tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post9205380382161308358..comments2023-10-05T06:31:44.750-07:00Comments on A Cultivated Nest: Learning From the Great DepressionManuela@A Cultivated Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282273791971364124noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-59379781695053088642009-10-08T18:56:52.363-07:002009-10-08T18:56:52.363-07:00I so much enjoyed seeing Clara making the baked ap...I so much enjoyed seeing Clara making the baked apples. I think I seen her before making biscuits. Hubby was trying to learn how, my instructions were not good enough so he searched the web. He has now given up on his homemade biscuits. lol Depression days were bad. My Dad tells stories of it. We have listen very well as we have made our life almost self sufficient. I would miss my air conditioner! But I do remember days with out it just window fans, and no air at school. We heat with wood, which is from trees we had fall. This winter as I come home from surgery. I do plan on ordering some propane. Sorry Hubby, I just got to this year. lol Sh do not tell him.Lady Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533249224991345863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-32977774036306948952009-10-06T07:48:07.456-07:002009-10-06T07:48:07.456-07:00What a great post full of wisdom and common sense....What a great post full of wisdom and common sense. I am looking forward to reading what your friend Lyn writes in her own blog.Rhondihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684060974095411313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-8029332555534760872009-10-05T09:53:06.960-07:002009-10-05T09:53:06.960-07:00This is such a great post. I'm definitely goi...This is such a great post. I'm definitely going to pick up that book. Learning from those who went through such hard, hard times is so important - too bad we often ignore it. <br /><br />Thanks for posting this!!Svedi Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545834475822341501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-15973769674505367042009-10-05T03:31:24.408-07:002009-10-05T03:31:24.408-07:00I totally agree with everyone's comments and e...I totally agree with everyone's comments and especially with Lyn's post. We are very spoiled and even though things are bad right now, its nothing compared to the great depression times. Have you ever noticed how many older people are much more frugal than the younger generations? They save everything and store food, etc. They haven't forgotten what it was like. We should learn a lesson from them and always remember what can happen and be prepared for it.Debbie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01610913789958390802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-2555418877357481492009-10-04T17:23:51.468-07:002009-10-04T17:23:51.468-07:00Chinaorbust2004, I can only imagine what your eyes...Chinaorbust2004, I can only imagine what your eyes have seen. I am sure that was a gift that will give you such perspective for the rest of your life. Traveling is not something we can afford, but I admire those who go to other countries to help those in need. <br /><br />When I think of my own blessings, I am mindful of the truly poor. Their lack of basic needs in life fuels me to be a good steward of what I do have. If we all gave a little, it would add up to a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-76305246947054064612009-10-04T15:44:09.806-07:002009-10-04T15:44:09.806-07:00I've just returned from Ethiopia and if you...I've just returned from Ethiopia and if you've never had the opportunity to travel outside the US to a third world country I encourage you to do so. Our poor are rich by their standards. Very humbling...Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17310542545828781638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-10115573536540693182009-10-04T14:06:35.344-07:002009-10-04T14:06:35.344-07:00Jody, thanks for your sharing. I feel the same an...Jody, thanks for your sharing. I feel the same and wish that people today were more caring and giving like they were then.<br /><br />I'm humbled by everyone's story shared on my post. It really makes me feel more grateful - more so than I thought I already was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-83435854288830140312009-10-04T14:00:42.950-07:002009-10-04T14:00:42.950-07:00Great Post! My grandparents lived during the depr...Great Post! My grandparents lived during the depression. I learned so much from them.arkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585693280918181242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-66412330614954294772009-10-04T00:09:55.933-07:002009-10-04T00:09:55.933-07:00I think a lot of it boils down to contentment. My...I think a lot of it boils down to contentment. My relatives seemed to feel they were already so blessed they wanted to give back as they were given. They had little actually but never thought like that. My grandparents and parents had the same furniture {and a lot of it was handme downs from other relatives} all the days of their lives. Their clothes closets were tiny and there was still plenty of room for more clothes if they ever bought any. The thing is I never heard any of my quite extended family feeling sorry for themselfs. None tried to keep up with the Joness. Neither did I hear them