I do know one real life country dweller,
my SIL and DH live on a farm.
They are surrounded by fields, wheat and lentils, they have two big
yards, all green, a huge vegetable garden, long
beds of perennials and annuals, a decorative garden
pond (she got the bug from moi) and a *real* pond
that has cattails and wild geese and a little dock
and boat. Chickens, cows, pigs and lots of big
farm machinery. Great place and have always
been blessed that my children knew what farming
is from the ground up.

k :-)