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| Libbie |
Posted - Jan 18 2007 : 7:27:04 PM
farmgirl...farm mom...farmwife...farmer?!?!? I've decided that from now on, when anyone asks me what I "do," I'm going to proudly announce that I'm a farmgirl or a farm mom. I've been told so many times by my grandmother that in order to make something happen, you need to begin by acting like it already has. So, here's to all of our dreams coming true!
Your farmgirl/farm mom/farmer friend,
XOXO, Libbie
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 9:29:56 PM
Carol Sue- If nothing else, you could order them mail order from a hatchery!
Alee
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 5:42:15 PM
I love how we are all farmgirls at heart, no matter where we live, or where we are on our journies in life. I have a very small yard but love playing in the dirt. For this season of my life, it is where my dh and I are at. I am going to figure out how to have 3 chickens. Have wood for coup and will be working on it with dh in a few days. How fun will that be. You build it and they will come, isn't that the phrase.....
Carol Sue
Life is short, enjoy every moment. |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 07:17:49 AM
I have been telling everyone that I am a farmgirl on this trip! It is so much fun to be able to tell people about MaryJane and her farm. I even met a fellow farmgirl here in town that just didn't know about the forum! Peggy has been a family friend for a long time. She is an amazing gormet cook and I even remember going to her daycare when I was younger. She has an amazing garden and grows MaryJanesFarm Garlic! I guess she had an amazing crop last year and her garden is doing great this year too. She says she orders from the Farm all the time, but just hasn't ever seen the forum.
My dad works for a company that is run by a husband and a wife. I got to meet them yesterday and they are really sweet. Guess what- they live on a farm too! So we got to chat about the farm again. I also got to tell a family friend who doesn't live on a farm, but loves to garden and her mom lives on a ranch.
It has been a great trip so far and I can't wait to share MaryJanesFarm with more people!
Hugs
Alee
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 10 2007 : 1:30:09 PM
Welcome Rebecca!! It IS fun to find someplace where you truly belong..that is one of the things that makes HERE so special!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 10 2007 : 07:56:32 AM
Hi Rebecca! Welcome to the forums!
Isn't the forum such a great place! The ladies here have such a wealth of knowledge, enthusiasm, and love! I spend a bit of time here everyday, but when life really gets me down I _have_ to have some time here online with my farmgirl friends!
Also if you want, you should stop by the Welcome Wagon thread. It's a great place to introduce yourself and let people get to know you a bit!
Hugs!
Alee |
| MzzBee |
Posted - Jun 10 2007 : 05:07:55 AM
This is my 1st time on this site and I never knew there were so many people that feel the way I do about being a Farm Girl. I have felt that way since I was a kid and yet have never lived on a real farm (my fantasy), but have been an avid gardener for many years. My grandmother's family were farmers, though, and I know I have those family genes. It's such a pleasure knowing I have so many soulmates out there.
"Don't wear perfume in the garden... unless you want to be pollinated by bees." (Anne Raver) |
| Libbie |
Posted - Jun 06 2007 : 9:59:38 PM
It really IS interesting how we can look at "farmgirl-ness," isn't it? I know that for some people it might conjure up a vision of something...well..less than desirable, but for me - and it seems like for a lot of us! - it brings to mind something REAL, something dig-in-the-dirt GOOD, and something so SIMPLE, it's beautiful. And since being a farmgirl is a condition of the heart, anyone can join in the fun! I just love it. MaryAnn - it's pretty neat to be proud of it, isn't it?!?!?!
XOXO, Libbie
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| Runbikegrrl |
Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 2:03:44 PM
It so funny we are all so proud to be "farmgirls"...I can remember getting ready to do out on Friday...hummm ..or was it Sat nights when I was a teen and my mom saying with discust "Only farmers go out/into town on Fri (Sat) night" Se how good I listened I can't even remember what nite it was??? LOL. Also my first hubby's (I am widowed from him) sisters use to downplay their country roots totally...dressed like city girls etc, etc despite the fact their Dad made a living working in a mine and riding the rodeo!!! Imagine!!
"So many interests so little time!"
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| Peg Graham |
Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 11:44:14 AM
Hey...how about this: 'FarmGirl in Training'?
miles of smiles~
Peg |
| Alee |
Posted - May 31 2007 : 09:26:22 AM
ROFL! That is hilarious Libbie! And your kids knew what a manure spreader is! That is great!
Alee |
| Libbie |
Posted - May 30 2007 : 10:47:42 PM
Okay - this is off the subject a little bit, but in the next town's parade last year, there were kids riding in a manure spreader being pulled by a tractor, and my little boy said, "Look, mama, those kids are pretending to be manure!!!"
