Re: O/T this website's forums

Posted by Wannabee on October 04, 2006 at 12:08:00 from (199.67.140.42):

In Reply to: O/T this website's forums posted by Tex Aggie on October 04, 2006 at 10:16:23:

I guess I am a Wannabee---my grandparents both had farms when I was younger and I spent lots of good times and have great memories of those farms, but never spent enough time their to learn about farming. Like a lot of "homeplaces", these farms are now subdivisions and only memories of days long gone. I wish it would have stayed in the family.

I was able to buy a "used up" piece of property about 10 years ago from a "real" farmer that could not make a go of it anymore. Next to my family, that old piece of dirt is my second love. I have added to it over the years and now have a sizeable chunk of ground that I leased out to the "real" farmers.

This year, the last of the 3rd generation farmers in my area sold out and chunked off his farm to capitalize on the value. There are now only 2 dairy farms left in our township. Gosh, I hate to see this happening.

Two years ago, I bought a used tractor and some implements. I have been "playing" farmer on a small part of the property. Food plots, garden, mowing the trails and helping the Amish plow the small pieces of these old farms that had once been in the same family for generations.

I have developed a deeper respect for people that make their living as farmers and value everything I have learned from them over the years. I believe I am still considered an "outsider" in my area even thought I have owned my property longer than some of my Amish neighbors. I don't know much about farming but want to keep learning.

I hope the experts on these forums don't give up helping us poor "developing" farmers. We can't learn a lot of this business from books.

Maybe with your help, we will someday be able to teach others.

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