Ok so my dad is an onion farmer. And my sister-law Dedre just took some really awesome fun pictures of my dad planting his onions. Even though he has been doing this for over 40 yrs. he still can't get enough of it! And what is amazing, he is over 60 yrs old and he stills walks up down those fields everyday checking on his prized onions. During my spring break my brothers, sisters and I used to have ride on the back of the onion planter and make sure the seeds were being planted..( so when everyone else was on a fun spring break vacation I was stuck on the back of an onion planter!) I'm over it. Anyways so most of you will be board to death and have no idea what you are looking at but I know my family will love them! Thanks again Dedre! I hope you don't mind I used your cover page..I just loved it!
Here is a picture of my brother Taryn, Meg and my dad on the end..JPG)
My dad and mom in their onion fields.....JPG)
The men of Hartley Farms....I think you guys should be on a poster..blow it up and stick it up in the onion shed office?
And finally my source of income in the summer. Yes me and my sisters were on "WEED CONTROL". This is the tractor we drove on endless hot summer days. Even though my brothers claim we just did laps around the farm and that we used more gasoline than chemical .....we put in a lot of long, exhausting hot hours on that thing! That is one thing I don't miss and will not ever miss! (Luckily the beast was not in tip top shape because that meant frequent breakdowns...)
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Hayley!! I LOVE this post! Those pictures are great and it is so fun to see some of your family. Your dad sounds like a really neat guy/hard worker!! (I only wish I could make the pictures bigger) What a great family you have!!
HAYLEY. I LOVE this post. So fun to learn more about you...
I was thinking of you the other day... PUSS! :0)
Hayley- oh my goodness I haven't seen you in forever. We were in the same ward at Rick's. I have always wondered what you were up to and then I was checking on some random blog and there you were! Hope you are doing well.
Hayley, This is such a fun post! It's so great to learn more about you and your childhood. I can't picture tiny, little you on the huge tractor!
that is so cool! you must have had a fun and exciting up bringing. I mean who else gets to ride a tractor (okay my in-laws do)but you guys are rare.
I had no idea you grew up on an onion farm. How neat! It makes me laugh to think of you sitting in the drivers seat of that tractor. You're just so little and so Martha Stewart! hahahahaaha. Awesome pictures LOVED THEM!
that is pretty sweet that you used to drive a tractor.
I love that your dad is so in love with onions! Sometimes I picture him taking a big bite out of a raw onion.....that must be love!
i wish i could ride with you in a tractor. ahhh. i love all the pics of your family in their element. those pictures really are priceless.
Hay, I am so impressed! I had no idea! Look at you! I think we all need to start posting things about us from the past. I love it. Gladd you did it. Miss you
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