| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| TElliott |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 10:04:27 AM
Good morning everyone, It's great to come and read all the great posts from you. I was encouraged on another post to start a new thread here and introduce myself so here goes!
I'm from Oregon, though I was born in California and have moved a good bit in my time. I just moved back home after living in Vermont for quite a few years and I'm just really missing the atmosphere over there. I live in town - which drives me insane - but someday I hope very much to have my own place with some room to breathe. It's been just my two kids and I for a while, and now I've "inherited" my nephew as well, and happy to do so. This all makes me REALLY crave the space of farmland. Some place with huge douglas fir trees, a little creek running through, and enough space to be self-sufficient during growing seasons.
I've had my MaryJane's book for quite a while now, mostly using it like a cookbook, or craft idea book. I just finally started reading the darn thing here very recently and discovered the website. The rest is pretty much just posting here and sending in for my farmgirl starter kit.
I've enjoyed reading about you all, it's wonderful to come in and see so many other people with the same heart-goals. I'm not insane for wanting to grow things and sew things and teach my daughter how to make things from scratch! :) |
| 23 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| sunshine78 |
Posted - May 10 2007 : 3:37:50 PM
Welcome Terisa! Glad to have you here.
Cynthia
www.pinecanyonranch.com |
| Sarah Blue |
Posted - May 02 2007 : 10:56:34 PM
Hi Terisa,
I saw your post on "farm stalking" and wanted to welcome you to the forum. I will send you all my positive thoughts and light a candle (right now!) that if it's for the best, it will be. I'm very sentimental about land and homesteads too, and I'm a foothill girl myself.
Sarah
"i believe in god, only i spell it nature." - frank lloyd wright
http://www.myspace.com/svgrrrl |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - May 02 2007 : 4:51:46 PM
Welcome!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
| Cindy Lee |
Posted - May 02 2007 : 4:42:11 PM
Hi Terisa...welcome aboard! I was raised in Monmouth so we are nearly neighbors! Cindy
If life gives you scraps, make quilts! |
| BotanicalBath |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 1:17:51 PM
Hi Terisa, Warm welcomes from Ohio.
E- |
| Julia |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 10:05:37 AM
Welcome Terisa from another Oregonian! Lebanon is a pretty place I have some friends there. In fact I will be there in July at Camp Tadmor for a Womans retreat. HMM? Glad to have you on board! Julia
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| blueroses |
Posted - May 01 2007 : 09:57:03 AM
Hi Terisa,
Welcome to the forum. So glad you joined us. I'd love to learn to make soap too, but love buying it from the ladies on the forum too!
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Libbie |
Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 9:40:56 PM
Hi, there, Terisa! Welcome to the 'Connection! It sounds like you have so much in common with lots of the farmgirls here - you're just going to love it. ENJOY!!!
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 |
| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 4:04:51 PM
Hi Terisa and a great big WELCOME to you!!! So glad your here with us. I look forwarding to getting to know you.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
www.mikkijo.etsy.com
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
http://strawberriesnapronstrings.blogspot.com/ |
| Reepicheep |
Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 07:22:46 AM
Hi Terisa - glad to meet you!
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/merryhearthomestead/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/onourway/ |
| Buttercup |
Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 01:04:09 AM
Terisa,
Welcome!! So glad you found us and could join in! This is the greatest farm you could be on if you don't have your own!  And for those who do, I think it holds a second best!!  I look forward to getting to know you better as I see you round!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
| FlipFlopFarmer |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 10:11:42 PM
Hello Terisa! 
Welcome! We're not far from one another. I'm in Molalla. I'm trying to put together a Farm Girl get together at my place on May 26th so I'll have to send you a message with the details.
I've made milk based soaps using the milk from our dairy cow. I just use lye rather than try to make my own. I've read up on how to do it but it sounds very labor intensive.
Welcome to group! Maybe we can get together sometime as we're not too far from one another.
