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Teak and Thyme Farm
Flowers
Flowers, bouquets and herbs sold in the milk house
July -September
Barns and Event Space
We have 3 large blue barns and many tan out buildings that make up our almost 200 year old farm.
Chickens
We have 16 layers that are rotated on fresh pasture following our sheep.
Colonial Gardens
We currently have many gardens on the farm including a colonial box garden and flower cutting garden.
Bees
Brett's new adventure this spring. We now have bees!
Sheep
Coming this August...
6 Finn Sheep! Our sheep will be born in June and coming to Teak and Thyme mid August.
Farm History-
Van Ness/ Gooding Farm
200 years old & on the NYS Historic Registry
Hoosac Patent/ St. Croix Settlement
The land that Teak and Thyme Farm sits on today was part of the first settlement in this area called St. Croix that was founded in 1724 and part of the Hoosac Patent that was awarded to Hendrick Van Ness in 1688. His son, Garret Cornelise Van Ness inherited the farm including land that extends along the north and east bank of the river. In the same year, 1724 he married Sarah Van Valkenburgh of Albany and he built a small grist mill near the junction of Little Creek and the Walloomsac River. According to stories handed down through families, the Van Ness home was burned down twice by the French and then the British. At that point the house was moved to the east side of what is now New York 22 as a one room structure with a sleeping loft. The footprint of this part of the house shows a room where the family would cook, including a beehive oven, and one room above for sleeping. The farm and acreage was in the Van Ness family until 1818 when it was purchased by John and William Lamport, who then sold the farm to David Chase Gooding.
Gooding Farm
From 1819 through 1929 the farm was owned and operated by one family beginning with David Chase Gooding. The farm passed down to Isaac Gooding Hathaway and then to Nicholas David Gooding. Nicholas’ last will and testament left the estate to his daughter Grace M. Willis. In 1929 the Troy Times listed the farm as being sold to Dennis Mitchell. Dennis Mitchell then sold the house to the Mironowicz family and there was a large auction of all farm equipment in 1975. The farm was owned by Lisa Rivette who spent nearly 30 years restoring the house to its former glory, selling the home in 2020.
Currently
Brett and Crystal Walters purchased the farm in 2020 and began extensive renovations of the barns, brick, house exterior and property. The next project planned is to renovate the large dairy/hay barn on the property to use as a gathering space.
