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shabbyms	Posted - Dec 05 2010 : 09:37:01 AM My farmgirls view is the last of the tomato harvest along with snow on her fence. Please share your winter view from the kitchen window. http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/Snitz/Images/DSC00015.JPG[/IMG] Passive people do not lead passionate lives.
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Fiddlehead Farm	Posted - Jun 26 2011 : 08:39:59 AM Missy, Those benches are so awesome! It sounds like your new friend is too! http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/ farmgirl sister #922 I ask not for a larger garden, but for finer seeds. I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. - E. B. White
shabbyms	Posted - Jun 26 2011 : 08:12:41 AM This is the other bench my new friend gifted me. I am due to go over shortly for so plants and thought I would gift her some bird seed for her feeders. I will post some additional pics later. I am hoping I can get her to pose for one in her garden for me. Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
shabbyms	Posted - Jun 25 2011 : 09:45:19 AM Elaine, I love your garden -it is just lovely what all are you growing? It looks really peaceful to sit a spell on your deck and I bet it is just lovely to view the stars at night!!! Tina, I would like to encourage you-I have condo's or atleast that is what they call them now-really it is a three story older apt building diagonally accross the street from my home not a great view either but Instead of trying to cover it up I look at it this way. I would like to give those folks to most amazing view of a garden since they can't have one of thier own. Some thing to look at as the seasons change and to enjoy. Diane-You have the most amazing artisic eye. Your gardens are like how you paint! They are just lovely and like a picture...I love the birdbath and how you have centered it and made it a beatiful place for the eye to rest in your garden. Gosh, It just inspires me so much to get busy on mine. Ladies abit about my new friend Char- that I got the bench from left me a phone message yesteday. Her plans changed for the weekend but she wanted me to know that It was OK to go to her garden and dig some plants and she would let the neighbors know I would be there doing it. Gosh, its that something-you just meet the kindest people. My heart just continues to be warmed by this charming elderly lady gardener who is quickly becomming a gracious part of my life. Its a life lesson I know...and a special gift blessing one of those things that doesn't happen often and won't come again soon so I plan to visit her and the garden often this summer. Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
Fiddlehead Farm	Posted - Jun 24 2011 : 2:56:20 PM I posted earlier about the bird-bath my departed Dad used to love. Mom hated it and gave it to me. I have a special place for it and enjoy it a great deal. I also am sharing some other photos of my landscape areas. This is a built in flower bed that was covered with wood. I uncovered it and planted. Now all I have to do is paint it again. http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/ farmgirl sister #922 I ask not for a larger garden, but for finer seeds. I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. - E. B. White
LadyInRed	Posted - Jun 21 2011 : 3:04:30 PM Oh Elaine...Lovely Garden, Lovely Deck, Lovely views!!!! Lucky YOU!!! blessings, peggy Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com "I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
embchicken	Posted - Jun 21 2011 : 11:51:05 AM Right now this is the view from my kitchen window. I love to go ut and sit on the deck. from the deck I get a great view of my garden! ~ Elaine Farmgirl sister #2822 "Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things." ~Saki http://embchicken.blogspot.com http://gusandtrudy.blogspot.com
Tina Kay	Posted - Jun 21 2011 : 11:28:26 AM Out my kitchen window I have a view of desert, houses and unfortunately a prison. I used to see the mountians but someone built a house there. LOL It was a nice view pre house and prison. Wide open spaces! Happy it is, indeed, for me that my heart is capable of feeling the same simple and innocent pleasure as the peasant whose table is covered with food of his own rearing, and who not only enjoys his meal, but remembers with delight the happy days and sunny mornings when he planted it, the soft evenings when he watered it, and the pleasure he experienced in watching it’s daily growth. J.W. von Goethe (the Sorrows of Werther)
LadyInRed	Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 11:59:05 PM Cheryle and Diane...loved both your stories. Don't you love a good find Cheryle? Wow...and three of them...how cool is that? Nice job beautifying it. Did you paint all three the same color? Diane...I think that is so cool that you have that piece of your dad to enjoy every day. That is very special. My dad has been gone 10 yrs this Oct. and I wish I had something like that to bring him closer to me every day. blessings, peggy Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com "I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
Fiddlehead Farm	Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 8:20:00 PM That is such a wonderful story! I have a birdbath in the front of my house that my Dear Departed Dad used to have in his yard. My Mom hated it and after he passed she said I could have it. I put it in front of my picture window and planted hostas and little begonias around it. Every time I look at it, I think of my Dad. I will post photo tomorrow when I have some light. http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/ farmgirl sister #922 I ask not for a larger garden, but for finer seeds. I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. - E. B. White
