

Next house? You'll be in a nursing home in a few years!

 

4 hours ago, DriftBusta said:

x2.  While I love the beauty and 4 seasons ambience of living in New England, fuck me with the leave. I keep a burn pit down back for getting rid of most of them.  Next house will not be around any mature leaves, and all the bullshit that entails.

Live in a state with no trees and you don’t have this problem!

9 hours ago, DriftBusta said:

x2.  While I love the beauty and 4 seasons ambience of living in New England, fuck me with the leave. I keep a burn pit down back for getting rid of most of them.  Next house will not be around any mature leaves, and all the bullshit that entails.

 I said the same thing. Done with the mature trees. Nice living in a secluded wooded lot, but damn it is a lot of work. Two solid months of dealing with them.  I am using my tractor to plow them in the woods by the end of fall. 

One of their best….

 

 

We had a flat lander move onto our road .... he cut all the trees down. He probably will put up a light post next.

1 hour ago, Cold War said:

 I said the same thing. Done with the mature trees. Nice living in a secluded wooded lot, but damn it is a lot of work. Two solid months of dealing with them.  I am using my tractor to plow them in the woods by the end of fall. 

 

26 minutes ago, SkisNH said:

 

 

I definitely need one but have no more room to store it all year.  Trying to convince my neighbor to go in on one and keep it in his garage. 

13 hours ago, Steve753 said:

Next house? You'll be in a nursing home in a few years!

 

That picture is awesome... just another reason why I love the Fall season.  I do agree with others though, who hate the clean up associated with the leaves.

21 hours ago, Cold War said:

 

I definitely need one but have no more room to store it all year.  Trying to convince my neighbor to go in on one and keep it in his garage. 

You have a good tool rental place within striking distance? Maybe they have one. 

57 minutes ago, SkisNH said:

You have a good tool rental place within striking distance? Maybe they have one. 

I've seen the push behind ones for rent, but not the self propelled jobs.  They do have amazing power though.  My yard is too hilly to be wrestling with anything i have to push.  I have a Stihl handheld and a backpack blower that is pretty powerful, but then I hire a landscape company to come in late in the fall to clean everything up and take the leaves away.  

 

On 9/9/2023 at 10:50 PM, Steve753 said:

Next house? You'll be in a nursing home in a few years!

 

You'll concuss yourself in some backwater 3rd world country and be drinking soup through a straw before that ever happens.   

22 hours ago, SkisNH said:

We had a flat lander move onto our road .... he cut all the trees down. He probably will put up a light post next.

You sound like a democrat.

4 minutes ago, Steve753 said:

You sound like a democrat.

No, it's the democrat that is afraid to live in the woods....they need to make it look like city. 

1 minute ago, SkisNH said:

No, it's the democrat that is afraid to live in the woods....they need to make it look like city. 

No it's the democrat who cares what another property owner does on his property. 

22 hours ago, Cold War said:

 

I definitely need one but have no more room to store it all year.  Trying to convince my neighbor to go in on one and keep it in his garage. 

I just have a hand held blower  Then when the leaf pile gets too big i push it into a bigger pile with the plow on my atv.  Works good without the need for extra equipment like that big blower.

Edited September 11, 20231 yr by racer254

16 minutes ago, Steve753 said:

No it's the democrat who cares what another property owner does on his property. 

I don't care I'm laughing at them...they didn't even leave a buffer from the road. Like I said they will put up street lights and a concrete sidewalk to remind them of the shithole they are trying to escape.

12 minutes ago, racer254 said:

I just have a hand held blower  Then when the leaf pile gets too big i push it into a bigger pile with the plow on my atv.  Works good without the need for extra equipment like that big blower.

I have hand held for roof & around house. Back pack for rest . Tight spots I blow them on tarp and drag them into woods. Rest I push into woods with plow. At least I don’t have to bag them!!! You’re talking about thousands of pounds of leaves. We are surrounded by huge mature oaks. 

7 minutes ago, SkisNH said:

I don't care I'm laughing at them...they didn't even leave a buffer from the road. Like I said they will put up street lights and a concrete sidewalk to remind them of the shithole they are trying to escape.

Young couple moved in next door. They came from the city.  Seem nice enough, but definitely hard core libs.  He thought he was going to do his lot with a battery push mower. . I think one time of seeing me blow around on my tractor he ditched the battery push for a JD .  

On 9/9/2023 at 1:06 PM, ckf said:

You wouldn't regret it. From what I understand the only place that comes close to New England fall colors is parts of Japan.

I was shocked last September how amazing parts of Colorado were.   Granted it was all gold Aspens in with green pines in the background but it was amazing.

11 minutes ago, Highmark said:

I was shocked last September how amazing parts of Colorado were.   Granted it was all gold Aspens in with green pines in the background but it was amazing.

If you ever get the chance, New England in the fall is worth the trip