You might be country if ...

[Baymule]

Chicken poop is worth it's weight in gold.

You U-turn for bags of leaves.

And on that fence envy.......a BIG FAT YES!!! And DRIVEWAY ENVY TOO!!!

And BARN ENVY!!

I have piles of lumber and used tin in the garage for my "someday" barn (that actually is fixing to happen) and can't get the vehicles in the garage (2-car)

@JoyfulGoats "liked" this post today and I thought about it, decided to update.

Fence envy: We moved 2-14-15 and still have not finished the fencing. LOL But I have the 200' rolls of 2"x4"x48" non climb wire waiting.....

Driveway envy: from the road to over the culvert up to the front gate-it is rock. The circle in front of the house is rock. The 100' in between is wood chip mulch. It at least keeps the dust down. I strongly ADMIRE asphalt or concrete driveways!

Piles of lumber in the garage: We moved them and put them under the brand new carport we had put up! At one point I could park my tractor under the carport. A hail storm was coming one night and my husband told me to back the tractor out and put my car under the carport. You might be country if......you not only say no, but HELL NO! MY tractor is NOT going to get beat to crap by a hail storm!

Barn Envy: YES!!! I now have a 36'x36' new BARN!!!! And we used my piles of used/reject/cull lumber! We did buy brand new R panel metal for the roof and sides. So I don't have barn envy any more.

Back to the piles of lumber.......I added MORE to it....... back to not being able to park either vehicle or the tractor either, under the carport......

We have over 30 bags of leaves.......

I have a chicken poop compost pile......YES!!!

You might be country if......

You stopped power line contractors that were chipping up tree branches and asked if they needed a place to dump the wood chips.......and over 80 truck loads later, they have finally gone to another location.....

You measure wealth by piles of wood chip mulch, bags of leaves, piles of lumber, piles of used tin, AND you just scored 64 cement blocks from a torn down building AND you got them for FREE!

The neighbor offered cow manure mixed with hay from the winter holding lot and you got 2 eight yard dump trailer loads......and this makes you happy......very, very, happy.....

All the neighbors think you're 'effing NUTS

 

[Bruce]

Must be you have the wrong kind of neighbors!

 

[JoyfulGoats]

Haha Baymule, can you tell I've been lurking?

We are having a house built, and on the same street there are many houses that will be built by the same builder but they have wooded lots (we bought our land by ourselves previously, the others are buying it with the builder). We asked the builder if the wood will be made into chips, and if so they could leave it on our lot since it's literally across the street, but unfortunately they will be leaving it as firewood for the new owners.

I haven't already moved to the countryside yet, but for years now we've been picking up leaf bags from all our neighbours. They are obsessed with removing every little leaf, and we just pick them up. Before we couldn't take much because our backyard was only 50x125ft, but now with 8 acres, we will have a lot more to cover! This year we picked up probably over 100 bags. Our neighbours definitely think we are crazy.

 

[Baymule]

@JoyfulGoats build a chicken coop and run, fill with leaves. The chickens will shred the leaves, poop all over them and make your compost. Clean out the coop and fill back up with leaves!

 

[newton the goat]

When an old gutted out camper trailer you got for $100 makes the perfect all year round chicken coop.

When you drive your friends mental describing your animals to a "T" and expecting them to remember each animal whenever you tell them stories about their shinnanigans (which they do because it's all you ever talk about)

When you are contemplating putting your farm jeans up for sale with all the mud and manure on them after seeing a pair with "fake mud marks" go for $425 bucks

 

[Poka_Doodle]

When you realise that you like your animals better then your school friends.
When Murdoch's is a second grocery store that you know you're way through.
When you go running through a hail storm to feed your horse and put a chick inside.
When you realize that you'd rather wear a show shirt and jeans then a dress.

 

[AClark]

When you look forward to the weekend so you can get stuff done, not relax.
When your horse hair covered jeans are "good enough" to wear out in public.

I also debating selling jeans in my closet with permanent mud stains and holes after seeing that $425 pair of jeans with fake mud on them. I think I want $500 for them though, that's certified horse crap between the knees from trimming feet.

 

[Pastor Dave]

You might be country if no one from the congregation recognizes you throughout the week (out of your banded collar shirt and slacks--jacket optional) because you're in bib overalls and cap, and haven't shaved yet. Had one lady that helps teach children's Sunday School return my greeting in line at the IGA, and took her a couple minutes to recognize me.

Of course there are many days after chores I have to dress for some type of clergy duty, and then return to bibs for evening chores.

I have had to go gack in to change jackets or boots before leaving for town because I put on the wrong ones. Now, I leave a Carhart in my truck with extra pair of mud boots. Just in case...

 

[Bruce]

When you realize that you'd rather wear a show shirt and jeans then a dress.

I guess I was born country. I've never had a desire to wear a dress

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Dresses are only for Mexico, and Easter church. They're not for Easter though.