Agrotourism.

Steve Miller

The kids gave Sharon a trip to this place for her birthday. It’s very nice - beautiful setting, nice cabin, hot tub, fire pit. Close to a number of surprisingly good wineries

But the main draw is highland cattle. Sharon is crazy about them. There are plenty on the property in various fields.

What this place does is absolutely brilliant. They provide bins full of cow treats -alfalfa blocks. You rattle the bins and the cows come running. They know how the system works. You feed the cows, scratch their giant heads and take pictures.

Very satisfying.

ShiroKuro

Very cute!!

Daniel

Very friendly!

Used to live with property line separating back yard from goat farm. On the other side of the road a five acre pasture with three horses.

Both such gentle creatures.

Mik

You might want to slip up to Domino Farms in Ann Arbor. Buffalo herd, petting farm (with Highland cattle), Watusi cattle, a veritable zoo and a quarter mile long FLW-inspired office building. Entire bottom floor is basically an art gallery. I worked there for UM in 2010. It was so much fun to sit in my office and watch the baby buffalo play. Ann Arbor is a great town (better in warm weather).

https://www.dominosfarms.com/about-dominos-farms

Rontuner

Steve, MrsTuner would like the link to that place!

RealPlayer

Could be a clever psy-op by PETA.

CHAS

I like those cattle. There were some in pasture just north of here for years. They are gone. They had more of a red color than the one in the picture.

AdagioM

Well, it’s closer than going to Scotland! That looks like fun.

Daniel

@RealPlayer said:

Could be a clever psy-op by PETA.

ROTFL

Mik

Hey, Steve... Christmas is coming.

https://hollowandhedge.com/products/the-highland-cow?utm_medium=paid&utm_id=120256339046260460&utm_content=120256534677070460&utm_term=120256534677060460&utm_campaign=120256339046260460&utm_source=facebook&campaign_id=120256339046260460&ad_id=120256534677070460

wtg

Sweet!

Better hurry, @steve-miller ... says it's almost sold out....

Steve Miller

@Rontuner

Standing Rock Farms

https://www.google.com/search?q=standing+rick+farms&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#ebo=0

It’s surrounded by a couple of dozen wineries. We don’t usually care much for Ohio wines (most are very sweet) but two really stood out:

At Debonne we tried Traminette - a first. Very nice! Great flower gardens too, even in October.

https://www.debonne.com/

M Cellars is a very simple setup but gets some of the highest ratings in the valley. I can see why - rather than only trying to get French grapes to grow here they’re growing grapes from cold places like Republic of Georgia.

Like Rkatsiteki. This one needs a name change - like canola oil. Deserves wider recognition but no one can pronounce it. One of the oldest grape varieties in the world.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Rkatsiteki.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

https://www.mcellars.com/

Daniel

@mik, nice find. I Google AI- ed brass and bronze. I didn't know they are both mainly copper. I didn't know bronze turns green with a "protective patina". I'd rather have brass. It doesn't have the reputation of bronze but so what.

WTF-Beta

Agrotourism.