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Monday, January 30. 2012

New barn

We are considering putting up one of these Country Carpenters pre-fab post and beam barn/garages up at the top of the driveway, perhaps with a small apartment upstairs.


I was told they can be put up in a week, or less, once the slab is laid down. Installing a septic field would be an additional expense that I am not sure I want to take on right now. I think we will also need a well.


Every American needs a barn. Were I running for President, that would be my promise.


 



Here's a pleasant New England homestead they did:



 

Posted by The Barrister in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 13:10 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Perhaps it's only nostalgia for my upbringing in New England, but when I see a picture like that of the homestead, my immediate reaction is: I want one just like it, too. In life, does it get any better than that? No way. As the golds and reds of the autumn foliage deepen in the fading sun, that's a gorgeous scene every photographer dreams about. It's enough to make me think about going back to shooting film instead of digital.
#1 Agent Cooper on 2012-01-30 13:53 (Reply)
I'd like to look at the buildings, but I can't get past that wall. Truly a thing of beauty.
#2 Cris on 2012-01-30 14:10 (Reply)
Many of the "holiday lets" that I've seen in Europe deal with the "don't want the expense of a septic field" by installing a Saniflo bathroom and 3/4" PEX back to the "main house" -- slope doesn't matter.

I've had one of Country Carpenter's print ads taped to my utility-room "idea wall" for about two years now. Let me know how the experience goes if you do use them. I think my budget probably won't stretch past the trucked-in prefab "Amish 2-Story Double-Wide Shed"
#3 Douglas2 on 2012-01-30 14:59 (Reply)
When I grew up, we had fencing around the barn and house. My Mom had a horse who would push the kitchen screen door open and get stuck trying to come in for a carrot or something. Hilarious scenes.
#4 BD on 2012-01-30 15:18 (Reply)
Definitely research the cost of the septic. These days, especially if you're near a watershed, they can cost more than the building.
#5 observor on 2012-01-30 18:04 (Reply)
This is the DisneyLand of farms!

Let's get real. Where's the manure pile? Where's the junked farm machinery? Where's the years' worth of chores backlogged BEFORE the place can get that new coat of paint? Where's the weeds even the goats won't eat? Where's the tobacco advertisement on the barn roof?

Sure LOOKS pleasant but real farming is a life of hard, back-breaking work and economic insecurity.

You guys me of that old TV series and its theme song:

"Greeeeen Acres is the place for me.
"Farrrm living is the way to be...."

In this case, I'm with ZsaZsa.
#6 Whitehall on 2012-01-30 22:03 (Reply)
THIS!

the sound you hear is Frost spinning in his grave at the sight of the stonewall alone...those rocks never came from any farmers field and they certainly were not stacked by one the section in the photo cost more than a tractor fercrisakes!

that is most definitely NOT a "homestead" let alone an actual farm

overpriced suburban indulgence (nttawwt), yes

farm? homestead? real? NO
#6.1 NorthCountry on 2012-01-31 14:45 (Reply)
Insulation? The stairs go across the window!
#7 EarlW on 2012-01-30 22:29 (Reply)
It is an interesting video clip! Yes, every citizen needs a barn.
#8 Macerators (Link) on 2012-03-06 02:05 (Reply)

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