Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by bjeriann
We only had 10 acres but we had cows, pigs, chickens, and a 3 acres garden. It felt like a small farm to us. Growing up in a farming community, I do miss it, but not the wonderful smells that came with it.
ha...those smells...my Ex was a farmer from MI..over 380 acres of crop fields...and one day the pig farmer came to spread manure in the back field, there was no fencing between field and yard, and before I could grab him my Irish setter was off...he would just roll around in that stuff...gosh what a smell...
my ex FIL would sniff deep and say...smells like money to me....
Yep anytime one of us complained about the smell my grandpa would say the same thing! He also used to take us down to the basement and show us the bushel of soybeans he had in the basement for testing. We would get the lecture about the future of soybeans in the world. They weren't as prominant in the world then. But Grandpa was sure they were going to feed the world! LOL If he could only see all the things they use them for now!
There was a couple who thought of my dad as one of their kids and when we visited them you had to use the outhouse because they didnt have indoor plumbing. They carried water from the well for washing.
When my mom pottytrained me they only had an outhouse. My grandparents still had one in their backyard and we used that when we were playing outside so we didn't have to go in the house. On the side of the driveway there was a handpump with a metal cup hung on it. We all used it and never thought about sharing germs.