When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It was a typical Southern town - there are a lot of churches, and it's dry.
I grew up during the war years in a tiny cottage with no electricity. Water for washing was pumped from a pond. My brother and I had to fetch drinking water from a tap at the end of the lane, and light was from candles, paraffin lamps, and our nightly log fire.
I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature.
I grew up in suburban New Jersey in a transitional area that was surrounded by farmland that wasn't being cultivated.
We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food.
If you spend time alone in the wilderness, you get very attuned to living things.
I grew up in rural Oregon in a log house with bark left on inside and out. We had no electricity, a massive stone fireplace, a grand piano, and tons of books.
I had a free-range childhood. We lived in town but with a cow, chooks, bees, and multiple veggie gardens so we could live self-sufficiently.
We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie.