Katie and Kyles site was the Smith Family Farm. This was one of my favorites. I love when the homes that we can see how they put them to use and let me tell you that the way we use our homes today does not hold a candle to how efficient homes to the saints were. They were built with love and thought and everyone in the family did their part. They built a home just big enough to do the job with absolutely no wasted space. Every room was setup just perfectly to share with the brother or sister, or multiple siblings, friends, or neighbors who needed a place to stay. The beds were all hand made and there were no mattresses that one could buy like you can now days for $4000 for a "tempur-pedic" something or other. They slept on straw covered by a blanket sewn together and put over rope strung from the headboard to the foot board. Don't get me wrong, if i had to go from what I'm used to living with to that, i would not like it. While i was there i just kept thinking of how awesome it would be to have lived back then (minus the killings of families and persecution just because one was LDS). I just know that if we had to do half of the things that our saints had to do to SURVIVE, our world would be a better one:)
Original wall
this is so cute!
Most homes built back then had a basement used for multi purposes and most were SMALL
The barn outside, all the tools they used daily
This was an actual fireplace with original soot
Where they got their water from...
My Mother in law is a great gardner and most of the kids have been taught the trait as well, i have not tried yet but am excited to be able to have my own garden. A garden was pretty much a non negotiable back then, if they didnt do what they were supposed to they had no crops. There was no luxury of going to frys and just picking from a who lot of whatever your heart desires. When we move to Heber, I WILL garden:)
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