When Mom and Dad married in 1962, Grandpa was 61. Wouldn't be long before they moved to the farm to replace him, right? Except, he continued on until 1997.
I grew up here, loving the farm, as did Dad, working here every evening and weekend. By the time I was in college, Grandpa's old-world, Depression-era conservatism was rubbing me wrong, and I left for a few years. Just long enough to meet a woman who never really knew me as a farmer.
Shortly after we married, I started to get more involved again because Dad was being forced to take over, and he did not really want to. He liked doing the work, just not making the decisions. He would cut hay, but wanted someone to tell him when to do so. Of course, I love telling other people what to do, so it worked great- I made the decisions and invested the money, he just worked here. When Grandma passed in 2001 and Dad inherited the farm, he did not want to see the cycle repeated. So he GAVE me the farm, we settled the estate with my Aunt and remodeled the house. I figured it was the perfect place to raise the three kids, and work with Dad every day...
Except that part about the woman who did not know me as a farmer, who is a complete city girl. Except for the free meat and fruit, etc, she resents every minute spent here on this stinky place and the guy who loves it. She made sure none of the kids were interested, either, despite my persistent attempts.
So, I get to be the last generation to farm here, which does make some decisions easier. Maybe I can make it 30 more years to see Centennial farm status, but will be lucky to make 3 more years, actually.
sorry tl;dr: I don't remember for sure, it happened gradually. I could look up when we transferred the Welch's membership, that was kinda the official date.
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