Plantings, sheds, barns and outbuildings

On top of the 12 1/2 inches of snow last week another 7 1/2 inches arrived Friday night. I’m running out of room to put the snow but it was warm today and supposed to be warmer tomorrow. After putting the tractor away yesterday in the barn that was built by a steel building construction firm in my yard, I realized I had tweaked my knee somehow so I took some time off to rest it and to do some research.

I’ve decided to keep the main house pretty much as is on the exterior with the exception of a glass sun room on the south side and a glass silo on the southwest corner. The silo will house a spiral staircase that leads to a small loft. This may have to get tempered down from a silo to a glass atrium but either way it should look pretty cool and be functional. After all this research I’m eventually going to start looking at extra shed space from the likes of EasyShed Rural Sheds, you can never really get enough storage space.

Since there wont be much space added to the existing structure I’ll need an outbuilding to store my wood working tools that is away from the barn but close to the studio sheds. So I started researching barns and outbuildings(below the fold):

1. Prefabbed Amish Sheds from Lancaster Barns. Their Barn Style Shed caught my eye. I like that it’s all on one level and expandable to 40 feet.

2. Florian Products offers a wooden solarium that is simple and elegant.

3. Sand Creek Post and Beam of Texas offers a great selection of barn kits. Check out the Progressive Farmers Barn on this page. It’s a little small for my needs but could work well for your property.

4. ShelterKit appears to be the top dog in pre-cut kits. Their barn/garage/workshops have character and warmth.

5. Carino’s Garden Supply is a highly recommended nursery with great deals.

6. Butterfly Farm is giving away free milkweed seeds in hopes of giving habitat area to the monarch butterfly.

7. The New Farm is an interesting group of farmers helping farmers.

8. Better Greenhouses offers a great design for your expanding garden, an expandable greenhouse!

No I’m not an anal shopper but setting up the property in a logical manner with as little wasted motion and time as possible is very important, the links above represent about 10 hours of reading and clicking. Perhaps the links will be of some use to you.