Editor’s Note: The Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm has discontinued its Ice Harvest and winter Carnival. Visit the museum and store during the month of December for “Quiet Season” and local gifts.
New Hampshire has a long tradition of farming and agriculture dating back centuries. It provided a way of life and a means of commerce for the early settlers here. In addition to raising livestock and harvesting crops, there’s another aspect to agriculture in New Hampshire that you can take part in at a farm in Tamworth.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm in Tamworth, New Hampshire is a historic site and working farm with exhibits, walking trails, and gardens. The farm has been part of the state’s agricultural traditions for over 200 years and the Remick family were some of the earliest settlers in Tamworth.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook The farm’s annual Ice Harvest & Winter Carnival takes place in February. Ice is harvested straight from the property’s pond.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook Traditional and time-honored tools are used to cut and move the ice, just like it was done hundreds of years ago.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook Provided that the temperatures cooperate, ice sculptures are on display as natural art. Each piece is created by talented local artists.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook Everyone can get in the action harvesting ice from the pond, while at the same time learning about the state’s long history of ice harvesting which began in the 1890s.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook People can interact with animals using cattle and sleds to move the ice from the pond to the storage house.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook Of course, it’s hard to resist the local residents of the farm while here for the event. There will plenty of opportunities to say hello to the farm animals that call this place home.
For more information on Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm’s Ice Harvest & Winter Carnival, visit their website and follow them on Facebook for updates.
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm/Facebook
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm in Tamworth, New Hampshire is a historic site and working farm with exhibits, walking trails, and gardens. The farm has been part of the state’s agricultural traditions for over 200 years and the Remick family were some of the earliest settlers in Tamworth.
The farm’s annual Ice Harvest & Winter Carnival takes place in February. Ice is harvested straight from the property’s pond.
Traditional and time-honored tools are used to cut and move the ice, just like it was done hundreds of years ago.
Provided that the temperatures cooperate, ice sculptures are on display as natural art. Each piece is created by talented local artists.
Everyone can get in the action harvesting ice from the pond, while at the same time learning about the state’s long history of ice harvesting which began in the 1890s.
People can interact with animals using cattle and sleds to move the ice from the pond to the storage house.
Of course, it’s hard to resist the local residents of the farm while here for the event. There will plenty of opportunities to say hello to the farm animals that call this place home.
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Address: Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd, Tamworth, NH 03886, USA
