…when I’m sixty four.

[canesisters]

I saw a video a few weeks ago that talked about families moving from the land to the cities & convenience being preferred over quality. It talked about how an entire generation forgot to pass down knowledge of how to live and how there is now a whole generation of women discovering how to grow things, and raise things, and create food from that knowledge.
It was really quite beautiful

 

[Devonviolet]

I saw a video a few weeks ago that talked about families moving from the land to the cities & convenience being preferred over quality. It talked about how an entire generation forgot to pass down knowledge of how to live and how there is now a whole generation of women discovering how to grow things, and raise things, and create food from that knowledge.
It was really quite beautiful

I have always been interested in DIY and growing my own vegetables. Sad to say, my own children aren’t interested in even trying to grow their own food. They would rather pay the high prices at expensive grocery stores.

 

[Mini Horses]

Same here. Although both HAVE grown a garden, had chickens for eggs, etc. Both were involved at home with my efforts, canning, raising animals & all as youngsters. For many, our children haven't learned/felt the urgency of $$ I guess.

 

[murphysranch]

I"m 68 and hubs is 69. We FINALLY settled here last summer. 2.6 acres in Vancouver WA.

We spent a lifetime raising my DD and our DS in the SF Bay Area, where I was an executive. I worked and travelled all the time, but had containers for a small garden.

Hubs and I finally escaped San Jose and bought 7.4 acres in the Sierra Foothills. Built a gorgeous wine country home, planted 2 acres of petite syrah, got Jersey Giants, a huge garden....and then had to start to rent out the Casita and then finally the house via VRBO/AirBnB., to make the Interest ONLY payments on the damn mortgage. We were sinking. Quickly! Broke my knee cap real bad, by tripping over my McNab BC.... More financial sinking, due to Obama Care...

We had to borrow money from Mother to resettle into a golf course home. Then moved to Grant Pass OR on 2 acres, where after a year thinking my dream has come true yea again, Hubs found someone on the other side of the fence where the grass was greener. I moved to Medford after the divorce, rented out a room to travelling nurses, made new friends. Deer ate EVERYTHING! Not a good life. Gorgeous home tho...........

Got back together when the GF of his died (he was half way back to me already), so we packed up, sold all that we could, and bought this 1972 place at the TOP OF THE MARKET. Got chickens; greatly expanded the garden; fenced for deer; learned about rabbits; hubs was diag with the beginning of dementia (its very slow at this time); and here we are.

Both of us are on happy pills, which got rid of his anger, and softened my depression.

Difficult to adjust to the weather where it rained for 6 months and then was dry as a bone from May to yesterday, where we got 0.47 inches of the wet stuff.

Am I happy now at 68.5 yrs old with my acreage and chicks and modest home? Yeah. Kinda sorta.

DD lives 10 min from here, and DS gave his notice at Tesla, so he could move up here this October. Are they interested in gardening, home canning, quilting, chickens, dehydrating garden excess, stocking a deep pantry, prepping? NOPE. NEITHER ONE OF THEM.

Bought a wooden sign at an estate sale last weekend: Hangs in my office right in front of my desk: "Choose to be Happy". I need to study it every day!!

 

[SageHill]

I've got a similar sign!
67 and 69 here. I'm the kid . Our son and DIL are about 15 miles away - so close. Wish they'd be closer - but then we were the ones that moved. No grands, not their thing I guess. Such is life. But they've planted up their 1/3 ac into a fantastic garden yard. Grapes (wine), olives, passion fruit, lemons, peaches, avocado, tons of herbs and medicinal herbs, veggies, and chickens. I'm blessed to have them and garden shop together. I think they're healthier eaters than we are.

 

[Baymule]

I had a sign in my office that said
Women no longer have hot flashes
They have power surges.

 

[farmerjan]

I had a sign in my office that said
Women no longer have hot flashes
They have power surges.

 

[SageHill]

I had a sign in my office that said
Women no longer have hot flashes
They have power surges.

Ahhh. The only power surge I get now is when I floor the tractor in rabbit mode.

 

[Finnie]

I wasn’t sure where to post this, but I remembered this thread, so I dug way back and found it. So, if you are incapacitated and need a quick, tasty and easy meal, this is it.

Spicy Pork Noodles

I will add the link to where I found it, but it’s one of those ones without a jump to recipe button, so I took screenshots to make it easier.

Also, in the comments at the bottom I found a modification about adding vegetables. I like to microwave broccoli and stir that in at the end. Mushrooms are good too.

Also, the recipe calls for raw pork and has you brown it, but to make it super easy for people recovering from knee injuries, canned pork is the way to go! (Or any cooked pork, leftover, frozen, etc.)

My other mods are:
I use 3 pkts of ramen instead of 2
2T brown sugar instead of 4
1/4 c soy sauce instead of 1/2c
(But it’s very good the way it’s written too.)

SPICY PORK NOODLES

Spicy Pork Noodles - Plain Chicken

Spicy Pork Noodles - Only 5 ingredients! Pork tenderloin, brown sugar, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, ramen noodles and green onions for garnish. C

www.plainchicken.com

 

[Baymule]

That sounds good. And I just happen to have some feral hog backstrap in the freezer.