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Leemcardhold t1_jc6qm61 wrote

Reply to comment by Andromeda321 in What is the deal with the NH grid? by decayo

Yeah, anyone who’s dropped a shovel In the ground here knows digging ain’t easy

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Andromeda321 t1_jc6r6g1 wrote

Or sees those beautiful stone walls randomly in the woods! I always feel so sorry for those farmers.

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Leemcardhold t1_jc7ab90 wrote

There’s a quote from George’s Washington’s visit to NH. It’s something like ‘their corn crop is ok. The apples are nothing to write home about, but my god the stone walls are beautiful and bountiful!’

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tomsbradys t1_jc8n2bo wrote

They had tons of time late winter waiting on spring… hahaha

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Least-Car6096 t1_jc7379n wrote

Right?! It is one of my favorite parts of living in New England. I cannot even imagine having to dig up & move ALL those rocks in order to plant crops. I feel an overwhelming sense of nostalgia and gratitude whenever I see one

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Andromeda321 t1_jc73k6z wrote

100%! Life must have been so hard if farming in New Hampshire seemed like a good idea. The only shocking thing to me is that people didn't say "eff that" and move to Ohio and the like much earlier.

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bassboat1 t1_jc7ced2 wrote

As someone who's gardened in NH for decades, there's a fresh crop of rocks every year!

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Least-Car6096 t1_jc7gsmw wrote

🤣 you must be jacked! And have a lot of dented up shovels

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Hot-Specialist-6824 t1_jc7l3g1 wrote

New England potatoes lol.

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Least-Car6096 t1_jc7n2ba wrote

My Dad always called them that😂 and then when I moved from MA to NH I learned that allegedly the very first crop of white potatoes ever planted & harvested in America were grown right here in our town by the first Scottish settlers! Life always comes full circle. There are so many rock walls around here!

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Artemusfowle t1_jc83rm1 wrote

Moving a stone wall is illegal in NH. These are actual boundary lines, in many cases. You can rebuild a stone wall that has failed with building permits, et al.

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Oldphile t1_jc8ir8a wrote

Yup. One of the boundary lines on my property is defined by a stone wall.

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besafenh t1_jc7keeu wrote

Do you notice they are waist high on a 1850s average height man? Some walls in Dunbarton are over 4 feet wide.

Doorknobs at that house were pocket height.

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P0Rt1ng4Duty t1_jc97gwx wrote

The only way you could have 'dropped a shovel in the ground here' is if you were already standing above a hole.

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