Carla
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly. |
| Alee |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 9:22:54 PM
Terisa-
Check your local grocery stores and hardware stores in the bathroom aisle. Red Devil Lye is 100% lye. Our local grocery store stopped carrying Red Devil, but our hardware store (a Do-It-Best) carries a brand that isn't Red Devil, but is still 100% lye. Just read the label and make sure it says 100% lye and it is okay. Otherwise there are several places you can order Lye off of the internet as well.
Soap making is awesome! I absolutely love it whenever I have a chance to make it. I like to make hot process soap in my crock pot but cold process is great fun as well. There are tons of us soap makers her on the MJF forums who love to chat about soap! What "clean" fun!
Alee |
| cinnamongirl |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 8:42:46 PM
Welcome and hold on to your dream. Dreams do come true when we want them bad enough!! Happy crafting don't be shy post lots. |
| katmom |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 3:08:26 PM
Hi Terisa,
you will love it here, and you will find a ton of info on soap making as well as crafting, sewing & gardening. etc., so jump in & have fun.
tata-4-now
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom. |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 2:56:18 PM
welcome to the group Terisa.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 2:49:42 PM
Welcome Terisa from Pennsylvania! Glad you decided to join us. It's a great group of girls here....I am sure you will find lots of support, and lots of useful ideas! Always good to have others who feel as you do to chat at the end of a hectic day...and I am sure with those little ones, you know what I mean!
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Bee Haven Acres
http://beehavenacres.blogspot.com/
http://beehavenmaven.blogspot.com/ |
| TElliott |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 2:26:47 PM
It would be wonderful if that would happen. My mother lives out in the country and her neighbors just sold their land... to developers! Splitting a perfect, beautiful farm that borders a river, up into 3 little ready-made homes with not enough for any of them to farm! Talk about heart-breaking! I took my little ones over there yesterday while the ancient fir trees are still there to love. It's a beautiful place but some day I have to believe it will work out and I'll have one of my own.
On another note: I'm going to searching a bit around here for a way to make soap. Lye is SO hard to get, and though I have the information from my grandmother on how to make your own lye I just cannot bring myself to do it. I keep thinking what if one of the little one's got into that cask and got it on their skin? I'm not THAT country I guess haha. If you know of a direction to point me for crafting natural hand-made soap give me a boot to face the right way please!
It was very nice to hear from you all, thank you so much for welcoming me and making me feel so at home here.
MM/MP/MMA,
Terisa. |
| Alee |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 12:36:58 PM
Terisa-
So glad that you are joining us. No- You are not insane for wanting to grow things or teach your daughter how to make things from scratch. :) But even if you were, you are at least in good company here on the forums! I hope you find your country farm soon! If all of us Farmgirls keep buying up the farmland, someday we are going to own it all. Wouldn’t that be great? ;)
Alee
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 12:34:23 PM
Welcome to the group Terisa!! I am glad you decided to join us..bet you will love it here!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 12:32:27 PM
A BIG warm Welcome to you Terisa! My daughter and her family live in McMinnville, Oregon. It's such a darling town! Oregon is a wonderful place to raise your children. Teaching your daughter all the basic's of life is important~the simple pleasures she will cherish forever. You sound like a wonderful Mother! Looking forward to knowing you better!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
"A House Is A Home Where Love Dwells" |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 11:45:07 AM
Welcome Terisa, from neighboring Washington. I am glad you decided to jump in and meet new people who enjoy the same endeavors as you. Welcome to Britchickny, too. MB
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com www.holyhouses-day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| britchickny |
Posted - Apr 29 2007 : 10:17:17 AM
Hi Terisa! Since I only 'joined' last week I am also a 'newbie' but have had such a great welcome. So...welcome to you too! I do not have a copy of MaryJane's book but I think I am going to 'need' it!!!Keep dreaming about your wide open space and one day you will be there.
Angie.
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
