This chapter finds Brende and Mary in the height of the summer season having a difficult time keeping up the gardening, making cheese, cream cheese, butter, etc. from the excess milk, and then canning all of the fruits and vegetables. But all in all they seem to enjoy the entire process.
My only experience at gardening was when I was in elementary school and we had to plant some sort of vegetables but I cannot even recall what it was. Evidently it didn’t make too much of an impression on me.
This was a short chapter that dealt with Mary becoming homesick and pregnant. Brende was worried that she would not last for the 18 month commitment so he suggested they take a trip and look around for another place to live in after their commitment was finished. They visited Steubenville, Ohio, and several places in Virginia but came to the realization that where they were living with the Minimites was more appealing to them.
I guess it is like the saying, “The grass always looks greener on the other side”.
My parents had a similar experience when they first came to Florida. They moved to Eustis because my grandfather had been experiencing health problems. After living in Eustis for several years they traveled the entire state of Florida looking for a better place to live. Each time they went to a new area, they would come home and say they liked Eustis better. Hence, they have been living there for 20 years. As soon as I graduate in May I plan to move back to Eustis.
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When you were referencing gardening, i started to think that gardening is an area that technology hasnt truly affected greatly. Sure, there are new strands of additives to help the process but you cant truly get anything to grow extremely fast from technology, you would have to move time! lol
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