I was fortunate to be made caretaker of my great-grand parents homeplace. Along with the house came an adjacent structures and this tobacco barn. Sadly, this is pretty much how it looked when I inherited the property in 2003. The roof had collapsed years earlier and had fallen inside the barn. The barn's side shelters had slowly began to collapse and become over run with vines and other growth.
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NC Tobacco Barn
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Once we got the side down it was easy to pull it off with the tractor. It's really nice to have a little John Deere work horse...it saved us hours and hours of manual labor.
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New Flowers
Petunias are one of my favorite flowers. I was very happy to be able to get them planted and enjoy them before it got to cold. This picture was taken in mid November, 2017
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Concrete Slab
This concrete slab was unearth during excavation of the foundation blocks around the left side of the barn. The date appears to be February 28, 1939. My plans are to build an A frame shelter on the side of the barn and that is where I will incorporate this slab into the design.
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