JD Seller, I remember when we moved to the farm. Mom and Dad had just inherited 60 acres from grandpa's estate. Mom's sister got the house and buildings, we got the equipment and 60 acres,None of the equipment was less than 20 years old. Dad was in the military and mom was a nurse. Dad was on pcs orders to Iceland for a year, and we had 30 days to drill a well get septic approved and in, electricity to the place and a mobile home bought and set up. Dad was gone for a lot of the time and we were just starting in a new environment and had very little. (remember these were the post Vietnam years and military pay was below poverty level). We started a garden the next year, did a bit of fencing, had the land farmed on shares, so we could provide feed for the animals that we bought in the spring. I worked for a local dairy to bring in some much needed money for the family. Luckily when dad returned from Iceland he was stationed at Fairchild AFB, 40 miles 1 way from the farm.when I was growing up, very seldom sow my dad. There was no work for him in Spokane after he retired in 1979. He found work as a contractor for Lockheed in Saudi Arabia for 3 years, then Italy for the Navy for 2 years and finally Adak Alaska for 2 years.
During the very lean years mac and cheese was a staple. After the garden was finally going good food wise life got better.
If I had grown up in the current generation I would not have known the deprivation or how to provide for myself, which I do by growing a garden, borrowing a large chest freezer from my dad and freezing the garden's bounty, and putting the knowledge that I gained from helping my mom can when I was growing up.
On a side note, there are people at work that love it when I bring in things that I have spent the time to slave over canning and preserving. I am complemented every time I bring something in.
I would not change the deprivation that I grew up with for anything in the world.
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