Ornaments long part of garden decor
Landscape ornaments often forgotten in the collectible world, or in the effort to restore an older home.
Weathervanes weather tests of time
Only a few weathervanes constructed in the 1700s and 1800s still remain, and even early 1900 examples are difficult to locate, says columnist Roy Booth.
Read it Again: Week of Nov. 8, 2001.
Each week "Farm and Diary" takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Let’s Talk Barns:The journey: Once upon a time there was a barn …
Take a look back on the historical background of a carriage barn in Lorain, Ohio, and read about moving it to a new home.
Larding needles weren’t for sewing
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what some of the terms included in old cookbooks mean in terms of fireplace cooking.
Western pulp magazines pave theway to fantasy and entertainment
Antique columnist Roy Booth tells the wild tales of pulp magazines.
Seeing the world through stained glass
You might say stained glass art has a colored past. Columnist Roy Booth explores its early use.
Remembering yesteryear farm tools
Antique columnist Roy Booth explains some of the more curious tools used in days gone by.
In camera collecting Kodak is king.
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about some of the cameras of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Kodak meant camera.
Read it Again: Week of April 24, 2003.
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
