share photos of old, abandoned, uninhabited structures in your part of the world!

David Milano wrote:...
The interior photo of the old Ford parked inside the better-preserved end of the barn (the other end is not safe to be in) tells its own sub-story. By all appearances it was simply driven into the barn one miserable day when it could no longer justify its existence on the farm and promptly forgotten. I looked it over pretty well, and figured it could probably be started and driven with a bit of tinkering. (I once resurrected a long—30 years long—abandoned field truck that the farmer gave to a friend and myself for free, just for the effort of getting it out of his hedgerow. The rugged old flathead V8 coughed up and the leaky tires held enough air to get it out of the field and into a trailer.) But this truck revival wasn’t to be. The owner (two generations along from the truck’s use-by date) wasn’t interested, and really neither was I, being already overloaded with projects.

I guess the old Ford sits there still. The very likely outcome? Falling timbers will one day finish it off for good.

In their small way, the barn and the truck tell the story of the rise of colossal, centralized systems, and the fall of tiny local ones.

I think collectors of old-timer cars wish they had that old Ford!

Rico Loma wrote:Great photos, yet some look like places I have actually rented in bygone risky days.  I have a couple to share...

Rico,

Just curious where do you live in North Georgia? Might be fun to connect in person. I am living at Jubilee Partners in Comer, GA. We have many permaculture ideas put into practice here but don't generally make a big deal of showing it off. I'm trying to help other folks here put words/structure into what's already happening.

Matt