Jericho Hill Farm

Jericho Hill Farm The Story of Jericho Hill and Jericho Val Vu Farms Although we are not making our own cheese, we still have our dairy and maple farm!

Jericho Hill and Jericho Val Vu Farms are owned and operated by George and Linda Miller. Jericho Hill Farm is a lovely hillside farm which has been in the Miller family since November of 1907 when George Nelson Miller walked up Jericho Hill from the White River Jct. train depot and bought the farm with a handshake and $1,800 secretly sewn into the lining of his jacket. Great Grandpa George peddled

butter, potatoes, and apples to the townspeople and stores in Hartford. Later his son, Chester with wife Hazel at his side, took over the farm and continued this tradition, expanding into selling maple syrup as well as cream and milk. In 1956 Chet and Hazel bought a second farm in the Jericho District which they eventually sold to their son, Raymond, and daughter-in-law Joyce. Ray and Joyce along with their son, George, began shipping milk in 1976 for Cabot Cheese from Jericho ValVu Farm. At the same time George started an award-winning maple syrup partnership known as Scattered Maples, 1994 Winner of the Vermont Maplerama "World's Best Maple Syrup Award". We hope that you try our delicious maple syrup. Come visit our sugarhouse in next Spring!

04/29/2024

If you are local, tune in to WCAX News at 6 pm. Adam Sullivan was up to do a story on us today.

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04/27/2024

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HARTFORD — On a gray, drizzly Wednesday morning, George Miller, his son, cousin and brother pushed, pulled and cajoled 27 reluctant Jersey cows and six heifers out of the barn and onto livestock trailers that would take the animals to their new owner...

I posted these on my personal page, but thought I’d post them here too. Three from Jerry Bergen’s drone, sugarhouse from...
10/13/2022

I posted these on my personal page, but thought I’d post them here too. Three from Jerry Bergen’s drone, sugarhouse from Karen Dean.

Pretty sunrise the other day
09/28/2022

Pretty sunrise the other day

03/23/2022

We are planning to have our “Sugar-on-Snow” party this Saturday, March 26 between 1 and 3:30 pm, so I hope you are all praying to the God of Sap (I made that up) that the weather cooperates and we get some sap. Please dress for the weather. Since we will be outside, no mask is necessary, but if you go into the sugarhouse, you might wish to put one on.

We tend to have lots of mud, it’s not bad right now, but you never know since rain is expected on Thursday. When you park, please don’t block anyone else in. Don't try to go down the lane if your tires are not great in mud.

We are at 487 Miller Road in White River Jct., VT.

If you are coming from Norwich/Hanover, you can try to be adventurous and come up from Jericho Street near the Dothan Brook School. It can be muddy on the dirt road so plan accordingly. Google has good directions from that way (just remember at the intersection of Jericho Street and Jericho Road, that you need to take the left onto Jericho Road). You will drive just about a half a mile before you will see Miller Road on the right coming from this direction. It’s just before you dip back down the hill.

If you know how to navigate from the McDonald’s on Sykes Avenue (just off the interstate), you can start from there for this shortcut:

· Drive down the hill from McDonald’s toward the White River Jct. Business District.

· Take the Left at the blinking light and drive under the interstate bridges. (If you miss the left at the blinking light, just go a bit further to the next light, take the left over the bridge, and follow the directions on the map below which shows how to get to us from the corners of US route 5 and Vermont 14).

· Take the next Right onto Mill Street.

· At the end of Mill Street (you will go over the railroad tracks), take the Right over the bridge and you will be in Hartford Village on Route 14.

· Turn Left onto Route 14 North and drive past the Irving gas station, Elks Club, Library, and Congregational Church. The White River will be on your left.

· Go past the first road (that’s Dothan Road) and take the second road (that’s Jericho Road).

· Drive up Jericho Road 2.4 miles to Miller Road on the Left. It’s a dirt road that sort of Vs back. Our neighbor’s driveway is straight up once on Miller Road, keep left to the end of the road. You’ll see our barn and house. As stated earlier, drive past our house (or park at the house and walk down) and down the lane towards the sugarhouse.

If you have any questions, please call my cell phone 802-299-8657 or George's cell phone is 603-667-8115. Hope to see you to enjoy some sweet Sugar-on-Snow, donuts and sour pickles!

Lovely Mt. Ascutney.
01/01/2022

Lovely Mt. Ascutney.

Our house before garage and after
01/01/2022

Our house before garage and after

Old photo of sugar house with a more current one. Not much has changed.
01/01/2022

Old photo of sugar house with a more current one. Not much has changed.

01/01/2022
01/01/2022

Happy New Year! Let’s hope 2022 is kind to us all. Wishing you great health and happiness.

I have not been posting on the Jericho Hill Farm website for a very long time, especially since we stopped making cheese...
04/01/2021

I have not been posting on the Jericho Hill Farm website for a very long time, especially since we stopped making cheese. I just thought I would share this photo from this winter.

George has been making butter lately, and here are some videos of the butter making process. It really is great butter!
05/14/2020

George has been making butter lately, and here are some videos of the butter making process. It really is great butter!

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487 Miller Road
White River Junction, VT
05001

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Welcome to our fifth generation dairy and maple farm! Jericho Hill Farm, owned and operated by George and Linda Miller, is a lovely hillside farm which has been in the Miller family since November of 1907 when George Nelson Miller walked up Jericho Hill from the White River Jct. train depot and bought the farm with a handshake and $1,800 secretly sewn into the lining of his jacket. Great Grandpa George peddled butter, potatoes, and apples to the townspeople and stores in Hartford. Later his son, Chester with wife Hazel at his side, took over the farm and continued this tradition, expanding into selling maple syrup as well as cream and milk. In 1956 Chet and Hazel bought a second farm in the Jericho District which they eventually sold to their son, Raymond, and daughter-in-law Joyce. Ray and Joyce along with their son, George, began shipping milk in 1976 for Cabot Cheese from Jericho ValVu Farm. At the same time George started an award-winning maple syrup partnership known as Scattered Maples, 1994 Winner of the Vermont Maplerama "World's Best Maple Syrup Award".

In the Spring of 2013 we stopped making our Jericho Hill Farm cheeses and started a wonderful partnership with Spring Brook Farm in Reading, Vermont. They pick up the milk from our 27 Jersey and 3 Holstein cows and make delicious “Reading” and “Ashbrook” cheese. The Reading cheese won 1st place in the Raclette Class at the American Cheese Society annual event.

Spring Brook cheese is available in most cheese cases locally as well as at Whole Foods. Try some!