Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: windbreak

This was one of the few local farms which specialized in raising cattle, rather than grain. It was also the only local farm sporting an elaborate system of windbreaks. I always figured the two were related. They're now growing corn/beans/wheat, like most of their neighbors. But the windbreaks remain. I miss the steers.

Same farm as yesterday's windbreak , on Billwood Highway in rural Eaton County, Michigan. This is about a half-mile from my workplace; I pass by every morning and evening. It used to be more attractive. Four years or so back a tornado touched these trees, bounced over my office building, and wiped out an auto parts business and the chiller at the power plant down the road from our complex. Quite frightening to the night shift. Fortunately, no injuries.

Out in the midst of the field, a teensy little house! Gone to ruin....