Originally Posted by emmah
Actually, I will probably keep one and see if any of my Amish neighbors can use the other one. We have a little colony of Amish who have moved here in upstate NY in recent years from PA cause the land down there is too $$$$ for them. I am very glad to have them take over the farms here. I guess its hard to convince young folks to work from sunup to sundown and lose money. (Mainly dairy farms here.)
Great idea. My husband and I are looking for land/farm in maine... and the place we think we want is about 20 minutes from an old Shaker area, now populated with Amish. They have a tack shoppe, a hardward/drygoods store, and a home/barn building business. We think highly of the folks we've met, nice people for the most part. I would imagine that a treadle sewing machine would be of great use and appreciated.