I love reading the "farmgirl" stories here, too !
XOXO, Libbie
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| 2 Red Barns |
Posted - Apr 21 2007 : 05:47:04 AM
Give me muck boots and wool socks any day over high heels and pantyhose!!! And unfortunately, I probably know more about my manure spreader and how to operate it then my electric mixer....tee hee. I would have to say Farmgirl, Farmer Jamie, that horse lady...I've been called. This was a fun topic by the way...really enjoyed everyone's submissions. Jamie Ann |
| Alee |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 8:19:12 PM
Fannie-
I love the little house books and one of my favortie books is the "Farmer Boy" about Almonzo.
Alee |
| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 5:58:48 PM
Wow Fannie, your Friday night sounds good! I came home from work after a long, delayed trip on the city bus and fell asleep from exhaustion. I'm just now up and awake again at 8 pm to start my weekend... that after dinner drink in the garden sounds fantastic!
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| Fannie McFadden |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 3:43:24 PM
We bought our farm last April (102 acres). Wow! Time goes by fast.. Shortly after we moved in the country, I did my first shopping in this cute little country grocery store. It changed my life...it's where I found the maryjanes farm magazine! Four month later I quit my job in the city. My name is Fannie...So now everybody calls me Fannie Farmer. I Love it! I proudly say: "I'm an Organic Farmer".
Sometime it feels like I live in "Little House in the Prairie". I often call my husband Almanzo... This is... for sure...the Best time of my life! It's Friday night and in my old city life I would be stuck in traffic, trying to get home! Tonight, every muscle in my body hurts...the good kind of pain..I worked hard today getting the garden ready; and now I'm going outside for an after dinner drink, admiring the work I did and plan the projects for tomorrow!
Life is Good!....Thank You Mary Jane!
With Love Fannie Farmer. |
| highlandgirl |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 09:15:02 AM
Good for you Talitha. Misunderstood, mistreated, and abused animals always make me angry because it usually is the "expert" or the indifferent who just don't pay attention. I'm glad you were able to intervene and also do some long-term support.
By the way, being willing to learn more all the time is a good indicator of a farm girl. I've learned a tremendous amount in the last 10 years since the only pet I had growing up in the city was a hamster. Being willing to try new things and get in and get dirty doing it is a big part of being a farm girl. In my area, farmers are usually people with thousands of acres and big machines, but slowly my DH and I are changing some perspectives.
Being a farm girl, sure helps build the confidence to open minds.
Keep up the good work everybody.
Cheryl |
| Alee |
Posted - Apr 18 2007 : 08:40:29 AM
Talitha-
I am so glad you were able to help the horses! I bet the foal was wonderful.
I definitely say we all are Farmgirls because it is more about what is in your heart and soul than geography!
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| Buttercup |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 10:10:01 PM
Well I have never said that I am because I don't have a farm now , but once I do... yes I will say that I am a farmgirl! I only lived on a farm 2 years out of my life. But I did gardening with my grandmother for many years, planted many fruit trees and bushes, made bread from scratch ( we ground our own wheat etc), canned, dehydrated, and froze a ton of fruits and veggies over the years, harvested by hand a ton of peanuts and a field of patatoes(lol boy was that fun..thanks mom!! lol  ) have cleared fields, helped take down trees, overseen the care and management of several alfalfa hay fields, was a purchase agent for a greenhouse and gardening project, over saw the grounds matainance for a 450 acre camp, ran the horse and buggy rides for a camp with two beautiful Belgian drafts named Ben and Bess ( Ben was my baby! such a wonderful personality and a pleasure to care for and work with), had a bee hive that we harvested honey from for about 5 years, cared for other various horses, helped a horse (Bess) give birth to a beautiful foal, have dug up an old hearth and re-used the bricks for the walls and floor of a woodstove area in our farmhouse, renovated a farmhouse, and killed a few bad snakes. So I guess when you put it all together, maybe I could claim that status before I have my own farm?? I dont know...but I do know I am a farmgirl at heart and have been since I was about 10!
Hugz to All!
