I am always happy when my whole family can sit down for dinner at the
same the time. First, it never seems to happen with a college graduate looking for a job and a college sophomore just home for a while before he goes back to school.
The other thing that makes me happy is when we can eat food that we have grown on our farm. I take a lot of pride in that. When my family has a meal that has pork, beef, or lamb as the main course and the sides are grown in our garden, now that is a meal!
same the time. First, it never seems to happen with a college graduate looking for a job and a college sophomore just home for a while before he goes back to school. The other thing that makes me happy is when we can eat food that we have grown on our farm. I take a lot of pride in that. When my family has a meal that has pork, beef, or lamb as the main course and the sides are grown in our garden, now that is a meal!
While most of the animals go to market, we also fill our own freezer with the animals we raise on our farm. I treat all our animals with the same care and have pride in the animals that go to market. The meal just seems to be more satisfying when I know how much work went into the meal, and it sure does taste great!
My dad has always had a large garden. He probably got that from his father, my grandfather, as I can remember as a child; my grandfather would put out 6 dozen tomato plants and what seemed like miles of potatoes. Also my grandfather started at a young age planting melons and my father has continued that on our farm. We have grown “Scholl” melons for 103 years, by saving back seeds from the best melons each year.
Our family likes to grow plants and animals because we enjoy having great things to eat!
Brent Scholl
Polo, Illinois
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