Today I am posting several photos of developments at our farm, which we named WhisperingPines since we had about 80 acres of pines that we planted in 1983. I will list some of these improvements and you can look for them in the photos. First, we installed a picket fence in front of the house and painted it white. Using a mold and many bags of cement, we made "large, smooth river rocks" for the walkway in the front yard. I added an arbor on the right side of the house, leading to the lake.We added a deck to connect the house and the mobile home that we used as a guest house. We built a screened porch on the back of the mobile home and this was a favorite spot to sit and enjoy the sunsets over the water.
We put a roof over the trailer and back porch and there was room at the end of the porch for a carport. We added a bedroom and den to the back of the house. We had to build a pole barn to house our tractor, lawn mowers, and other farm equipment. We bought a large storage building and it was located next to the barn. Jim had a workshop here and we had it filled to the roof with a big assortment of items we didn't want to get rid of - yet.
We cleared the woods beside the house and had a beautiful water garden where a spring came out of the ground under a big oak tree. This is the same spring where my mother did the family wash when I was small. What memories!! Tomorrow I will feature my plants and landscaping. We developed the area so much we couldn't maintain it. I felt like we were living in the middle of a park.
