Previously I’ve discussed Louis Bromfield’s home at Malabar Farm, the Bacall/Bogart wedding that was held there, and the beautiful fall foliage. Today I’d like to address the farm itself. While facing the big barn with the mural, you’ll note a small sign pointing toward a downward ramp to the left. If you go down this ramp, you can check out the farm animals like the attractive rooster above. Below are a few more animals in and around the barn.
Typically there are some goats and sheep to the rear of the barn grazing away.
There is also a couple wire-enclosed areas for chickens and turkeys right beside the barn.
Our exploration of the farm went beyond the area around the barn. If you drive to Mt. Jeez, you’ll get a great view of the surroundings, plus you’ll get a good look at the cattle.
And if you go on the tractor tour, you’ll see some of the fields and outlying farm buildings.
This final photo was not taken at Malabar Farm. It was taken of a farm that was along our route from Mohican State Park to Malabar Farm. However I thought these horses were beautiful.
If your kids are growing up in suburbia or an urban area, it’s fun to show them this other way of life. But even as an adult, I enjoy visiting farms. If you’re in the area, consider checking it out.
Additional information
- TrekOhio: Richland County Parks & Nature Preserves — This is the county where Malabar Farm is located; check out this page for links to official sites, and for information on nearby parks and preserves.
More on Malabar Farm
Malabar Farm Maple Syrup Festival – 2016
Northeast Ohio Fall Foliage 2013
Northeast Ohio Fall Foliage
Malabar Farm
nice photos, I like the horses too they are pretty, by the way when I was 16 years old I got to work at malabar farms helping to clear tree stumps for their outdoor stage. that is when the youth conservation corp was still around. we painted some of the rocks there too.
Roberta, thanks! Most of the original infrastructure for our Ohio state parks was built by the CCC and is much appreciated to this day!
That is one funky looking chicken 🙂
I loved the chicken’s black and white stripes. I’d never seen one like that before.
Great animal photos…I especially love the third one down. 🙂
Thanks, Carol. I really liked the one of the sheep looking up, too. 🙂 Maybe I should have made the featured photo for the post.
Very cool pieces you have here about Malabar Farm. I’ve heard my husband’s family (from Guernsey County, Ohio) talk about it. This is a lovely time of year in Ohio. If you happen to be anywhere around Cambridge in the next few days …. stop by our “farm” 10 miles north of town. My husband is there doing his autumn chores.
Annie, thanks! If I understand you correctly, your in-laws have a farm in Guernsey County, and your husband is back there helping out? Do you live in Guernsey County, too? I haven’t made it to that county yet. If I were to travel that way, I’d love to stop by the farm. I’m fond of farms. I grew up in rural northwestern Pennsylvania where there were still quite a few family farms (including Amish farms, too).
Mom and Dad are gone now, but my husband inherited the part of the farm with the old (falling apart) house on it. He’s there now … it’s become his “hobby farm” to which he travels for a week or so once or twice a month from mid-march to mid-November. It is lovely, on a hill with a view of Salt Fork Lake in the distance. I go there once in a while, but mostly keep the homefires burning in suburban Chicago.