An interesting community

Not long ago, I was in an Amish community and took a few drive-by photos.  This was on a Monday, and a nice day, so I saw a lot of laundry hung out to dry.  As you probably know, most Amish don't use electricity.  You will not see many or any electric lines in this area.  Some day I want to go back and get off the blacktop highway and explore further down the many gravel roads.  There are many signs you'll see along the way that advertise what goods the families have for sale at their home.  There are quilts, rugs, baskets, baked goods, sorghum, furniture, feed and farm supplies to name a few.  There is a general store that I want to visit some day.  It's a most interesting community and a very different way of life from what we know.  I didn't stop by any homes this trip although those baked goods really tempted me! 

A wagon in the barn yard.   Most Amish in this community don't have gas driven vehicles or farm equipment.

You will see quite a few horses since they are used to pull the buggies and wagons.  This horse, which is almost the same color as the hay, has just eaten his fill from the hay stack.

A field of corn shocks that will feed their livestock through the winter.
  

 

A corn crib that holds the shucked corn.  You don't see many of these kinds of corn cribs on most farms now.

This Amish farm had the neatest row of corn shocks.  The row seemed to go on forever.  It would be interesting to know how fast they are able to harvest their crops and stack the corn when they don't use modern equipment.  

I want to go back to this community and get more photos and look up that general store I heard about.  And stop in at one of the homes that sell homemade bread.  The homes are big and well-built as are their barns.  I will show a couple of the barns tomorrow.

Until next time...