The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota recently visited the AP farm with the purpose of determining if they could hold classes at the farm, to teach people how to preserve old plaster and windows.\u00a0 We will win by having professionals working on the house.\u00a0 They found that the plaster in the house contained horse hair, which means the plaster is original, 152 years old.\u00a0 It is very good condition- under about 6 layers of wall paper.<\/p>\n
A number of wooden storm and screen windows were found.\u00a0 They will be measured and documented with the hope that we can return them to their original locations.<\/p>\n
On another topic, the University of Minnesota Resilient Communities project sent three more classes our direction.\u00a0 One is in Scandinavian tourism\/literature.\u00a0 They just happened to be reading the Moberg Immigrant books. The professor wasn’t aware of the connection with Andrew Peterson, until she met us.\u00a0 We were invited to speak to the class about how the students might help us increase Scandinavian tourism to the farm.\u00a0 The class will be taking a trip to the farm in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n
A conference call connected us to a second class.\u00a0 They will be working to determine the optimal location for a driveway off of Parley Lake Road, and a location for a parking lot.\u00a0 we would like to be able to give visitors the experience of walking down the driveway, but a driveway to the south would mean putting in a second driveway near the north property border.\u00a0 Rolling land, causes a challenge when looking for a location for a parking lot.<\/p>\n
A project is being undertaken by another student who is making the farm the focus of his Masters Thesis for Archaeology.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned, soon we will be starting work on the north barn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota recently visited the AP farm with the purpose of determining if they could hold classes at the farm, to teach people how to preserve old plaster and windows.\u00a0 We will win by having professionals working on the house.\u00a0 They found that the plaster in the house contained horse hair, which … <\/p>\n