shabbyms	Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 6:28:52 PM Can you beleive that I snatched this charmer from the curb on trash day & made a new friend? Boy some days you just get doubly blessed and those blessing come in all kinds of packages! I was driving my usual route home from work and it was the eve of trash day when low and behold I eyed this lovely bench (well, it didn't look like this when I got it).Anyway with two cars behind me and my heart racing I drove straight to my lovely and fellow junksista's home where I know she has an able bodied son or she would gladly help me get my haul home. I excitedly rang the bell and exclaimed " I'd like to perform a rescue are you in? Her son went to grab his shoes I went three doors down to grab my red truck. As it turns out when I went back the gentleman(a neighbor who helps out) who placed the bench said there were two more to which I ran(not walked to my truck)for a buiness card with all my contact information on it. The next day I got a call from a spicy gal named Char the owner of the benches. She did have two more and I was welcome to them the problem was they needed bolt cutters in order to get the others free. Now working at a tractor shop doesn't have alot of perks but today it did. I told her I swing by as soon as I could work out the details. Turns out Ms. Char and I have become new friends. She was having the problem because her husband passed this past Dec. and she couldn't find the keys. She is 82 and her kids didn't want her to sit on the wood benches as to prevent falls so they purchased 3 new iron ones for her. She was tickled that I would clean them and place them in my fledgling garden. This is not my kitchen window but when I am at my kitchen window I ponder so many thoughts and I can't help but have this wonderful feeling of sweet joy of a wonderful new freindship brought about by a peice of recycled furniture. Char has invited me over for some cuttings this week and I think I will place them very close in the beds that are on either side of the bench. Do you have a peice in your garden that brings back a special memory of someone or somewhere that touched your life? If you do drop me a line and share the story with a picture. Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
shabbyms	Posted - Jun 01 2011 : 5:30:51 PM Does anyone have a problem with birds and thier raised beds? I have a small trellis at one end of mine and the birds like to hang out there and then the seem to want to drop down into the bed. I don't remember this being a problem last year. Thanks. Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
Fiddlehead Farm	Posted - May 31 2011 : 7:36:43 PM Your kitchen is so pretty, post a picture when your peonies come in. http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/ farmgirl sister #922 Happy to be a "Raggedy Ann" in a Barbie World! I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. - E. B. White
shabbyms	Posted - May 31 2011 : 4:56:06 PM Well, what a strange and wonderful couple of weeks it has been. In Chicago the weather has been less than desirable to say the least. When I last called the county extension office to make an inquiry about planting they were suggesting June 1 which is late for even us! Everything here is slow to grow or is just dropping once in bloom becuase we will experience a few warm days and then have a blast of 40's in the evenings but I think we have moved past that into the warmth now. My garden wall is filling in and I am so excited about that as I was hoping for some privacy on our deck this year. I have taken to dividing periannals with determination. But still waiting for some of my spring flowers, my lilacs bit it before they even had a chance so now I sit and wait for my peonies and hope that they will bless my window sil soon. By the way my kitchen remodel is complete. Chas and I completed it ourselves in two months, we recylced, repurposed, came in under budget and are still happily married. Still waiting for my spring flowers-I hope my peonies make it! The new view from the kitchen window The old kitchen I can't wait until you see the view of my modest veggie garden. I planted peas this year and sunchokes! Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
shabbyms	Posted - May 20 2011 : 11:06:50 AM Sorry I've been away the cabinets came in this week and MaryJane and Meg are due in town tomorrow so Ive been working really hard to get my chores done. Ladies your garden views looks so lovely. It is so heartwarming to have such a lovely view isn't it. Peg if I had a view like that from bed I stay in it much longer and Kim I love the tree what type is it? Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
Nanniekim	Posted - May 16 2011 : 08:56:33 AM I thought I had better show a picture of what I see outside now since my last post showed a late snow. Not exactly out my kitchen window but now it is hard not to go outside to see the beauty all around. Too bad the birds usally get the cherries from this tree. Kim
LadyInRed	Posted - May 15 2011 : 4:42:57 PM Outside my bedroom window! Cheryl...can I come and hang out in your yard? I love all the pictures you post. Mr. Potts is adorable and we don't want him to go MIA...so I am glad that you moved him inside the fence. ~ Your fence pots are absolutely adorable and genius Girl! Way to out smart the bunnies. You have probably frustrated them to death. ha ha! Blessings, Peggy Farmgirl #1326 http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com http://pegsmiles7.wordpress.com "I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