Talitha
PS
True story about Bess. I worked at a camp and since I have been around horses my whole life and love them to death, I used to help quite a bit with the horse program. The lady in charge of the horse program had a ton of certificates and degrees hanging all over the barn and was always telling everyone what to do, most of the time when it wasn't even needed. Well we got there and about a month after I arrived and they found out I loved and did well with horses, the Belgians got shoved my way a bit. I was asked if I would take over the care and buggy/hay rides and I said sure. What I didnt know I was thrilled to learn. I was mortified the feed mixture and amount they were feeding the belgians and began to try and change that but the gal in charge would not hear to it. Well she told me the first day I went to care for the belgians that Bess was not behaving and was acting tired all the time so I needed to be firm with her because it was just an attitude she was fine. I thanked her and went to the barn ( I like finding out things on my own sometimes so did not pay much attention) I went to hook them up to the buggy for the first time, and felt like something just wasnt right with Bess, she seemed tired and worn out and had very low energy I figured it was due to the feeding/work load and figured I would take care of that but kept checking her out... and guess what?!? She was pregnant..and far along too!  I was so angry that the poor thing was not being fed right and therefore was not handling the pregnancy like she should have been at all and was being worked hard to boot!! I ran to tell the "horse lady" and she scoofed at me and said " I think if she was pregnant I of all people would know!" So I went to the main manager of the camp and he called the vet and sure enough, she was pregnant and gave birth a few weeks later! I was shocked that this teacher/horse lady who managed this place and had all this training was so lacking in true knowledge. And myself who claim to know nothing and have only owned one pony my whole life seemed more in tune and aware then she was. I invested the help of a local draft horse club to put presure on and make sure that Bess and Ben were well cared for after that! So I guess though I have a ton to learn, in my heart and veins runs true blue farmgirl blood! 
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| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 8:22:59 PM
One of my favorite quotes is "you can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl". I don't know who said it, but they hit the nail on the head!
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 5:36:50 PM
Katelyn-
I think there is a special breed of us that are born Farmgirls. It might have taken us a few years to realize it- but that Farmgirl blood was just lurking under the surface all the time. Just like a seed in winter- it’s there just waiting to grow, even if we don’t realize it! It sounds like you have always been a Farmgirl even though you didn’t know it!
Alee
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| EmmJay |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 3:39:11 PM
Katelyn...you are absolutely a farmgirl. My hubby is starting to get the hang of it, and even helps now. He helps me with ideas, and will say that he enjoys the farmgirl part of me....
MJ
"Thank GOD I'm a country girl"
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| Libbie |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 2:59:32 PM
Hurray for you, Katelyn! Being a farmgirl *IS* a condition of the heart - a true blue farmgirl you are!!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes |
| littlegreen |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 12:51:49 PM
Well, I am not a literal farmgirl but the other day I walked into the same room my husband was in and announced "I think I'm a farmgirl!!!" he started laughing and said I'd lost my mind... that deciding to plant a garden this summer didn't make me a farmgirl. I said "look here in this book honey, MayrJane says farmgirl is a condition of the heart, and I have that condition!" He still makes fun of me because I think I'm a farmgirl.
But I am! True and true and I am proud to say it!!
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| _Rebecca_ |
Posted - Feb 11 2007 : 6:25:19 PM
I just describe my body parts as being farmgirl hands, farmgirl feet. I have a large frame for my 5'6" of height. I wear size 9 shoes and have large hands. My poor mother, bless her heart, has size 9.5 shoes and hands that are as big as mine and she is only 5'3".
I have a shirt from the dollar store that has a red tractor on the back and it says, "It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it!" I love it.
I say more often that I'm an Okie. It's a term that's more all encompassing. My sister is more the farmgirl than me. She has some land, loves to garden, piddle with her horse, work outside etc. I am in the Ma Kettle phase of life raizin my 4 hickletts. Cookin', warshin', cleanin' & keepin' house. For awhile I was even schoolin' some my brood, but now the two older ones go to a school.
My husband has been converted from city boy to "Bubba." He drives a Ford F150 ext cab truck and he would buy us some land if he could. His dream would be to live somewhere rural and be the pastor of a church, raise pigs and build a stone house. Maybe when we are older.
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·.
Wife of Jonathan, Mother of Joel, Caitlyn, Elia, Nathanael |
| bramble |
Posted - Feb 10 2007 : 5:07:28 PM
With farming grandfather's, having lived on a farm and now not, I have to agree that it is a state of mind and what you do with what you have. Some of my son's friends were once telling someone how to get to our house and said " You'll know it because it's the only one with that farm stuff in the front yard". What farm stuff you might ask?
(Visions of deserted tractors and combines come to mind?! What he was referring to was a white picket fence with a scarecrow, tall birdhouse w/ morning glories on the post, flower garden and hubbard squash ! I guess I am the neighborhood "farmer"! And you can't even see the herb, vegetable and raised bed gardens from out front!
I guess I have "downsized" to the term grower: grower of children, flowers, veggies, herbs and fruit, friendships, family,...etcetera, etcetera!
with a happy heart |
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