A Word of Caution
by John Uren Some words of caution to your readers. It’s easy to assume, as I did, that if the upper barn flooring and the supports underneath look OK, the floor is safe, and can carry a load. Not necessarily so. The barn on the East end of our property ( We have 2, the […]
Barn Swallow Housing
Drawing provided by Linda Marie Glass Ward (Barn Swallow Carpenter). Edited commentary following provided by: Ted Spearing, OBP Member, in response to Linda Marie Glass Ward’s preceding postings on barn swallows. From: Ted Spearing I’m writing back in response to the March newsletter and also a previous email concerning barn swallows. We have a wholesale […]
Barn Swallows, The Shelf That Works
by Linda Marie Glass Ward (Barn Swallow Carpenter). All six species of Ontario Swallows are in decline by 80% or more. They are the Cliff, Tree, Rough Winged, Bank, Barn Swallows, and the Purple Martin. Although I have loved Barn Swallows for many years it was in 2016 that I made a concentrated effort to […]
Barn and Cliff Swallows
by Linda Marie Glass Ward (Barn Swallow Carpenter). In the spring of 2014 my interest in birds gained momentum when my husband and I saw a rare Black-backed Woodpecker in Algonquin Park. The following summer we went on a horse riding holiday near Port Rowan Ontario, where we went to the Bird Studies Canada office […]
Barn Owls
by Will Samis, OBP Director, Applehill Farm, Iron Bridge. It’s an old barn to us…. but it’s home to them. Less than a handful of bird species are as widely distributed around the world as the Barn Owl (Tyto Alba) and few species have as precarious a toehold in Ontario. Barn Owls inhabit all the […]
Barn Records and History
I learned to start snooping around the barns for notes and records and found that they could be in the strangest places. By John Busch, OBP Regional Rep. for Middlesex, Elgin, Chatham-Kent, Essex, and Lambton. (Includes London, Strathroy, and St. Thomas) I have often remembered conversations among farmers about the old days when they exchanged labour […]
A Great Drive to See Log Barns
by Jon Radojkovic Radojkovic, OBP Director I was happy when I saw the first log barn. I had expected to see some but after driving six hours from Grey County towards Renfrew through beautiful, mostly hilly forest covered country, with a scattering of timber frame barns, this was the first log barn. It wasn’t the […]
Education in Eramosa: Part 2 – Exploring the OAC Dairy Barns
By Emma Rutledge In this month’s blog post, we have an article written by Emma Rutledge, who is a history student at University of Guelph. Experiential learning is a great way for students to get out of the classroom and develop real-world skills informed by their studies. OBP was thrilled to partner with the University […]
Education in Eramosa
Part 1 – Exploring Farmer Tim’s Historic Barns Written by Emma Rutledge Foreword written and edited by Mikayla Barney In this month’s blog post, we have an article written by Emma Rutledge, who is a history student at University of Guelph. Experiential learning is a great way for students to get out of the classroom […]
The New Custodians: Part 3 of 3
by Cathy and Richard Cooper, Kingston Continued from Part 2 published May 1st. | Part 1 published May 1st. We learned that the original 100 acres was first granted in 1775 to Silas Johnstone as part of the Crowns Land Act. It changed hands several times before being purchased by Alexander Grant in 1846. The census of […]