talk about others. This was not just how my family acted...this was the world I grew up around. The lived their life and felt it their duty and love to help others and be neighborly. If they were having a meal and company dropped in unexpecedly they sat the family down to eat with them. The family prayer said out loud before the meal would end with the letters FHB being said. This was a signal and secret held within the family. This ment Family Hold Back. Meaning kids and all family eat only a little so the company can have enough. Later the little ones would be given a scrap of something if they could from the pantry. I never heard them complain about having little money or little else. They just gave thanks for being blessed to live in a free country and have work and a church to attend. They felt rich and said so. They had real neighbors. They were real neighbors too. They knew now to pinch a penny with the best of them but were always generious where it counted. ..With their love, hard work,creativity, loyality, faith etc. They believed fancy or new clothes was not that important. What was important in clothes was that it was clean ironed and mended and worn approprately. That you had and used manners and used them in love. That you did the best you could and had a good work ethic. You loved and would not think of bring a disgrace to your country, family, church, home, schools and so on. Now everyone is out for themselfs. At the most they stick with their family but don't think of their neighbors or community. How many times do you hear people honoring their employers now a days?? That is the essence that I can think of right now... I wish things had never changed from those days. I thought they never would. JodyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-38036045568919493782009-10-03T21:27:12.474-07:002009-10-03T21:27:12.474-07:00Thats for sure..I had to laugh today when I heard ...Thats for sure..I had to laugh today when I heard a commercial with a lady saying that she'd have to buy cheaper candy for the trick-or-treaters this year. I thought..just think of the people in the world who don't even have FOOD! Gee whiz...WE ARE SO BLESSED!!!Julie Harwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05246850029056713294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-883862016274968882009-10-03T17:02:29.944-07:002009-10-03T17:02:29.944-07:00My grandparents grew up during the depression and ...My grandparents grew up during the depression and remembered it very well. My grandma told me there were never any birthday parties or birthday cakes for any of the kids, ever. Many times it was only potatoes for dinner. And taking a bath meant sharing the water in a tub in front of the fireplace. My grandpa quit school because he didn't have anything decent to wear. And later when my grandparents married, they never bought anything on credit. This kind of living is so foreign to us now. Great post!DarcyLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721821786563546087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-6547033878371302692009-10-03T16:12:33.590-07:002009-10-03T16:12:33.590-07:00Wow great post! It would be so hard to live during...Wow great post! It would be so hard to live during the depression. I have heard stories where an old man said he was just grateful for a bar of soap that smelled good or a slice of bread to eat with meager meals. We do have a lot to be thankful for and I think it is important to prepare for rain before the flood comes. Funny thing, I just posted my homemade laundry soap recipe and scrap bucket on my blog. Stop by sometime.<br /><br />SandraSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156513196197205803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-45664012442381025422009-10-03T15:30:34.281-07:002009-10-03T15:30:34.281-07:00This is a good post! And very true as well! My mom...This is a good post! And very true as well! My mom and dad were born in 1936/1938 respectively, and so we grew up with parents who DID have memories about what it was like to have almost nothing. It didn't really get better until after the war had ended. We loved to hear their stories, though, and you are absolutely right when you say we are no where close to living how they did! The things my grandparents went through and survived are amazing but also inspiring to me. Loved this post! :)Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894298965540935785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-10435654836502908492009-10-03T13:12:18.834-07:002009-10-03T13:12:18.834-07:00Sooo true. We have NO CLUE what they went through,...Sooo true. We have NO CLUE what they went through, and I do believe that we should be upset that those in power would even dare to compare this downturn to that complete depression. We aren't there....yet. I do believe that if our country will be there soon, however because spending is not being stopped...and we are being lied to when we are told that the answer to our problems is to spend more! People eventually will learn to make do...we are so wasteful now!<br />Thanks for a wonderful guest post and I for the video of the dear grandma teaching us younger moms how to prepare a delicious, frugal treat!