Category: agrarian

IH Farmall

Farmall was a prominent brand in the 20th-century trend toward the mechanization of agriculture in the US. Its general-purpose machines’ origins were in row-crop tractors, a category that they helped establish and in which they long held a large market share. During the decades of Farmall production (1920s to 1980s), most Farmalls were built for row-crop work, but many orchard, fairway, and other variants were also built. Most Farmalls were all-purpose tractors that were affordable for small to medium-sized family farms, and could do enough of the tasks needed on the farm that the need for hired hands was reduced and for working horses or mules eliminated.–Wikipedia

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westend

Lake at Westend in the Green Springs district

Green Springs National Historic Landmark District is a national historic district in Louisa County, Virginia noted for its concentration of fine rural manor houses and related buildings in an intact agricultural landscape. Admitted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, it became the first rural National Landmark Historic district. Named for one of the historic manor houses (itself named for a spring known to Thomas Jefferson who grew up and lived in Albemarle County nearby), the district comprises 14,000 acres of fertile land, contrasting with the more typical poor soil and scrub pinelands surrounding it.–Wikipedia

Verdant

Sealed highway
Biked in the rain four hours today. It was transfixingly beautiful, mountains, mist, lakes. We survived the cars and trucks tearing by. A venture in faith? Taking a stupid chance? P-doom definitely higher than normal.
2 lane farm road
I’d thought all the roads would look like this.

McMansion

I’ve heard about these things.

McMansion
noun
Mc· Man· sion mək-ˈman(t)-shən
A very large house built in usually a suburban neighborhood or development
especially : one regarded critically as oversized and ostentatious
“12900 Aden Rd is a 6,476 square foot house on a 10 acre lot with 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.. Based on Redfin’s Nokesville data, we estimate the home’s value is $1,303,606.”