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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jan 24 2010 : 2:50:16 PM
Hello Farmgirls!! I guess I was just curious what people want to learn how to do. I'll go first!
1. Learn how to knit
2. learn how to make my own clothes
3. learn how to cook without useing a cookbook
4. learn how to draw
5. learn some more crochet stiches
6. learn how to paint
7. learn how to grow my own garden
8. learn how to make my own soap
9. I really want to learn to play the guiter and piano
And I think thats all. I may have to add more later.
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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| herblady55 |
Posted - Feb 25 2010 : 12:41:06 PM
Elizabeth(PrariePrincess)...Lasagna gardening is a type of gardening where you don't till the ground, you just layer hay, straw, newspapers, compost, chopped leaves, grass clippings, sawdust, wood ashes, animal manures, corn cobs, peat moss, chopped stalks, even kitchen scraps. Some people even start with cardboard as a base. It's also called layered gardening. You don't have to weed either.
For my Birthday my mom bought me the book: Lasagna Gardening from the publishers of Organic Gardening and written by Patricia Lanza. You can probably Google it. This will be my First year trying it. My DH is ready to give it a whirl. Some folk even layer their flower pots to keep weeds out.I'm all for that. There are probably some ideas over on the "Garden Gate" blog to help get you started. Good luck and wish me the same. :-)
Sister-chick# 905
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
| coffeemom |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 6:41:32 PM
I want to learn how to:
crochet better.....
knit
fish
camp
tat
watercolor paint
make a pie crust that doesn't fall apart....
Boy! I'd better get busy!!!!!
coffeemom |
| 1930sgirl |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 6:29:29 PM
So many things I would like to learn!
Some of them...
-Proper hand applique...better than I currently applique.:)
-Cooking with freeze-dried foods
-How to deal with my MIL in patience and love...very long story.:)
-How to grow the BEST veggies.:)
-Cut hair
Joyce
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 2:58:52 PM
Judy, could you explain what Lasagna gardening is? it sounds interesting!
As for me, i would love to:
get comfy with my sewing machine! Marcia, you sound like me... anxiety using certain "scary" tools! i think it's amazing you can make anything you want if you just become friends with that handy, dandy machine! i have a goal of making curtains and cabinet curtains this year for the kitchen, and alter some of my shirts to 80's style. also, hem my pants... i'm a short girl!
my dream is to make homemade cider when our apple trees get big and produce apples, which will be a long time. but the dream is there!
i want to get a goat or cow (right now, we may get a goat) and make homemade cheese, butter, and yogurt! then move on to soap and lotion.
maybe bee keeping someday.....
cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
knitting and crocheting this summer with my MIL as my teacher!
maybe become how to chase storms safely.... i became a storm spotter last year and was a weather assistant for 6 years in the navy, but the weather here on the edge of tornado alley has peaked my interest even more!
ah, so much to learn in a lifetime, but i'll start with this list....
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| child in harmony |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 09:57:40 AM
I want to learn to play the acoustic guitar.
I want to learn to spin. We have five angora rabbits with dreamy soft fur!
I want to learn to knit, crochet and weave.
I want to learn to ride my mares and be balanced, when they are trained under saddle.
I want to learn to use power tools without *fear* :)
I want to learn to draw realistic horses and people.
I want to learn to make buttonholes on my sewing machine.. without anxiety hehehe.
~marcia
www.childinharmony.com
"Enriching,nurturing and inspiring Life with nature,animals
and the arts .. for the child and the child within" |
| herblady55 |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 4:56:02 PM
I want to learn:
Lasagna Gardening
Weaving&Spinning
CrossCountry Skiing
Soap Making
Candle Making
BeeKeeping
Sister-chick# 905
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
| mellaisbella |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 3:08:21 PM
I want to learn how to sew and make soap
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 12:29:58 PM
I forgot that I want to learn how to tat too!! Annika, I wish we lived closer so we could learn together!!
Hugs,
Channah
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| Annika |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 12:14:36 PM
Oh my goodness! so much that I doubt I'll be able to in my life time  I want to learn to fiddle, tat, crochet, sew with a sewing machine  , quilt, speak French , Italian and Spanish fluently, Raise game birds and especially wild turkeys and make cheese...I would also like to learn carpentry, bee-keeping and all other needle craft arts...I have tried for years to sketch, but am awful at it still, so giving up on that one!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 12:08:52 PM
oh, I want to learn how to make hard goats cheese!
Hugs,
Channah
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
| krbrown@rocketmail.com |
Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 12:35:23 PM
I want to learn how to weave baskets
make my own candles
sew my own clothes
make my own soap
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| marcyl |
Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 12:30:43 PM
I want to learn to enjoy the outdoor life
learn more about gardening and canning
learn to live a simple lifestyle
learn to be patient with myself
learn to set up a country kitchen
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 7:01:02 PM
Neat Ladies!!!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 09:53:37 AM
Despite the things I can do, one thing I still need to learn more about it sewing. My mom was not big into sewing, and I didn't really learn much about it until I met my hubby - who taught me most of what I know (he learned from his mom). I can do basic repair and I've attempted a few quilts...but sewing from a pattern is absolutely foreign to me and I would love to make my own clothes!!!!!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde |
| mscountrygirl |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 08:13:28 AM
I want to learn to redo a sofa and a chair. I got the fabric and I am working on getting a stappler.
It's all good! |
| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 07:34:47 AM
Diane-I have a Bodhran & book also-just replaced the head but having probs getting it on just right-will be working on that on my days off. What size is your bodhran?
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| Bugabee |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 5:52:41 PM
OOmy.. where to begin.. This week I want to learn to make my own yogurt and butter. I haven't found any real milk yet but the way this week is going, that cow is just around the corner! Yeeehaa!
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| JustAnAllAmericanGirl |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 09:11:14 AM
I don't even know where to begin, the list is endless and is constantly being added to . This is both a curse and a blessing.
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 05:48:04 AM
I want to learn to play the Bodhran (it's an irish drum). I have the drum and the video, now I just need to practice.
I want to learn to knit...I already crochet.
Why not go out on a limb, that's where all the fruit is! "Mark Twain"
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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Jan 26 2010 : 6:31:34 PM
I want to learn to play the fiddle I just got! And I've had such a ball giving it tlc I'd like to learn how to set up/repair/recondition violins/fiddles...including re-hairing the bow. I've already sent for books on this topic.
Also want to learn to sew an apron and bedroom curtains.
Surf the web and send emails on my cellphone.
AsiyahK...get your fiddle out and start playin! Let me know if you are lookin for fiddle books.
One of the ladies wanted to learn to knit on double pointed needles-it's not as hard as you think-I can do it now tho I'll use a circular anytime I can get away with it!
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Jan 26 2010 : 1:02:08 PM
I'd like to learn to knit with double pointed needles. I also want to learn to make a hooked rug. Oh and blog, I think I'd like to set up a blog but not sure I have the knowledge yet.
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jan 26 2010 : 10:00:48 AM
Rae, Isaiah 40:31, my favorite scripture!
Belle |
| Old Spirit |
Posted - Jan 26 2010 : 09:19:44 AM
Belle
Just keep on sharing the learn with your grandkids and anyone else who wants to learn. It is so awesome you can do all those things!!
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - Jan 26 2010 : 07:48:09 AM
You have me stumped on this one. I already know how to do most of the things you all have listed. I have in the past or do now, knit, crochet, quilt, make my own cloths, embrodiary, garden, can, cook, bake, make soap, play the piano, crafts of all kinds. Not that I don't want to learn something new, I wish for the time and energy to do all the above things and use up some of the supplies and stuff in my craft closet.
I am enjoying teaching the grandkids how to "all the above". They usually have to fix something on my computer while they are here. No, I don't want to learn more about the computer.
Belle
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| Chives |
Posted - Jan 26 2010 : 07:17:22 AM
I would like to learn to make dipped candles, weave and spin. Great thread. vicki |