<br />XOXO<br />JoniOld Centennial Farmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16865061855481840216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-55353588747080214342009-10-03T11:34:35.194-07:002009-10-03T11:34:35.194-07:00What an amazing post! I especially like what you ...What an amazing post! I especially like what you said about feeling sorry for yourself or feeling blessed. I think that is the key to thriftiness.<br /><br />JaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-65868722922625383452009-10-03T10:46:20.741-07:002009-10-03T10:46:20.741-07:00Thank you for post. In our homeschooling we are ab...Thank you for post. In our homeschooling we are about to learn about The Great Depression. Glancing through some of the books from the library on this time period, I begun to realize that even though things are so tight for us right now, we are indeed very blessed!<br />Thank you also for the links!<br /><br />Blessings!<br />~NadineNadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975125019581254008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-47383859536519290152009-10-03T10:45:04.731-07:002009-10-03T10:45:04.731-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975125019581254008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-39750223019532565262009-10-03T10:36:30.222-07:002009-10-03T10:36:30.222-07:00Manuela, thank you for sharing my post. I'm t...Manuela, thank you for sharing my post. I'm touched by the stories here of those who have been through so much more before us.<br /><br />Certainly there are many who are struggling in this economy and I would not lessen that. In comparison though, I think we simply cannot even relate to the differences.<br /><br />I do think that there are clear divisions between being broke and being poor. Some today feel they are poor if they can't afford cable t.v. or internet. I don't know of anyone today who needs to eat lard sandwiches (which definitely was commonplace during the Depression as Kathleen mentioned).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-5291411276186409412009-10-03T09:24:05.321-07:002009-10-03T09:24:05.321-07:00Excellent post. I look at those from our history a...Excellent post. I look at those from our history as our heros because they truly are. They endured so much and made the way for us. And many times we do not appreciate their hard ways in the easy lives we have today. Thank you for the reminder to be thankful for them.<br /><br />I loved Clara!! Thank you for sharing.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322775389501440904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-84436063173252575732009-10-03T09:07:56.727-07:002009-10-03T09:07:56.727-07:00Great post. I love Clara's YouTube videos.Great post. I love Clara's YouTube videos.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620890219070411589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-64063241265980822222009-10-03T09:02:40.810-07:002009-10-03T09:02:40.810-07:00What a great and timely post! We really are so bl...What a great and timely post! We really are so blessed...it reminds me of the hymn..."Count your blessings, name them one by one!"Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838089502798643241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-73432055159310476382009-10-03T08:11:13.593-07:002009-10-03T08:11:13.593-07:00I just tried a WWII recipe not long ago which used...I just tried a WWII recipe not long ago which used the same theme - using ingredients and substitutes for the real thing when you just had to do without.<br />your blog is very lovely. .EmmyLine.EmmyLinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930648243458764980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-33451490495266947242009-10-03T08:04:42.211-07:002009-10-03T08:04:42.211-07:00I so remember my grandmother telling us the storie...I so remember my grandmother telling us the stories of how hard it was for her as a single parent during that time. But I must say that it has hit hard in our area. Many of my neighbors are out of work and I've never seen so many gardens as I have this year. There has even been classes on how to can!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775727376347737034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-55972732013154650562009-10-03T07:50:21.702-07:002009-10-03T07:50:21.702-07:00What a wonderful heart felt post. You are so right...What a wonderful heart felt post. You are so right... we are all so blessed. I had the privledge of being around my great great grandmother who lived through the great depression. A dime means so much to me, if I see one I grab it immediatley, and am reminded of the story of my GG- grandmother who found a dime during the GD, and was able to buy a full meal's worth for stew; potatos, beef, carrots, etc., even bread.... all on a dime. Thanks for the post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640711730458304064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6419684017931883072.post-43980159187095607752009-10-03T06:10:20.902-07:002009-10-03T06:10:20.902-07:00Yes, we do need to learn how to live more simply a...Yes, we do need to learn how to live more simply and with less. We are working on this in our house. Both our parents were depression babies; my dh's parents keep EVERYTHING from string to paper. My parents are tight with a dollar and will repair things several times before dumping them. Great post!mattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749881104429358524noreply@blogger.com