Courts Charge Mother of 555-Pound Boy

I grew up with no electricity, an outdoor john, no car/truck, just a horse and buggy for transportation, way back in the backwoods of N.C., down a dirt road....We were dirt poor, hardly ever went to school, becuz of no shoes...we cooked on an old wood stove, and only had 1 big fireplace in the small living room....No TV and no radio....

We survived on the land, we had chickens, hogs, we hunted for squirrels and we fished almost everyday. We had tobacco and corn fields and especially a vegetable garden....We rode into "town", about 20 or so miles away by horse & buggy to get supplies like flour, corn meal, etc., only once every few months.

We did our own canning, and most everything was made "from scratch." We all (girls) quilted, making quilts for the winder and canning chairs to sit in. I picked and handed tobacco when I was 5 yrs. old or so, made $5 a day...I felt "rich"....My dad had a liquor "stil", and he sold "white lightning" in Mason quart jars. There were a lot of alcoholics back in those days....

And as I sat in front of my computer....jeez!...come a long way here!.....Anyone can survive off the land if necessary.

Where there is a will, there is a way to survive....and we never, ever wasted one morsel of food.....and none of us were obese.
 
Tousi said:
I come from those times/era. On a small farm. By the time I was 12, I was in charge of my very own half acre(or was it an acre)garden. Those were the days......
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That must have been really nice. :aw:

The man who taught me most of my gardening skills was in his 70's when I was his "pupil". Actually, he would babysit me when my parents went out of town and after school. He and his wife were very self sufficient. They had their own well and used the well to water their garden.

I really really miss him. He was like a grandfather to me. He was a WWII vet and we would sit on his front porch and he taught me how to cheat at cards ;)

He made his own fruit juice from the orange and grapefruit trees on his property. I used to help him all the time.
 
the problem im having is the seed money.carrot seeds cost $2.00 for 100 seeds through auction sites but that doesn't mean i have the $2 and when im broke i regret spending the money on seeds and garden beds(im in a wheelchair) and im worried that my garden will get smashed by the local kids they have wreathed the fence before
 
rockin'robin said:
I grew up with no electricity, an outdoor john, no car/truck, just a horse and buggy for transportation, way back in the backwoods of N.C., down a dirt road....We were dirt poor, hardly ever went to school, becuz of no shoes...we cooked on an old wood stove, and only had 1 big fireplace in the small living room....No TV and no radio....

We survived on the land, we had chickens, hogs, we hunted for squirrels and we fished almost everyday. We had tobacco and corn fields and especially a vegetable garden....We rode into "town", about 20 or so miles away by horse & buggy to get supplies like flour, corn meal, etc., only once every few months.

We did our own canning, and most everything was made "from scratch." We all (girls) quilted, making quilts for the winder and canning chairs to sit in. I picked and handed tobacco when I was 5 yrs. old or so, made $5 a day...I felt "rich"....My dad had a liquor "stil", and he sold "white lightning" in Mason quart jars. There were a lot of alcoholics back in those days....

And as I sat in front of my computer....jeez!...come a long way here!.....Anyone can survive off the land if necessary.

Where there is a will, there is a way to survive....and we never, ever wasted one morsel of food.....and none of us were obese.
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My grandfather told me stories of his family doing that too. They had a tobacco farm in Salt Lick Kentucky.
 
inmate23 said:
the problem im having is the seed money.carrot seeds cost $2.00 for 100 seeds through auction sites but that doesn't mean i have the $2 and when im broke i regret spending the money on seeds and garden beds(im in a wheelchair) and im worried that my garden will get smashed by the local kids they have wreathed the fence before
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Free Seeds from America The Beautiful Fund - free plant seeds, free flower seeds

WikiAnswers - Where can you get free seeds for your garden

The kids in my area are not the problem ... its squirrels and rabbits. Some days I feel like Elmer Fudd
 
AndyE9503 said:
Did I seriously see praise for FDR in this thread :ugh:
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I don't know much about what Jiro brought up in regards to FDR, but I can attest to reading a plaque at the Grand Canyon honoring FDR for preserving a lot of land around the Grand Canyon.
 
Steinhauer said:
That must have been really nice. :aw:

The man who taught me most of my gardening skills was in his 70's when I was his "pupil". Actually, he would babysit me when my parents went out of town and after school. He and his wife were very self sufficient. They had their own well and used the well to water their garden.

I really really miss him. He was like a grandfather to me. He was a WWII vet and we would sit on his front porch and he taught me how to cheat at cards ;)

He made his own fruit juice from the orange and grapefruit trees on his property. I used to help him all the time.
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Very nice sentiments, Steinny!
 
Even back in those days, there were hungry people because they couldn't grow a garden. Single mothers had a very difficult time keeping up with gardening and their job to keep everything together (they still have to pay rent and all that).
 
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