You can build a barn anywhere on your land—but that doesn’t mean you should. The spot you pick will either make life easier or create problems you’ll deal with for years. Where you put it affects ...

Windows were framed into the cordwood with rough-cut poplar. Post-and-beam construction combined with cordwood barn building produces a farmstead outbuilding that protects livestock in the winter and ...

“If you want it to last, build it right. Just build the way they used to build barns around here,” lectured the old Dutch handyman. “You can’t take shortcuts if you build with quality, and a quality ...

LONGMONT — No Amish are involved, but what’s going on west of Longmont at Coyote Ridge Farm still qualifies as a good old-fashioned barn raising — with the emphasis on old-fashioned. The ...

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What happens when cows are allowed to decide for themselves whether they want to be indoors or outdoors? When calves grow up ...