PA countryside

This is one of Steve's efforts. We both enjoyed going for a drive. The kids were less appreciative, especially after the first five minutes. The farm buildings are all sort of close together, generally a small farmhouse, and a huge barn, and a silo (or three), minimum. The Amish farms, of which there are a lot out here, are all very neat and tidy, with huge, well ordered kitchen gardens, and a washing line that often is tethered one end to the house, the other half way up the silo or barn wall. In addition, lots of lovely mules (?) to pull the plough, as well as 2-3 good looking horses, to pull the buggies. There are round bales covered in white plastic and all lined up like giant marshmallows, and generally, wheat (which looked a bit shorter than in Australia?) plus corn, which was only about hip height, and just the beginnings of the tobacco crops. We also saw cabbages, and some sort of grass/pulse, that I suspect was being cut and left to give the ground a rest. Lots of the farms had 5-10 dairy cows (I think milked by hand, if Amish cows), as well as chickens, and we saw one farm with beehives. On sale were strawberries, and garden flowers, as well as the usual baked goods. (Plan: to not arrive such that we leave on a Sunday, because there are no stalls on Sundays, but we didn't want to buy stuff on Saturday and have it all hot and miserable. Also, bring esky). The land can only be described as rolling, and green, as in, rolling hills, and green pastures. This bit of country has rightly been known as the bread basket of America (presumably when America consisted of the Eastern States only).