November 2, 2009 – Hog Barn Renovation Milestone
Today marks a major milestone in hog barn renovation. One of our stated farm goals is to “maintain the architectural heritage of the area.” To me, this means not automatically burning or tearing down old buildings and where possible to adapt them to creative re-use.
Here’s the hog barn at a place where it would have been torn down by many folks – no windows, major portions of the roof gone and what you can’t see from this photo – walls lilting at about a 15 degree angle.
Here’s the same building with a new roof, new windows and a modification to allow for an animal “porch” so we have more options in separating out animals and having shelter from rain and wind – the new porch faces south. I still need to complete some trim, shore up parts of the building that were not rebuilt and where the white siding is, to put in a door.
5 Responses to “November 2, 2009 – Hog Barn Renovation Milestone”
Jen says:
November 4, 2009 at 7:29 am
Wonderful job! You should be proud indeed!
Jimmy Cracked Corn says:
November 4, 2009 at 9:59 am
Awesome!!!! Almost brings a tear of joy to my eye to see an old wooden barn saved. There won’t be many for the next generation(s) to see.
Lisa says:
November 4, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Congratulations! It looks fantastic.
Susan says:
November 5, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Fantastic! I love all the high windows (clerestory? or a second floor?) Will you actually keep hogs in there, or use it for something else?
highhopesgardens says:
November 6, 2009 at 8:44 am
Right now we use the building as a brooding place for chicks and for “day ranging” of chickens or turkeys – they roam the pasture at night and come in at night. It also is good for storage.