Blog #1

The Farm

My great grandfather sowing wheat 1938

What comes to mind when you think about a farm? A typical farmer in coveralls, with a few cows and chickens? Or simply someone driving a tractor down the road? Well modern day farming is more modernized and is ever changing. The Bardall’s has been farming since 1922 when my great-grandfather bought a piece of property in Harrison County in a little town called Freeport. To some this ground might seem like dirt, but to me this ground is a legacy. My family farm to me is more than just a place, it is a home and a  livelihood.

The farm 2017

Four generations later, I am farming the same ground my family has, and it has never made me more proud. There are certain ties you have to something when it runs in your blood and has been in your family for almost a century. Growing up working on this land and eventually farming along side my grandfather and father, it instills a certain feeling in you that cannot be removed. Someone who doesn't have rural roots might just think, it's just some old farm in the middle of nowhere, but to me it is the place that has made me who I am today.

Farming is the biggest part of my families life, as it runs in our blood, along with having a little community so-to-speak. I mean there's two thousand pigs and a hundred cows all here to keep you company! There are many friends that are there socializing and you become family with someone who is just a hired hand.

My 2nd corn crop, The tallest corn i've ever had, 13 feet