If you want to find out more about the history and design of barns in the San Juan Islands, you can do it in several ways:

• Farming in the San Juans describes the physical features, climate, and agriculture in the islands;
• Uses of Barns enumerates various crops that the barns were used for: hay, grain, sheep, dairy, fruit, horses & mules, and poultry, and even social uses;
• Design & Construction discusses location and siting, design, standardized plans, and structure;
• Barnwrights & Builders tells what little we know about the craftsmen that built these barns;
• Associated Farm Buildings describes the many types of structures you can find on a farmstead: bunk houses, fruit dryers, granaries, hop dryers, machine sheds, milk houses, poultry houses, root cellars, silos, smoke houses, and water towers;
• Glossary of Barn Terms will help you make your way through the rich vocabulary of barndom; and
• Bibliography suggests further reading.