Tuttle

Greenwind Farm

My name is Tuttle, and I was born to Stardust on April 23, 2006. The family lineage can be traced back to Little Star, the family matriarch, who was born March 23, 1980 and purchased two days later from a farm in Franklin County, Vermont.

As with the rest of the family line, I was named after a celestial event. Tuttle is short for Swift-Tuttle, a comet that passed through the Earth’s orbit in 1862, the first comet of the 19th century! It was supposed to return in 1984 after journeying beyond Pluto, but it didn’t reappear until 1992. Swift-Tuttle is responsible for the Perseid meteor showers that we see every August. Meteors are bits of debris and dust that when heated by the sun release gas; this is the light that we see as falling stars. It can be a spectacular show of color, spotting the sky. This makes it an appropriate name for me, as I am spotted and colorful.

I look forward to sharing my experience on our farm and carrying on the family tradition with the Have-A-Cow program.