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So what was I doing on a tractor? The woman who owns the company that I work for, MenuNetwork.com, had me come up to a business meeting in Eugene. They actually live about an hour from Eugene in the middle of nothingness right next to National Park land and they are on a farm.

It is a working farm. The have cows, pigs, two dogs, two cats, four horses, bunnies, and a garden (in the summer). The vegetables we are eating now are canned and pickled. It is amazing living with people who really live off the land. The make their own wine, plum liquor, EVERYTHING. Water is from right on their property.

If the world were to go to pieces, they would be self sufficient (they have lumber for building anything, and their entire house is heated by a wood burning furnace). They have old tractors, they dig their own trenches, mend fences, and it is just nuts. The amazing thing is, is that to run a real farm, it takes all day, and a big family. Dawn until dusk, literally.

I was entertaining the idea of having a place with animals, but you have to feed them, clean up their poop (the horse’s create about 500 lbs a day), and you can’t go on vacation. Maybe not my style.

Tomorrow I am going riding up in the hills with Kathleen, my boss. Will post more pictures then!