There has been some sort of vegetable garden on our farm for almost 100 years, dating back to my great-grandparents. I’ve been told that my great-grandmother Hilda Hardie was fond of saying that digging in the dirt was a great way to relieve stress. With all the food she grew, my great-grandfather may have been a handful. All her garden produce was canned because freezing was not an option until the late 1940s, when the farm was finally electrified.
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Chris Hardie
Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, raise animals and crops on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he’s a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past-president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Email chardie1963@gmail.com with comments.