shabbyms	Posted - May 15 2011 : 3:43:45 PM Well ladies it is freezing in Chicago again. Cold and wet. I had put some things in my raised bed and placed my new cold frame over them. We had two decent days in a row and I removed the cover and well, lets just say the old adage of don't plant til Mothers day...well, the extension service here is currently recommending not to plant until June 1. My current project (beside the kitchen remodel which should end within days)is my deck area. We reconfigured the deck last year for privacy and safety. The old wood my beau and I made chairs from now we are working on the privacy part. I am trying to train roses and clamitis to grow up and over. I start my day here with coffee and my bible and end most days here with my beau and evently a oil burning lamp and a journal. I joined the local garden club and pruchase some lilly of the valley for the bottom layer and the fence is a nice as I can make it. My beau calls it the lounge because there are two couches and two loveseats...I call it heaven and the best place to hear my thoughts at the begining of the day and at days end. How about you whats your spot like this year? Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
shabbyms	Posted - May 01 2011 : 4:17:31 PM Mr Potts was almost kidnapped last weekend so I had to move him to inside the fence. Thank goodness he is all attached and very heavy or he would have been gone. Most kids stop take a photo with a cell phone and call it a day but the neighbor said around 1:00 three males tried to put him in a car-yikes! It has been cold and wet here in Chicago. I started planting these fence pots about 8 years ago trying to out smart the bunnies. They sit on both sides of the fence in most places. My kitchen window view is simple this year as we are about half way done with our remodel. I expect in the next few weeks we will be very busy hanging cabinets and lights. Please keep posting so that I can enjoy your gardens views this year. Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
shabbyms	Posted - May 01 2011 : 07:08:33 AM Wow Ladies, What lovely views.Rebekah how lovely. How long did it take you? Whos plan is that-did you just come up with it? Jennifer your pond with the little bridge and tree look so peaceful. I think it is just lovely. I am always amazed at what folks come up with. I see the pictures and think I would have never thought of that. The weather here in Chicago has finally broken to warm NOT hot just above freezing. We are still working on the kitchen rehab. Today I plan on pulling out the fence pots and heading for the garden center/green festival. I just need some immediate Spring and I know this will give me the quick shot in the arm I need! Happy planting. Love will make a way out of no way. -Lynda Barry Cheryle is Farmgirl #604
katmom	Posted - Apr 23 2011 : 1:36:34 PM From what my family is emailing me (from Spokane, WA) the weather still isn't "Gardening weather"...how ever,,,OMG! the view from my balcony (here in Germany) is awesome! whysteria & Lilacs are in bloom like crazy as are the tulips & other flowers...I enjoy my lil cup of very strong coffee on the blacony each morning...won't be able to do that when I get to Spokane, least ways, not for awhile. Happy Easter Day kitchen window viewing. >^..^< Happiness is being a katmom. "Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!" www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
embchicken	Posted - Apr 22 2011 : 2:46:59 PM This WAS the view from my kitchen window this past winter.... ~ Elaine "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi Farmgirl sister #2822 http://embchicken.blogspot.com
plantcarazy	Posted - Apr 21 2011 : 2:47:43 PM Hi Rebekah, Yes, we did have koi, and shibunkins (spelling?), and comets for quite some time and they were getting so big and beautiful, but this last winter we last all our fish (50) except for 7 comet goldfish. We are so sad they were so friendly and had their own personalities- They would even feed out of our hands. We think we may have fed them too late in the fall, and since here in Montana they have to go into hibernation for the Winter, you are not supposed to feed them once the water hits a certain temperature, and that is what we think happened. So l guess we will start over and be more cautious this time. I often find myself wandering down country roads.....................
rebekahj	Posted - Apr 21 2011 : 08:11:55 AM Diane: Sorry for spelling your name wrong. ;-) Urban-Farmgirl Sister #2173
rebekahj	Posted - Apr 21 2011 : 08:10:28 AM Thanks Dianne! I would LOVE to have the nice long garden beds you have in the picture you posted. I am trying to figure out where to put two more beds in my yard this year. My husband wants more banana trees and tropical looking plants and I want more edibles. I have gardening fever right now, so I may just build the new garden boxes myself this weekend while he is surfing in the morning. LOL! Jennifer: Do you have koi in your pond I see in the picture? We have about thirty small to extra large koi in our pond. I love feeding them and watching them swim. Your yard looks so beautiful. Urban-Farmgirl Sister #2173
Fiddlehead Farm	Posted - Apr 20 2011 : 5:18:23 PM Jennifer, Gorgeous! I wish spring would sprung around here. http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/ farmgirl sister #922 Happy to be a "Raggedy Ann" in a Barbie World! I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. - E. B. White

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