30 Mar Mon 2009
Soup's On
We are always trying to find out the history of our farm. Who lived here years ago? Who built the stone walls? What were they keeping in or out? Where did that bone we found in the woods come from?
Well, we stumbled upon a couple of answers...
1. The previous farmers clearly had a passion for their crop, given that their crop was--and still is--quite plentiful. They must have been stone farmers. That's where all these stones keep coming from! I guess that field stone is a "perrenial." One can't dig more than five inches without laboring with a 40 pound rock. What started out as a small hole for a post soon becomes a yawning chasm due to rock removal.
Notice how our kids have made some lovely "Stone and Dirt Soup."
2. The bone that we found in the woods must have come from a dinosaur, think my kids. And the stone walls must have been put up to keep them out! It makes sense, since we found the bone on the other side of the stone wall!
Wonderfully delighting post-----However, any real farmer knows that stone walls were designed to keep out Sea Monsters!!