Barn with Old Car

Today I'm linking to Tricia's Barn Charm!

Angela

Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn

Today I'm linking to Tricia's Barn Charm.

I found this old Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco barn sitting at the top of the hill of a tobacco farm!

You almost don't even see it because of how far back on the hill that it sits on.


I would love to see what it looks like in full view but I didn't want to disrespect the owner by driving up to it so I got what I got.

Angela

Another Great Barn

Today I'm linking to Tricia's Barn Charm! Do join in if you have a barn to share.

Angela

Coal River Red Barn

Today I'm linking to Barn Charm.

I love this old red barn! It is a well kept, well loved barn that sits on a rolling hill just off a road in St. Albans, West Virginia. The sky was a deep blue on a warm but crisp morning. The grass a deep green of a well manicured farm. She was just sitting there ready for me to take a few photographs to show her charm!

Angela

Red Barn

Today I'm linking to Barn Charm. Here is a picture of a red barn that I took a picture of last year when we were driving around. I hadn't posted it yet so I thought today would be a good day to share it.

Angela

Old Tobacco Farm

Today I am linking to Barn Charm. Do take some time to visit to see all of the others who are participating in this weekly barn party!

Tobacco used to be a big cash crop for farmers in West Virginia. When we first moved to our farm there were lots of farms around us that grew tobacco. Our farm was also a tobacco farm until we bought it. Now you have to drive further down the road to even find a farm that is currently growing tobacco.

I found this tobacco farm last week on my way home when I went home on a different road. There are many roads that will take you to our house.

Here's a closer look at the tobacco. I have seen this particular farm before and they usually grow more tobacco than they are today.

This is the old farmstead. No one is currently living in the old house. It hasn't been empty for too long, maybe a few years. The family is still taking good care of the grass though even though it is empty. You can see a peek of the barn on the left.

It's a classic red barn with a metal roof. The tobacco will be stored in this barn once they harvest it. The tractor and attachments are stored in the open part of the barn. I believe they also used to store hay in the top part of the barn because of the opening at the top of the barn. That is how they used to get hay in the top part of the barn years ago.

I hope you enjoyed the tour of an old tobacco farm in rural southern West Virginia!

Angela

Old Farm in Maryland

Not far from Canaan Valley, West Virginia there are a lot of beautiful farms in Maryland. Some of those farms are occupied by Amish families. As we were driving by I took a few pictures of the beautiful farms.

This farm was an old abandoned farm complete with an old farm house and barn.

I think someone still uses the barn to store hay because if you look real close you can see the round bales of hay to the right side of the barn.

Linking to Barn Charm!

Angela

Barn Charm

I took this picture of this neat looking barn when we were on vacation at Canaan Valley, West Virginia.

This is what it looks like on the left side of the barn.

Linking to Barn Charm

Angela

Old Porterfield Farm

In the Summer we love to go for long Mule rides. There is one road that we particularly love to ride on. We always pass this old farm. Unfortunately, no one is living at this farm anymore. It has been a long time since someone has lived at this farm. Someone does come and cut the grass from time to time but it has been years since anyone has actually lived here. I wish I had taken a picture of the old farm house before it tore it down. It was a beautiful old Victorian style home that would have been built sometime in the late 1800's. I loved just looking at that old house. When the family that had lived in that old house moved away or passed away they left the curtains hanging in the windows. It looked as if time had stood still when we would drive by. I could imagine the family sitting on the wrap around porch and stringing green beans from their garden to can for the Winter months to come.






Click to enlarge picture to see it better if you like. You can see the family name of Porterfield still hanging from the old barn.

There is a bird house peaking out from among the cedar tree that has since grown up around it from the time that the owner of the home put it there for the birds to build their nest and raise their babies.

I wonder how many birds were hatched in this bird house and what type of birds they were. I'm sure there have been hundreds over the years!

I just love the look at this old barn. I believe it would have been the barn that they would park their tractor in while they weren't using it working the fields and their land.

Here is a peak of what is left on the inside of this old barn. From the looks of it the contents of the barn have all been taken away as there is nothing left but the bare floor and posts and beams.

I wonder what type of farm animals they had. How they spent their days and how this old farm came to be where it is located at today.

Angela