Our dream is to renovate these silos into unique farm stays at our future J&W farm. Billy loves to salvage old things (lucky for me in our marriage as we age) and keep the history of antiques alive. This means NO NEW SILOS and NO NEW BARNS. Everything brought to the property is an original…. just like he is.
The “Big 5” came from Corinth, Mississippi. These were deconstructed over two separate trips. A simple but painstaking (and smelly) process, we were lucky to get 1 down every 36 hours. The bolts were rusted and often took grinding out. In case you were wondering, Mississippi in July inside a metal silo is perhaps the hottest place on Earth. Epsom salt and Motrin barely kept us alive and moving this week. We are no spring chickens…