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A fence from years ago

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Apr 25

In the foreground of the photo, you can see a fence such as the old settlers would have made. It’s on the old farm where I grew up. My cousin owns it now. She and her husband are into all things old and natural and have a very...

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The very old is protecting the new

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Apr 25

These solar panels provide power for a pump which pumps water from a well to sheep troughs. I’ve written about the well previously. What intrigues me here is that the stand of the solar panel has a few attachments that need...

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Many a meal was cooked on this stove

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Apr 25

I grew up on a farm in a house that was mostly built by my father. In the mid-1960s, a new house was built which is still lived in today. We visited the old farm recently and I took this photo of the kitchen chimney which is...

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An innovative use for a hollow log

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Apr 25

My cousin’s garden on the old family farm is full of quirky bits and pieces. The photo isn’t very clear but supported on two chains is a large, hollowed-out tree trunk. My father would have carved out the hollow to make a pig...

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A vist to our old well

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Apr 25

The photo shows a well on the farm where I grew up. It’s rarely been anything but full for over 100 years. You might be able to make out the stonework lining the well which has stood the test of time really well. Vince’s brother...

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Oldest Family Operated Farm - Being Sold

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 1 Aug 10

A family farm in New Hampshire is being sold after 378 years - 11 generations. In 1632 John Tuttle arrived in America and used a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm.......

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the rest of your life

lifesavr_89 @lifesavr_89 (212) • United States 21 Dec 08

if you had to spend the rest of yourlife in one place, where would that be? who would it be with? what would you take with you? why that place?

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The Long Wait is Over!!!

heavenschild @heavenschild (4777) • Canada 8 Nov 08

I am sorry I did not post this earlier on in the week but I just want to update everyone on the family farm! I was away for four days last week-end because I was helping my parents move! The farm is sold and money has changed...

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