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This is an Amish home in the Berne, Indiana community (Adams County). This would be the largest group of the generally conservative "Swiss Amish". Depending on when you read this, the home and farm you see here will soon find itself - or may have already found - a new owner. This is a home
For several months, my family has gotten our milk via a buying cooperative that purchases and has delivered dairy from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania. Annually, Farmer Dan and his wife Rachel have a picnic for the cooperative. We were very pleased to be able to attend this year and get a chance to see their beautiful farm as well as meet some of the other folks in the cooperative. After a wonderful picnic of everything from Farmer Dan's own hamburgers and ice-cream to Rachel's delicious beet salad to yummy extras brought by all the guests, we were off to see the animals. The 16yo "hired boy" (who will be married and running his own farm before too long) hitched up the horses. How enormous! They walked majestically in front of our little Honda Civic, absolutely dwarfing it. Each one was almost twice its height and just about as long. We hopped on the long cart in back... ...and rode out to see the cows in the pasture. There were many other animals around the farm, including several dogs, a pig... ...barn swallows (including baby ones)... ...and a family of very young kittens. I especially liked chatting with their adorable miniature horse: A few things really surprised me. I was not expecting to see two trailer vehicles on the property. Surely this was not where the hired boy lived, I thought. But on closer inspection, I discovered that they were housing for chickens! Check out this chicken sliding out of the trailer! The chickens existed uneasily with a family of ducks, quite shy of my camera: Another surprise were these great scooters. Although I did not take this picture, we saw boys and girls zipping around on them just like this--as well as a father and child riding a scooter downtown. Apparently they are widely used in the Amish community (although bicycles are not)--as are in-line skates! My very favorite moment was looking across the side yard at the laundry on the line and seeing two young children walking underneath--a girl in the same blue dress and black apron as her mother and a boy carrying a bouquet of fresh flowers.
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After last week's 40-acre Wisconsin farm, this week, another Amish farm that is still on the market. This one lies in Cattaraugus County, New York, home of three Amish communities, including one of the largest in the state. This appears to be Conewango Valley, home to around 2,500 Amish. One thing is for certain, they
What would it be like if your main reading material was one monthly newspaper? Read Steve's account of a tiny publication that serves people who choose to live differently in most ways, including the information they choose to take in.
Each group has its own Ordnung — a comprehensive list of rules — mostly unwritten. It’s not difficult for local folks to see the differences, but it seems that to most people, an Amishman is an Amishman.
One of the rarest religious experiences you can have in America is to join the Plain.
How does one photograph a group of people whose beliefs prohibit virtually all photography? David Nevala found out a few summers ago when he arrived in...
While I often share Amish homes which are already off the market, here is one that is for sale right now. This farmhouse on 40 acres of land is found in Marathon County, Wisconsin, in a small two-district settlement. It's four bedrooms and one bath. As you look through the photos, see if you can
Simple living means simple cooking (and we can get behind that).
This is how a totally different community is thriving in the middle of the united states, from their wedding traditions to their thoughts on modern medicine.
The Amish are part of a distinct religious community that follows a way of life far different from that of many contemporary people. Because most people do not understand their beliefs, which are reflected in their ways of life, the Amish are often viewed as less intelligent or strange. Keep…
