JKSde Loc: Middletown, De

It is great weather here and I enjoyed riding around Lancaster County to seeing the covered bridges and Amish Farms (no electricity or other modern conveniences).

It was a great, and interesting Day Out. Amish Farm

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Covered bridge

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Aniother view, tree


Interior of the bridge. Beautiful work.


Second bridge

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A team of horses and mules plowing the field


The other side

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The whole farm, remember no modern conveniences.


Doing the laundry...

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mosbenav Loc: NY, NY - now Haifa, Israel

I don't watch TV anyway so that's no problem, but if I'm getting chest pains I'd sure like a phone. But it looks pretty. Thanks for sharing.

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Nice set JKS. I was asked by an Amish woodworker in NY to photograph some of his tables and chairs in his shop. Expecting to see him working with hand tools in the light of candles, I was surprised to find a workshop right out of a Sear catalog. All the saws and power equipment were operated on a belt and pulley system run off a diesel engine (couldn't use a gas engine, tho). Unfortunately, I brought a small generator to run my studio lights but they started smokin' after just a few shots. Ended up taking some of his work into my studio to finish the job.

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

Very nice photos, but remember, the only way to fill those silos is with some sort of POWER.

JKSde Loc: Middletown, De

JKSde

JKSde Loc: Middletown, De

Its called hand and back power
I won't question what you are saying, however, I have seen there tobacco barns being filled and all that work is done by hand.
A true Amish person does not use electricity. You believe what you want to however.

JKSde

JKSde Loc: Middletown, De

I left something off of my answer yesterday. They do use gas or diesel operated equipment as well.

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

have you ever seen pictures of Horse/s or Mule/s grinding Sorghum Cane.... In the same manner loads of grain or whatever can be lifted into the barn mow or the silo.... In Pa, I have seen Barns that had a earthen ramp going to the second floor of the Barns to allow the horses to take the "??" up to be store there. ...... where there is a way and a willingness to work, there is a way..

Mike

RDH

It is called a barn bridge. And they were probably storing hay.

BillH Loc: Lancaster County PA

Don't worry about phones many Amish have cell phones or phones out in the barn. They have made some modern consessions.

Tom Kelley Loc: Roanoke, Virginia

What are those lines above the Barn in photo #1? Could those be Power Lines????

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

[quote=tdklex]What are those lines above the Barn in photo #1? Could those be Power Lines????[/quote

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

[quote=venturer9][quote=tdklex]What are those lines above the Barn in photo #1? Could those be Power Lines????[/quote[/quote]

Obviously they are power Lines... Running along the road going past the Home/Barn... Do you notice any running over to the Buildings....

There are several Amish living in Rural Jasper and Crawford County in Southern Ill. (I live in Jasper) these are for the most part "Old Order" Amish... They have very understandable reasons for living as they do, and the Old Order live by those reasons/standards. The "New Order" Amish are a little more liberal with the things that they can do more like the "Englishers"

Here, once a year, the Amish in Crawford have a dinner at the Oblong Community Center where they prepare a great Amish meal and the Cost is "WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE" Free if you can't pay....All of this money goes to their School for the purchase of needed materials.

Here in Jasper, during the late spring and summer, on Sat. Mornings there is a farmers market around the square... All kinds of produce are available for sale. The Amish were setting up a booth where they would sell baked goods. The Governmental PC POSSE decided that they could not do this as there might be germs in the baked goods (Or some reason just as stupid) So Several folks got together and decided to look into it and found out that they (the Amish) could give away their baked goods... Now they do just that and if you are a kind hearted soul, you can put a little cash in the tin can sitting on the end of the table...

Works out pretty good and Boy oh Boy are those baked goods goooooood....

Mike

kandj Loc: Gettysburg, PA

I went for a buggy ride with an old order Amish gentleman in Bird In Hand, close to Lancaster. One stop we made was at an Amish farm, a little girl came flying out of the house and over to a little stand she had set up selling cookies and decorated horseshoes. The Amish in that area have really learned how to make money from the tourists. The gentleman was very nice and said I could ask him anything about the Amish, which surprised me and ask away I did! He even let me drive the buggy about a mile or so.

Great photos btw!

JKSde Loc: Middletown, De

they probably are power lines, however, other people beside the Amish live in Lancaster on the same streets and they have power lines to there home.