Saturday, February 21, 2009

Lancaster County Farms

I live in the heart of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Amish Country. I have lived in the midst of Amish and 'English' farmers for my whole life and have often made fun of the tourist who would stop his car by the side of the road to take pictures of farms. I found myself doing this very thing today though. I am working on a creative project for a class in college and I decided that an advantage I have is the beautiful land that my home is in. So, I decided to come home for the weekend and take photos of our counties wonderful farms and farmland. The more I explored, the deeper my respect grew for these farmers and the greater my pride grew for hometown.

Here are some of the photos I took:


This is the tobacco shed in my backyard. We no longer farm, but it would be a pity to tear that thing down. It's been there for about 200 years.



A local Amish farm. I have often driven past this farm late at night and there is a huge crowd all playing volleyball. Volleyball seems to be the Amish sport of choice. It is quite a site to see and they seem to be pretty good.

A beautiful farm. It was a great view with the barn's reflection in the water. For the non-Lancaster native: notice the mules on the right middle.


An Amish schoolhouse.


Two horses


This was an absolutely beautiful Amish farm. I took a lot of pictures here. The bright red paint really stood out and they had some nice barns here. Also, the barn doors were open which is hard to find this time of year. I would like to take some pictures in the fall during harvest both because of the color and the barn doors are open.

Here is another red barn from that same farm


Who doesn't like covered bridge shots? An example of one of hundreds of covered bridges in Lancaster


Two Amish Men working with their mules hauling dried tobacco. For all you tobacco smokers out there: It sure looks like they are hauling it in a manure spreader...


Thanks for your time. I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Let me know and I will be sure to post some more.
Thanks, Ben