The Un-Ordinary Life of a Farmer’s Wife

Farmers' lives are anything but ordinary. They keep the most unusual hours, have no schedules and their lives are dictated by the weather. It takes a special gal to be his wife.

By Lois Hoffman
Updated on November 22, 2021
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From the author’s experience, farmers typically spend more time “on their dirt” than with their wives.
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A farmer’s life is anything but ordinary. There is never a schedule; no plans for anything. The weather dictates chores of the day; he dabbles in welding, forging, woodworking, mechanics, and predicting the grain markets, among other things. He or she works the most unusual hours.

Needless to say, it takes a special kind of woman to be a farmer’s wife, partner, or significant other. During planting and harvest seasons, there are other titles that she also holds–some of them we probably shouldn’t talk about. If she wasn’t born into this kind of life, it doesn’t take long to find out whether she has what it takes to hack it year after year.

You Change Clothes. Often.

When you are on a farm and you venture out of the house, you get dirty, period. Even if it is only to walk to the barn to ask hubby a question. That does not exist. It never fails, there are always innocent little tasks like, “can you hand me that wrench,” “grab the grease gun (really, can you not see that I have a white shirt on!), “I lost a nut under there, can you just crawl down and get it”, and a lot of other little tasks. So, in five minutes or less, you go from clean to grubby.

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