Dave, your kids are growing up learning some great skills... is that the way you were raised, or have you learned all of this via some other route?
Speaking for myself, I grew up in a city but married a farm boy and "came of age" during the "back to the land, Mother Earth News" time period. Then eventually got divorced and married a "city boy" -- well, more like a town, not a city -- and brought him over to the country side. LOL -- at this point we have sort of merged lifestyles, where I've discovered the stores are full of chickens and you don't have to pluck them, but still think the homegrown ones are a lot better tasting, so I guess you could say I'm kind of conflicted now. I do totally envy eating your own homegrown meat and vegetables, and raising your family the way you and Trish are!