They were built in the 1920s for dairy cows. 

This is what our barn looked like when we first moved in. Twenty years of manure. Talk about a big job! 

It hasn't been used in years, but it's built to last! 

This is the downstairs pantry that I'm hoping to fill up at some point!

This is the litter of pigs that Poppy and Petunia came from!

One of the first things we had to tackle was the ivy. It had overgrown everything! This is the roof of the guesthouse right after we moved in. 

Mark got a good start on it. It took at least three weekends, chipping away at it. 

You can't even see the upper windows! 

There's actually a beautiful view out this window. Not that you can tell... 

This ivy wasn't playing around. It was coming right through the window! 

It's in pretty bad shape. It used to hold 2,000 chickens! Now it's overgrown with ivy and nettles. 

The chicken coop is filled with garlic. At some point, someone harvested garlic and left it there. That's Sawyer, way in the back of the room. And there are three rooms this big, filled with garlic! 

We didn't even know this building was here. It was completely engulfed in blackberries. When we cut the blackberries back, this tiny house emerged. We're hoping we can save it. 

It's a funny little outhouse -- built in the 1930s by the WPA, it's in great shape. It's a two-seater, with a urinal! Sadly, the toilets have been filled in, and we have no interest in digging them out. It's a pretty interesting piece of history, though! 

The kitchen hadn't been updated much since 1951. 

All we did was paint and put in an island, and take out the upper cabinets. What a difference, though! 

We knew we'd be doing a lot of cooking, and the kitchen looks great! 

This one has a basketball hoop for rainy winter days! 

I've learned to can almost anything since we moved in!  

Sawyer went camping with Boy Scouts out in the mountains. Really, could it get any prettier than this? 

This has nothing to do with the farm. It's just one of my favorite pictures, of Sawyer falling asleep holding his baby sister's hand. They're ten years apart, so he was ten when this was taken. He's a very sweet brother to her.