Thursday Thirteen - 13 Regional Home Businesses
THURSDAY THIRTEEN
Apparently the appeal of home business is great. Since I once edited a regional publication and have written for many over the years, I can’t resist picking them up wherever I go. As I browse through them, I see many home businesses mentioned, often very unique ones.
Here are some I found mentioned in one regional publication, Upper Valley Life. Some of these businesses started out as a small one operating out of the home and now may have expanded. Others have remained a one or two-person operation.
- The Billings Farm & Museum- a very diverse working dairy farm where children can learn about the operations of a farm.
- The Billings Museum also holds an annual Quilt Exhibit for quilters living in Windsor County, VT.
- Pick your own pumpkins and apples at various farms and orchards throughout Vermont.
- Cypress Moon with diverse art, by Linda Raymond, that has global appeal.
- Glassblower Lada Bohac
- PuppeTree puppetry company
- Jewelry maker Gigi Laberge
- The Ranch at Etna Road, a doggie daycare and boarding facility.
- Top Hat Chimney Sweeps started by Paul Lumbra
- Farmers markets throughout the area are the congregating points for small producers operating from their homes.
- Maple syrup making at the Walhowdon Farm in Lebanon, NH along with dairying, apples and pumpkins and cider making.
- Farm produce stands operated by the farms in the region.
- Numerous artists, authors, and craftspeople work from their homes and attend the fall festivals and studio tours. One interesting book mention is TheBook of Non-Electric Lighting by Tim Matson.
Hopefully this list will give you some ideas about a home business you could operate, a niche you can find, or ways to expand your thinking about the one you now have.
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
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