Romance on the Farm

When you list all the attributes that describe your average farmer, you’ll likely say hardworking, determined, and maybe stubborn. But romantic? Love on the farm may not be written like the traditional storybook.

Here some farm wives share their most romantic moments on the farm. Read and be inspired to make your own romantic gesture!

It’s the Little Things

When we were living a long distance apart, he would text me pictures of wildflowers. – Ashley E.

Years ago, he was plowing and turned up a rock in the shape of a heart, and he brought it home. I still have it. – Mary P.

Our first Valentine’s Day together, I woke up to a heart made of baling wire and red silk roses on the barn. I about crumbled, I was so touched! – Dawn S.

He would always stop and pick me the first trillium flowers he saw blooming along our road. When we realized it was illegal to pick them, he transplanted some by our house so I could still have them close. – Lisa S.

My husband brought me a cold drink with lunch to the hayfield just so he could give me a hug and tell me he was proud of me for all the hard work I was doing. – Loni A.

He cleans my windows on my tractor every morning during harvest. – Kim M.

If we are near each other during milking and a slow song is on the radio, he will stop and dance with me. – Kathy B.

He programs the coffee pot every night so it’s already brewed and hot for me in the morning. – Jessica R.

He was out cutting brush and one of the trees he had cut looked like a heart, so he took a photo and sent it to me with, “I love you.” – Lindy L.

My hubby knows I love to garden, but we’ve never had enough water. We recently installed a new reservoir and center pivot. He plowed up a small corner close to the water line so I could have my garden! – Kacey G.

For Valentine’s Day, my husband hot-glued a bunch of milk replacer cups and Bovikalc containers together to make a flower! – Kendra T.

Practical Gifts Can Show Love

For Valentine’s Day last year, my husband put an automatic gate opener on our calving corral because I had to shut that gate upwards of eight times a night. It was the most wonderful gift ever! – Heather D.

I got a 16-row planter for Valentine’s Day! This was the gift of time since it was an upgrade from an eight-row, and I do most of the planting. Also, I was thrilled when he ordered an automatic chicken waterer for me. He knew how much I disliked hauling water every day. – Karen J.

I kept asking my husband to get door knobs and latches for the Dutch doors on my barn, but he kept “forgetting.” He surprised me with a set he welded himself, in the shape of my initials. – Sarah T.

He bought me a step that mounted on the tractor so I didn’t have to get a ladder to wash the windows. To smooth things over, there was an anniversary ring underneath it. – Shari C.

For our first anniversary, he built me four poultry broiler houses, which allowed me to quit my town job and work on the farm with him. – Stephanie M.

He got me a laminate support beam for the house with the note, “I will always support you in everything.” – Tacy C.

My hubby built me a new milk stand for Mother’s Day and wrote, “I love you” on the side of it with screws! – Rebecca W.

EDITOR’S TAKE:

When it comes from the heart, it doesn’t matter if gestures of love are expressed in a fancy restaurant or in the middle of a dairy parlor. The expressions of love noted in the moments shared by some farm wives may not be what every woman finds as a romantic gesture, but these wives found them to be very special. And let’s face it, farming is a demanding, family affair that often doesn’t leave a lot of time for those special occasions like Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day. Therefore, romantic gestures like those shown above are even more special to those receiving them. With Valentine’s Day approaching how will you find that very romantic way to say I LOVE YOU to that special person in your life? Perhaps this article will inspire new ways of expressing your love and appreciation. You’re welcome….. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!