New York. It was one of five incredible barns, all of which were in serious disrepair when new owners took over the property last year. They decided they had to focus their energy and resources on saving the other barns, and generously offered this structure to us for use at our shop lo...
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The work has begun, and for the past month we have been cleaning, clearing, and sweeping. As we move toward a path of restoration, we want to share the barns with others. While the challenges are many, the potential for reuse is even greater. The vision we have for this important comm...
The old barn had so much history and character. We built the original by combining the beams and boards from two, 100 year old barns. I still remember us tearing them down and moving them piece by piece to the property. It was a long but rewarding process! When we purchased the new f...
The barn had stalls on the main floor for the work horses, tie-ups on the main floor for the cows, a sheepfold down below for the sheep, a pigpen down below for Wilbur and it was full of all sorts of things that you find in barns: ladders, grindstones, pitch forts, monkey ...
many small streams and rivers. There’s the bustle and busyness of productive agriculture, and in such pretty surroundings the pace seems bearable. It’s easy to romanticize farming life on gentle summer afternoons if you’re not the one on the tractor or in barns and sheds, tending to crop...
The large,old barn smelled everything one can find in farms,especially hay,and often with a sort of peaceful smell.It was pleasantly warm in winter and cool in summer.It contained all sorts of things that one can find in barns,like stalls and tie-ups.It was home for swallows and playg...
dining area and fully fitted kitchen is open plan and although centrally heated also offers a wood-burning stove making it extra cosy in winter. East Green Farm Cottages are fabulous group of five converted barns tucked away in the Suffolk countryside. Close to the well-known seaside towns of...
Others stored apples in root cellars along with potatoes and other vegetables, while still others dug pits, lined them with straw or corn stalks, and covered them with straw or dirt. Some, too, were stowed away in barrels and on the ground in tobacco barns. 66 Another favorite technique ...
LETTER: From Robert Surtees, Esq., of Mainsforth, to Jonathan Oldbuck, Esq., of Monkbarns. It is well known that Mr. Surtees of Mainsforth not only palmed off on Sir Waiter Scott several ballads of his own manufacture, but also invented and pretended to have found in a document (sinc...