As we know it today the farm house life was plowing the fields, school for the kids and the farm wife taking care of the house hold chores. That is true back then and today. But for the most part the farm life started before the sun came up. Rise and shine, breakfast, father off to the fields, kids had chores before going to school. Mom well she started before dad and the kids ever got out of the bed. The thing we have to remember is that today we have it easy, go to the grocery store and get what ever you want from around the world. But back in the good old days, there weren’t many grocery stores, sorry General Stores. A general store carried everything from food to farm equipment, feed, and house hold items. A General store was a Wal-Mart, Sears, Farm supply, wrapped in one. And if you were lucky you could visit it once a month. Most of all foods back then were grown, raised and canned right there at “Home”. All farms had, live stock (chickens, cows, pigs,) etc. Gardens, for all vegetables, Fruit trees in the yard. Herbs were grown around the house for decoration, land. All you had to do was go out side and get what you wanted. What a life, a lot of hard work, but well worth it.
This is for the love of Farming. (more to come in the near future)
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