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| NicoleG |
Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 11:14:06 AM
I am getting overwhelming feelings of excitement and impatience while waiting for a farm of my own. I know it wont be for a few years at least. I have been thinking that now is the time to learn what I need to know about growing, cooking, sewing etc.. but I know a whole lot about it already! I can't take it! I need a farm of my own! For those of you still waiting (patiently or impatiently like me) how do you handle it? What keeps you sane?  |
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| MullersLaneFarm |
Posted - Feb 08 2006 : 08:27:50 AM
Nicole,
If you're ever in the NW IL area, be sure to stop by our place. Depending on the season we can put you to work in the gardens or mucking the barn..... or making cheese, soap, spinning, weaving, canning ... :)
Cyndi
Joshua 24:15
Ol 'MacDonald has nothing on us!
http://www.mullerslanefarm.com |
| CountryGirl85 |
Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 8:11:40 PM
Hey Nicole!
Boy, do I know how you feel! It'll be quite some time before I have my own farm, too. I'm an all or nothing kind of person and not good at taking small steps. But I think that taking small steps to get where you want to be is the best thing to do. Have you thought of working on a farm? That's what I'm doing starting in March! It's an organic CSA vegetable farm in Naperville called the Green Earth Institute. I can't wait! I'm not sure how far you are from Naperville, but hey, maybe you could come work with me!  This is a great website that has listings of internships. It's where I found mine! http://www.attrainternships.ncat.org And here's the website for the farm I'm working at, which has a listing at the previous site. http://www.greenearthinstitute.org And if working on a farm isn't a possibility at the moment, you could always volunteer. Also, do what you can with what you have. Keep on cooking and sewing and gardening. Read, explore, take time to smell the flowers! There's alway more to learn! Remember that getting there is half the fun! Now, to take my own advice... hehe! You know what I'm dying to do? Get chickens! I'm trying to talk my mom into letting me build a little chicken coop in the backyard. I'm just too afraid the neighbors will disapprove and I'll have to get rid of them. Oh well, we'll see!
Much love,
Laura |
| Libbie |
Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 8:45:51 PM
From experience, I was able to get to the farm before I had done any "work" like the two of you are doing - reading, researching, learning - and I think you're doing it right! I agree with Catherine - you'll have SO much more going for you when you arrive at your own place...
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
| cajungal |
Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 3:23:21 PM
You gals will be pros when you get started at your farm. Things will probably come easy to you because you've been rehearsing it in your mind. But, you're already farmgirls.....remember, it's just the condition of your heart!
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| Lacy |
Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 12:39:56 PM
Truthfully, I read about 10 farm blogs a day and read basically every post that comes up on MaryJanes! Then on the weekends my fiance and I go look at farms in our area and figure out budgets and what we need to do to get the farm. We've both read about a million books on farming, and we're taking every opportunity to learn everything we can now (from books and online). We also put together a list of goals and requirements for our future farm (weather concerns, sustainability, eco-concerns, what we want to raise, etc). Sometimes it's awful hard, and all I do is sit in my cubicle at work and browse the rural real estate listings... don't tell my boss!!!
http://farmaspirations.blogspot.com |
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