Linking with Tricia over at
Bluff Area Daily .
I gathered some photos on my trip home for Thanksgiving.
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| Tobacco in Barn Meade County, Kentucky |
Since it is that time of year when people start stripping tobacco I thought I would feature a couple of barns with tobacco. Years ago everyone who had land had a tobacco patch. Many a family had their Christmas off of the money when the tobacco (or toobacker as they say) sold in late November and December. Now its hard to even find a barn with tobacco and even then it isn't much.
The last two photos were of a different barn. These aren't the traditional barns and the tobacco is really small, but you get the idea.
I love the musky aroma of tobacco curing in the open air. Hand rolled cigs from tobacco like this doesn't stink either. Imagine that.
8 comments:
Love the first shot!
We moved back to West Virginia about four years ago and a few farms were growing tobacco that first year. Since then I haven't seen much.
Thanks for your visit.
I was gonna ask about the smell... I just wish it wasn't so bad for us, I quit smoking Oct 12 2010, so a year & a month ago! YaY mE! =)
Cool barns & post, thanks for joining Barn Charm =)
charming place. we saw lots of tobacco farms in lancaster, pa.
There used to be quite a few tobacco farms in south western Ontario, but I am not sure how many are still around. This might call for a road trip.... I had no idea that there would be no smell.
Sure brings back a lot of memories for me...
Wow. wow. Wow. I've never seen this. It's fascinating. I bet you have some stories to tell. Thanks for sharing the history.
Happy Thanksgiving Mary. I have never seen a tobacco farm very interesting. B
I've seen a few tobacco barns during barn charm blog excursions. Interesting to me since we don't have them out west. Great shots.
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