This is a news feed for things I find which have some interest or relevance to barns, rural history, and agriculture in Ontario. It may not be pretty, often I just add a link. I will also add the OBP social media posts here, as an extra feed. I'm Laura, the Admin. Asst. working with Ontario Barn Preservation. Hello, Welcome, and Season's Greetings (its always a season).
Friday, December 23, 2022
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Kristin Catherwood
Kristin Catherwood- Saskatchewan and Newfoundland.
https://twitter.com/kcstylus
https://twitter.com/sask_cat
https://research.library.mun.ca/8420/
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Friday, November 25, 2022
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Monday, October 31, 2022
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Farming Folklore and Supersitions for the October Newsletter
I've been trying to find barn folklore and superstitions. I know there must be some but I'm not turning up much beyond how and when to plant, and other things I've heard many times over. I hope to find something more interesting and newsworthy in time for the newsletter at the end of this month.
2. Don’t Mix Corpses & Crops
If you ever happen to use a backhoe or other piece of farming machinery to dig a grave, it should never again be used for your ag work. Operating equipment that’s been used to dig graves on your farm will plague your crops, causing them to rot. However, some say that the machinery can be used again if a priest blesses the equipment with holy water.
7. Keep Digging Tools Outside
Farmers will be the first to tell you that it’s bad luck to bring a shovel, hoe, or any other excavating equipment into the house. Keep those tools outside, or you may risk digging your own home into a hole of bad luck.
From Icy Sedgwick (UK) What about brownies? Could you have a brownie in your barn? Seems like it could be a good thing...
Briggs described the brownies found in the Borders as being small men of around 3 ft in height, “dressed in brown clothes, with brown faces and shaggy heads” (1976: 45). They would do any work during the night that the servants hadn’t done. This might include reaping, threshing, herding sheep, and even running errands. Brownies might become attached to a family member. A bowl of cream or a good cake became their right in return (1976: 45).
At these new green cemeteries, your body will turn into a tree
At these new green cemeteries, your body will turn into a tree
Could a forest and green cemeteries be a solution, an alternative, to agri-tourism for Ontario farms? Would this be a way to get funding/ grants for keeping an old barn upright?
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Monday, October 10, 2022
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Monday, October 3, 2022
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Monday, September 19, 2022
Farm Card with a Black Fence
I can't see well enough to read the artist name on this one. I will try again when it isn't so dark outside and my eyes are fresher.
Decorating the Barn for Christmas Card
I started finding better (cards I liked more) about the same time I was getting too tired to keep looking. This one has no link, a broken link via Pinterest. So I don't know the source.
A Red Barn for Christmas Cards
I found this online. I would have bought a set to send out but they don't ship to Ontario. I'll find something else. But, if you are in the US - take a look at them.
Old Red Barn Art By James W. Cox
This card was for sale on Ebay, but taken down. The card was printed in the US and likely the barn and artist were both from the US too. But, I like it.
Friday, September 16, 2022
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Barn Renovation - YouTube
A series of video posts about renovating an old bank barn. I think in the US, but I have not made sure yet.
Julie Saeger Nierenberg, Author and Artist
Julie Saeger Nierenberg, Author - Home
I don't know (remember) if I have ever seen a barn made all of rock, natural stone from the area it was built.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Monday, September 12, 2022
6 Things to Know Before Renovating an Old Barn - The Cottage Market
6 Things to Know Before Renovating an Old Barn - The Cottage Market
Not especially useful because we don't have any funding for Ontario barns.
Restoring Old Barns - Grit
Restoring Old Barns - Grit
I have a feeling I've already looked at this but leaving it here until I'm sure.
Eco-Friendly Home Builder | Just Working Construction
Eco-Friendly Home Builder | Just Working Construction
Heritage renovations - maybe barns? Will look into them. New Hamburg, Ontario.
Beautiful Barn Pictures From Across Canada | Our Canada
Beautiful Barn Pictures From Across Canada | Our Canada
I have posted this before. But, I wanted to keep the link somewhere.
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Tour a Wood-Covered Country Home That Used to Be an Old Barn
Tour a Wood-Covered Country Home That Used to Be an Old Barn
From CBC Life. Brett, from Greensville, Ontario.
Taking Care of Your Old Barn
Taking Care of Your Old Barn
Ten Tips for Preserving and Reusing
Vermont's Historic Agricultural Buildings
Produced by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Montpelier, Vermont
Crystal Beshara
Crystal Beshara - Eastern Ontario artist.
for your home, office, ranch or cottage. Specializing in florals, Canadian wildlife, and farmscapes
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Barn Books List (As Is)
These are Amazon links for books which may be relevant enough to post to the site when I get the Bibliography set up. I can't keep them all open as tabs in my web browser so I'm posting the links here. Ontario Barn Preservation does not have an Amazon account so they are not affiliate links. We are going to use Abe Books on the site so I will have affiliate links later.
