tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post7365454641752008401..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: The last of the family farmerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-80637300294295809802009-08-30T18:31:59.256-07:002009-08-30T18:31:59.256-07:00Absolutely it takes decades. I'm another farme...Absolutely it takes decades. I'm another farmer's daughter and I'm so sad that no one in the family has been able to carry on the tradition. In spite of how difficult the life is and how hard on the body, my Dad, in his 70s still would love to go back to farming! It's some kind of terrible addiction I think!<br />We've found some land of our own to love and work. It's beenJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011580561618652540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-73475374956450980102009-08-27T01:46:35.482-07:002009-08-27T01:46:35.482-07:00Yes. Decades, preferably farming the same land ye...Yes. Decades, preferably farming the same land year after year. <br /><br />My family had small farms back in Indiana, and of course gardens all over the Midwest. All of that knowledge and experience is lost to me for two reasons: one, because most of them are dead, and two, because I moved away and now live in a climate where much of what they had to teach is not very helpful. <br /><br />IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-68883512866522986322009-08-26T12:47:09.635-07:002009-08-26T12:47:09.635-07:00I agree with Laurie. I've been gardening in my...I agree with Laurie. I've been gardening in my backyard for 5 years, and I played with the garden at my old house for 5 years before that, and I only feel like I am STARTING to get the hang of it.<br /><br />I can imagine that it would take decades to actually become GOOD at farming, and then how much of that is transferable? If you move across the country, how much of what you know needs to Correnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337679065167216222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45016585411813296922009-08-26T10:57:15.977-07:002009-08-26T10:57:15.977-07:00The only bit of wisdom/knowledge I can share is th...The only bit of wisdom/knowledge I can share is this: it's taking me *plenty* of time to learn how to garden my tiny little plot of urban yard. I can only imagine that it takes MUCH longer when you are looking at a bigger scale, and crops with more precise needs than a few tomato plants, a few pepper plants, and some herbs. (The periennals (sp?!) are left mainly to their own devices.)Laurie in Mpls.http://www.heirloomsbylaurie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-31490838829063843072009-08-26T09:37:42.841-07:002009-08-26T09:37:42.841-07:00Abbie - Your comment wasn't too long. It was p...Abbie - Your comment wasn't too long. It was perfect. Thanks :)Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-25278874368271709852009-08-26T07:46:44.652-07:002009-08-26T07:46:44.652-07:00Lol@Greenpa. Yup. My family did all they could t...Lol@Greenpa. Yup. My family did all they could to discourage me from farming, with the end result that I'm in my 40s and only beginning on this, my second career, and in an entirely different climate than my forebears farmed.<br /><br />I agree that it takes decades, which you can either see as discouraging or challenging. Just because one hasn't mastered it doesn't mean there'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-42134006746209393952009-08-26T07:11:11.563-07:002009-08-26T07:11:11.563-07:00"do you agree with the author that it takes d..."do you agree with the author that it takes decades to master farming?"<br /><br />He's in the right ballpark, anyway. Then there's that word, "master". Maybe ten years to journeyman status, and 30 to master.<br /><br />Yep.<br /><br />It CAN be discouraging, but thank goodness, most young people going into farming are pretty oblivious to this kind of advice. They&#Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-38261352808347561972009-08-26T06:15:57.875-07:002009-08-26T06:15:57.875-07:00My dad's family has been farming the same land...My dad's family has been farming the same land since the 1640's. My mom's family farm (one town over) just celebrated 100 years a few years ago. I absolutely agree that farming takes decades to learn. In our families, the elderly are cherished and respected, because they've seen and survived more than the rest of us. My grandfathers and grandmothers always have a big say in Farmer's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993260095409544097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-90859884899326459152009-08-26T01:22:36.871-07:002009-08-26T01:22:36.871-07:00Both sides of my family farms the Northeast area o...Both sides of my family farms the Northeast area of North dakota. I must say there was no encouragement to a young Rob to take up farming. And watching over the years no interest in my generation to follow in their footsteps. Partly because it is a hard life, partly no interest from the older generation to teach the younger. Too bad.Robj98168https://www.blogger.com/profile/12449968557883132353noreply@blogger.com