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| frannie |
Posted - Sep 06 2004 : 11:36:05 PM
i have just discovered the site , magazine this past week and love it. i live in north texas on 16 acreas with my husband and various farm animals. i hope to have an organic cut flower, herb, vegetable operation, and also earn some keep by doing crafts. i mostly do recycled art/crafts and would really love to hear from other farm girls who like to do crafts and have some experience spinning and working with angora goats. thanks, frannie
love this magazine. live on a small 16 acrea farm in the red river valley, does that mean i am a valley girl? we have a small herd of angora goats, aracuna chickens, an interest in herbs and cut flowers.bluegrass music and want to learn to spin fiber. i'm a crafter who specializes in recycled art/crafts.we are cat lovers and unfortunatley we often have more that our share of castoff cats,but we try to find them good homes and are able to care for about 10 here at the farm. any farm who finds themselves without a good mouser is welcome to apply for placement of one of our loving kitties. currently have 5 yellow tabbies that need good homes. |
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| Eileen |
Posted - Sep 30 2004 : 7:35:33 PM
Pam,Sounds like your grandmother has left you with a legacy of produce customers. How wonderful.
Eileen
songbird |
| Pamntx |
Posted - Sep 30 2004 : 5:52:11 PM
I have just learned of this forum also. Just ordered the magazine and I can't wait for it to come. We are moving to East Texas on two acres and to a home that belonged to my husband's grandmother. I am excited and anxious at the same time, having never lived in the country. It's been my dream and now it is reality. We have tons of work to do on the house to even be able to move in, but actually I'm more excited about having a large garden now, instead of the small one we have had and anxious to expand my herb garden. I recently became interested in drying my herbs and really enjoy it. I'd love to have some help with this and suggestions. My husband's grandmother lived to be 98 and sold her produce down the road from the home. I'd love to follow in her footsteps. Anyway, would love to hear from you! |
| Eileen |
Posted - Sep 19 2004 : 10:25:03 AM
Been helping my neighbor get ready for the annual county organic farm tour this week. We are thinking about getting up a holiday gift show sometime in November. Might find takers for my extra goodies there. Can't wait!
Eileen
songbird |
| Kim |
Posted - Sep 17 2004 : 4:25:00 PM
Eileen,
I feel the more people who contract work from you, the more business you will get. It may take awhile, but I bet word will get around.
farmgirl@heart
Longaberger Lover and all things antique |
| Eileen |
Posted - Sep 17 2004 : 10:26:37 AM
Hi Frannie,
I love to find and fix up old things also. I have not found a ready market to resell them in this area. I think that the people who want to purchase the work I have done do not want to pay any more for the item than I did before I fixed it. I place a value on my time and artistic ability so most of the things I have fixed that were not contracted to me have ended up in use in my house. I don't have room for anything more so wonder how I am to continue this hobby!
Eileen
songbird |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 17 2004 : 10:06:09 AM
Welcome Frannie and Pat!!! I am so glad you found this wonderful place that gives these kindred spirits a voice! Isn't MJ a miracle! Fran your farm and goats sound beautiful and productive! Pat, what your are doing is amazing and I am cheering for you! I love horses! Please let us know your stories, ideas, inspirations, and knowledge ladies!
Time Flies |
| Eileen |
Posted - Sep 17 2004 : 08:25:23 AM
Hi Patricia,
I have a dear friend here who just took over a horse farm 2 years ago after her divorce. What a trooper. So much hard work but she has whipped it into shape and started a farm internship program. This summer besides helping her to get the extended gardens in her interns participated in a series of Cobb building workshops to construct an outdoor cobb oven and an indoor working kitchen for the interns as well as a place to do the processing of the veggies and fruit that they have been working so hard to produce. The horse care falls mainly to my friend Chris and her daughter plus two interns that have stayed on for a year to assist. I am amazed what we women can do when we put our heads together. This weekend in the county farm tour and I have been helping her out to get the stables ready and the display gardens accessable. She helps me here when I need it or sends interns to give me a hand. I love this community.