Barn Building: The Golden Age of Barn Construction
Note: This book is from Jon Radojkovic, current President of Ontario Barn Preservation.
Barn: Preservation and Adaptation, The Evolution of a Vernacular Icon
The Ultimate Book of Historic Barns: History, Legend, Lore, Form, Function, Symbolism, Romance
Barn: Form and Function of an American Icon
Renovating Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings
BARNS OF MID-AMERICA: Vintage, Historic, or Forgotten barns, on the Back-roads of Mid-America
Preserving Old Barns: Preventing the Loss of a Valuable Resource
Taking Care of Your Old Barn
Taking Care of Your Old Barn
© 1995 Vermont Division for Historic Preservation and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board. All rights reserved.
This site was produced by the Vermont Heritage Network at the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program.
Saskatchewan winter storm brings down iconic, 113-year-old round barn
Saskatchewan winter storm brings down iconic, 113-year-old round barn | Globalnews.ca
It stood strong for more than a century, but a Saskatchewan landmark is set to finally come down after suffering the wrath of this week’s winter storm.The Sanborn round barn in Drinkwater, Sask., partially collapsed during the severe weather event Wednesday. Its owners say that while it will be tough to let it go, the barn now popular with tourists, photographers, nostalgia-lovers and more will have to be taken down.The barn was built in 1907 by Charles Dixon Sanborn, who travelled from Iowa to make the Drinkwater area his home, according to his great-great-granddaughter.It was originally designed to encourage the wind to travel around the structure, and housed cattle and horses for decades.Allison Sanborn says that the design is less functional when used with modern-day farming equipment, but that it was still used to house livestock when she was young.“We had a three-storey farmhouse, but we spent all day, every day out in that barn,” said Sanborn, whose farm now specializes in grains. “We played and hung out in the hayloft, fed all the animals, and played bale tag.”While the structure itself will come down, Sanborn says the barn will live on.She says it can be found in the archives of many photographers, and has even been brought to life in watercolour by late-Saskatchewan artists Chesley Andersen.“Everybody knows the round barn in Drinkwater. The Sanborn farm is Drinkwater. It’s a huge tourist site. All summer, people would come in asking to take photos.”Sanborn said her family will also reclaim as much wood as they can when they take the rest of the barn down to sell and to use in personal projects around the farm.“It’ll gently get taken apart and sold off and repurposed,” Sanborn said. “I’ve had lots of text messages saying ‘oh, I’m so sorry’ and ‘it’ll be a hard loss.’ Unfortunately, we just can’t justify rebuilding it.”
Reducing Storm Damage to Your Barn
https://blog.extension.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/419/2018/02/prevent-storm-damage_final.pdf
Monday, August 22, 2022
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Aragon Road History
Main site link - OUR ARAGON
Old Barns Turned Into Basketball Courts
Source - Aged Woods - Old barns in Indiana being turned into basketball courts
Basketball is in every Indianans blood. From the story of tiny Milan defeating Muncie Central (and later immortalized on the silver screen) to win the state title to the storied college programs of the state to the NBA team that calls the state home basketball is Indiana. Some of the greatest names to ever hit the hardwood hailed from the state. Greats like Steve Alford, Larry Bird, Gregg Popovich, Oscar Robertson (who was on that Muncie Central team), Glenn Robinson and Scott Skiles, to stars of today like Gordon Hayward, Mike Conley and Zach Randolph as well as pioneers like John Wooden and Chuck Taylor.So it should be no surprise that in Indiana a family converted the hayloft in their old barn into a basketball court. The Beetz family got the idea from a friend who had a hoop set up in their barn. Since that family had no TV the basketball hoop provided the entertainment. The barn proved to be the ideal location. It could be used in the winter just as easily as the summertime and it could be used when it was raining or snowing meaning year round practice. Perfect for the family’s kids who were starting to get into the game with a passion.As the children grew up they played high school basketball and the pickup games became known as “barn ball.” Eventually had children of their own and now it is their grandchildren’s turn to play barn ball.The idea has caught on and has undoubtedly saved many barns from demolition. For some it is incorporated into the home. Very few things say style like having a barn attached to your home after all. Basketball is the perfect sport to create a court inside a barn as Nearly any surface can be used and a hoop is the only thing that needs to be installed. A full sized court is not even necessary. It is only fitting since many an Indianian has hung a basketball hoop on the sides of barns for ages, taking it inside was the next logical step.
Oakville Barn April Mid-afternoon
If I Remeber... A Barn Ornament for Christmas
This would make a nice post before Christmas. A barn ornament which you can have your family name added to.
From an Etsy shop - LandKCreationz, Digby, Nova Scotia.
Tales from The 4th Line
TALES FROM THE 4th LINE.
Not especially barn or farm related. But, local, personal history from the 4th line, Simcoe county, Ontario.
BetterBlogThis version 2
For my first post... Thank you to Justin Somnia for keeping/ forking BlogThis!
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