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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1721 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 10:43:24 AM
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I remember when I was growing up back in the 50's and 60's might near everything was put into glass containers from our milk being delivered by the local dairy to sodas. Lawnmowers weren't ridden put pushed by hand no gas for them. You could see clothes out on the line. But now a days everthing is for convenience. I think that we have to many plastic whatevers. I also think that were dumping to much trash into the ground and oceans with our plastics that never go away. I know that us farmgirls are trying to do our part but I wish that others in our communities would or try to be more green. Every little bit helps. Just some thoughts. Hope that I didn't upset anyone with my thoughts. Please let me know what you think.
Laurie
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 11:02:53 AM
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I grew up on a dairy farm in the 80's. And I too, remember the back kitchen with a hand pump for water, a box with a 5 gallon bucket in it served as our toilet, and my Aunt and grandmother still took "cat baths" with an enamel ware bowl as the bath water. You guessed, it, no indoor plumbing! Yep, I was 14-15 yo and still utilizing that method.
I can still buy milk in glass containers, its very expensive $4 for a half gallon! But it tastes so good! I still pour milk into glass pitchers just cuz I think it tastes better.
I'm right there with ya Laurie!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 11:15:26 AM
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Oh yeah Laurie---I was just wishing there could be a way to go to the store and refill our plastic containers...with whatever was in them-----I hate waste....and try my best to keep up on recycling.
I really wish there was a fine for users of plastic bags.
A lot of people don't know the harm that can be done to their bodies by microwaving in plastic containers----its really sad.
Thanks for your topic Laurie.
Beverly Gill.....just a farm girl at heart |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 12:22:40 PM
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Beverly!
Its so good to see you!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
~the only thing for certain, is uncertainty~ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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TurkeyGirl
Farmgirl in Training
12 Posts
Carrie
Wellington
OH
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 8:05:27 PM
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Dawn, Girl you are freaking me out! It is tooo weird how much we have in common. My great-grandmother refused to have indoor plumbing and would only cook on a wood cookstove. She died in the mid 1980s, I can remember quite clearly their outhouse and having to pump water outside to haul in the house. And yes, I also grew up on a dairy farm. And I will not ever drink milk out of plastic cups. In fact, I've been weeding the plastic cups out of my house and the kids are using old time jelly jars now (the sort that you needed parrafin to seal, since I use the newer type to actually put jelly in!)
I found Nehi soda in glass bottles a couple weeks ago and my seven-year old thought it was the greatest thing ever. He can't figure out why they quit putting pop into glass bottles, and frankly, neither can I.
Carrie
North Coast of Ohio
Opportunity is often missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
716 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 8:31:40 PM
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| I'm with you girls on all of the plastic stuff. I don't really drink milk because I don't like the way it taste. When I get my milk goats I hope all of that will change. I've been replacing plastic for glass around here too. I try to never use plastic to warm up in the microwave. I really try not to use the microwave at all. There nothing better than eating from real dishes instead of plastic or paper. I have to confess though,when I have a big group I do use paper plates. |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 10:04:55 PM
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I remember getting fresk milk in gallon jars with the cream on top! We has so much fresh cream and eggs, my mom often made cream puffs for dessert, it was actually a staple food! My Grama who lived on our property would make custard with raisins in it. I hated the stuff, but if she had it and you walked into her house, you sat down and ate it, you didn't argue with Grama!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 01:53:26 AM
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Wooohooo I did it. I went straight to the top and wrote Pres. Obama and asked him to consider getting our drinks back into glass bottles. I also sent Mrs. Obama my regards and said she would make a fine farm girl and invited her to join our forum. What are the chances? LOL
Happy farmgirl sister #353
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 05:51:50 AM
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HI Carrie!
Carrie is my "neighbor". Haha, I'm recruiting them left and right!
Cheryl, good for you! All it takes is for one person to say SOMETHING! I'm gonna write too.
I also remember loading COAL into the coal furnace in the cellar with my Aunt Sue. We heated the farmhouse with it and I remember that smell distinctly. I remember when it got really cold, we'd all push eachother off the register for a chance to stand on it and get warm. I also remember bringing baby pigs in the house and Grandma sticking them in a warm oven so they wouldn't die. We also had an aluminum pail and ladle to drink out of. Everybody dipped that ladle in the same pail and drank rather then get a glass. That must've been a Depression thing, not wasting dish soap. Okay, now I feel like I need to go back to the farmstead and be "home". Carrie, you should come with me sometime!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 06:42:42 AM
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| This may sound crazy, but I would love to try living in a house without indoor plumbing. (I'd do without electricity also, but my husband would curl up and die without his home recording studio!) It just seems like a good way to keep expenses down. But I doubt that you can still find homes that haven't been converted, and it's probably against all kinds of zoning laws (in NYS at least, we've got a law for everything). |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 07:36:39 AM
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I sure do agree about the plastic containers, but having broken one or two shampoo bottles in the shower as a kid, maybe we could keep a few things in plastic??? I'd love to get my milk delivered in glass bottles like when I was a kid. My sister gets milk and dairy delivered (she's in Indianola, WA), but I think the milk is in cartons.I loved drinking pop in bottles! Now, if you find them at all, the cost is so high! Guess I'd better get my letter/email off to President Obama!
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1721 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
1721 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 09:11:25 AM
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I thought about and will write to my congressman and the pres. Hopefully by doing this they will lilsten. Thanks gals for all your input and remembering back. Oh by the way we had a coal furnance and the coal shut down in the basement. It was pretty awsome as I remember.
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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RubyJunes
True Blue Farmgirl
246 Posts
June
Greenwich
Ohio
USA
246 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 09:50:06 AM
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Just wanted to say a quick "hello!" to Miz Carrie! Welcome!
--June
Farmgirl #545
www.RubyJunes.com |
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TurkeyGirl
Farmgirl in Training
12 Posts
Carrie
Wellington
OH
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 6:40:20 PM
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Sure Dawn, I'd love to go... sounds fun!
Hiya Miz June :)
Carrie
Lost in Ohio
Opportunity is often missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2009 : 10:10:53 AM
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My grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing either. I don't remember it being much of an issue but I was pretty young. I'm sure we thought it was an adventure.
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Originally posted by Amie C.
This may sound crazy, but I would love to try living in a house without indoor plumbing.
My parents built a log cabin several years ago. No plumbing, no electricity. We used to go stay for a week or so all the time. We even celebrated Thanksgiving there one year because my dad wanted to. I can do many things....pump water and haul it from the spring and heat it on the stove, cook on the wood cook stove even bake, do everything by lantern light, outhouses, etc. I really would have liked running water, even a hand pump inside. Just a little luxury that I wished for at the time.
It's not about being perfect, but enjoying what you do. Set aside time to be creative.
Robyn Pandolph
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