Barns of Plenty
He was a self-made man…a man who took life by the plow handles and made a living for himself when making one wasn’t easy.
Pappy—the affectionate name for my paternal grandfather, was a small farmer whose family farm consisted of little more than one hundred acres. But on that small plot of land, he raised hogs, cows, dogs, chickens, corn, cotton, soybeans … and a family.
Several sheds dotted the acreage surrounding the old farmhouse, but only one barn idled on the fallow ground. And here—on lazy summer South Carolina days, my cousin and I often whiled away our time. Read more...
Pappy—the affectionate name for my paternal grandfather, was a small farmer whose family farm consisted of little more than one hundred acres. But on that small plot of land, he raised hogs, cows, dogs, chickens, corn, cotton, soybeans … and a family.
Several sheds dotted the acreage surrounding the old farmhouse, but only one barn idled on the fallow ground. And here—on lazy summer South Carolina days, my cousin and I often whiled away our time. Read more...
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