Water power historic mill next to our property. A familiar landmark to anyone who's been to Twin Oaks is the Yanceyville mill. There has been a mill on this site since the 1700s. Until late in the 1990s this was a working grain mill. Twin Oaks for years grew grains that were stone ground here.

Main entrance sign. Handmade sign by our main entrance road. Mulberry hedge and apple orchard behind.

Aerial view main entrance. Twin Oaks Road curves up and ends at our main courtyard, passing storage barn, main vegetable garden, old greenhouse, etc.

Storage barn. Located near our main entrance; one of the older structures on the property. Full of excess belongings. Old grape arbor to the right.

Llano office. This is the original farmhouse, of 1940s vintage, where Oakers first resided. It's our official street address now: 138 Twin Oaks Road. Llano has been very much remodeled over the years. As of early 2004 the front half is offices, the back half is milk processing and courtyard area's snack kitchen.

Llano. Main office in front, viewed from center of courtyard. Note the much appreciated large red maple tree with a hammock.

Llano kitchen. Back of this old farmhouse building was long ago converted to a kitchen and milk processing area.

TaChai from Herb Garden. Twin Oaks buildings are generally named after historic communes. TaChai was a famous Mao era Chinese commune. TaChai houses our hammmock shop, several bedrooms above, and a nice living room with fireplace. View looking west.

Tachai. Euonymous bush surrounds stairway entrance to residence above our hammock shop.

Smokers cafe. Near courtyard, overlooks the pond. There are only very limited areas where smoking is allowed.

Oneida. Entrance to residence, large bathroom addition on the left. One of our earliest buildings; had no bathrooms for about 15 years.

Oneida residence with rainbow hammock. Oneida is a large dormitory building in the courtyard complex, built in the early years very cheaply. After years of using outhouses and then facilities in the nearby buildings, in the 1980s bathrooms were added. The Women's Small Living Group occupies the lower floor.

Swimming pond and beach. Our glorious swimming pond, much planned and discussed for 20 years, then finally constructed right near the main residential area of the community. The pond is kept quite fresh for swimming by a pumped bio-filtration system.

Recycle barn and volleyball court. Formerly a hand milk dairy barn, now a recycle barn and vegetable drying area as of early 2004. We recycle paper, cardboard, metals and plastics to the extent we can do so in our area. Sawdust pile here is from our industrial area and is used as garden mulch and volleyball court playing surface.

Aerial view second entrance. Courtyard on lower left, Tupelo Ridge entrance road at middle left, MT and Aurora visitor cottage in the middle, and great woods beyond. More of our buidlings can be found along a ridge to the middle right. Some of our internal roads have regular street names but no signs; most of us probably don't even know some of the names.

Garden in winter. Garden and central field, lovely even in winter. Orchard, haybarn and dairy in the distance. Asparagus bush stalks and strawberry patch row visible in foreground. View toward north.

Dairy barn. Milking parlor with milking machines is housed here for our small dairy cow herd which includes Holstein, Dutch Belted and Jersey cows. This building also houses a pottery studio. View looking north.

Pasture, cows, apple orchard, woods beyond. Old apple trees were planted by us in the 1970s. View toward north. The South Anna River borders our land beyond the background hardwood forest.

Modern Times auto and metal shops. MT has a really nice auto repair shop, machine shop, metal working setup, farm repairs, bike shop, etc. And there is a darkroom and art studio as well. View looking west.

Aurora visitor cottage. Space for 10-11 visitors. Woodheated, indoor shower and toilets, quite near our main dining hall Zk.

Tofu dairy. Doing business as "Twin Oaks Community Foods" we've been making tofu in this building since 1991. Distribution is throughout our region to various small and not so small accounts. We also produce and sell tempeh and soysage as of early 2004. Copious hot water used is heated by a combination of solar, wood and propane fuels.

Zhankoye kitchen dining. Built in 1986 Zk has a fancy commercial kitchen with walk-in refrigeration and a large dining space that doubles for community gatherings. Also to be found here is a lounge that houses personal mailboxes and a large collection of magazines. And it's the locus of the legendary Opinion and Idea board as well as 3 x 5 communication board.

Spring garden scene. Native redbud tree in front. Guest enjoying a spring day in one of our ornamental gardens near MT.

Nashoba. Limited mobility residence built in 1991.

Nashoba. Limited mobility residence built in 1991.

Degania south entrance. Formerly our communal children's program house. Now a recreation space (2012.)

Degania yard

Morningstar entrance. Main entrance on north side of the large Morningstar residence.

Winter scene from Kaweah. We don't get a lot of snow usually but like kids everywhere in cold climates ours particularly enjoy a scene such as this one. Morningstar residence is visible in the background. We actually average 20 inches of snow per year but occaisonally do get a foot of snow in one day.

Kaweah-Beechside kitchen. Beechside is a Small Living Group within the Kaweah residence. A pleasant hangout spot on sunny days fall through spring.

Fletcher the dog at a crossroads. Typical lush summer scene in our woods, Fletcher taking the lead along a trail made for firewood collection and storage. This shot taken near Tupelo residence.

Silly familiar mock billboard. "If you lived at Tupelo you'd be home now" reads this graffiti on the back of an electrical board near Tupelo residence. An anarchist's effort from year's ago, repainted at least once: fun, silly, or is it just a no-process eyesore?

Tupelo. The "child wing" of Tupelo.

Tupelo residence. Built in 1980. Solar and wood heated. Mostly residential but there is also a multipurpose space used for band practice and hammock chair rope work. The main living room has been the site of many a high energy rock and roll dance.

Tupelo entrance. Spring forsythia in bloom on the south side of the large Tupelo residence.

Retreat cabin. A small cabin some distance out in our woods which can be reserved for personal use. A place to escape the crowded commune, with a woodstove, potable water hydrant and some furniture including a bed.

Emerald City industrial area. On the south end of our main property is the Emerald City area which includes warehouses, woodworking and ropemaking shops, sawmill, lumber kilns and more.