I think that you will also find it to be a wonderful experience. Hard work and new experiences are good for the soul.
Eileen
songbird |
| frannie |
Posted - Sep 16 2004 : 10:50:07 PM
welcome pat, i have only been with this site a short time, but already i love it and have learned alot. my new special time is checking in on the site at nite after the farm quiets down.
i hope you will enjoy joining your friend on the farm, i believe you will. take care of yourself, and enjoy. frannie |
| Kim |
Posted - Sep 16 2004 : 6:05:26 PM
Pat, Welcome aboard! Your new adventure sounds wonderful and how nice to have a friend who shares the same interest and the opportunity move in with her. You have found a new home with us!
farmgirl@heart
Longaberger Lover and all things antique |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 16 2004 : 5:58:21 PM
Welcome to the family Pat!! You sound like just our kind of gal...it will be fun hearing from you!!
Jenny in Utah
Bloom where you are planted! |
| FIreflywings |
Posted - Sep 16 2004 : 11:30:26 AM
Thank you Clare and Eileen for the warm welcome.
I look forward to learning, sharing and growing. I am moving in with a dear friend who has a 15 acre horse farm. She has managed the farm alone, after divorce, 10 years ago. There are currently six horses, four are boarders. I love horses and know nothing about them. Most of the land is dominated by the horses but there is a small garden in place. I have already invisioned ways to increase growing space.
Peace and Blessings
As always,
Pat
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| Eileen |
Posted - Sep 16 2004 : 10:48:36 AM
Welcome Patricia,
Another cheerleader here.
Eileen
songbird |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 16 2004 : 10:42:30 AM
Welcome Patricia!!!! Glad you have found us. Sounds like you are a kindred spirit too. Please keep us informed of your progress towards your goal. We'll be cheering you on!
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
| FIreflywings |
Posted - Sep 16 2004 : 10:18:50 AM
Greetings:
I just discovered Mary Janes Farm yesterday while in Barnes and Noble.What you guys have done... simply takes my breath away. It has been my dream to own and live on a farm. I am a divorced African American female passionately interested in organic farming.At age 49 my two children are grown and I have decided to go for it. I am currently taking classes for "new farmers" sponsored by the Connecticut Farm Bureau. I never realized how many women are involved in working and healing our lands. I am humbled and in awe of all that MaryJanesFarm offers. I especially love the Farm School teaching aspects.
Peace and Blessings
As always,
Pat
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| frannie |
Posted - Sep 15 2004 : 11:39:52 PM
this is the second year we have been and it is alot of fun. they hold it once a year to make money for their school year. the food is interesting, they have a quilt auction, an antique auction, furniture auction and fam machinery and farm animal auction. it is held at the farm of one of the amish families in the community. it is just interesting on a lot of different levels.
i enjoy auctions and garage sales, estate sales cause i love to find treasures and fix them up or resell them. i dont know its, just like a treasure hunt. i cant really justify going if i dont resell cause i really have just about everythin i need and my house is very small, rather more like an apartment. it is about 800 square feet and has a porch that is 800 square feet, so it cant realy hold alot of stuff. some of the locals have told me that orignially it was 2 itinerant farmer houses put together and that at first it was a little poker camp in the woods, but i think it has adjusted to being a home and i like it very much. it was a long journey to get here, iwas over 40 and divorced when i first came here,but it is home and i love it. now i would just like to be able to suppliment my income here doing something that i love. frannie
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 15 2004 : 12:24:40 PM
Wow...that sounds like so much fun. I used to go to antique auctions sometimes years ago in Calif and had so much fun..but an Amish auction..even better!!!
Jenny in Utah
Bloom where you are planted! |
| frannie |
Posted - Sep 13 2004 : 11:36:52 PM
aunt jenny, thanks so much, that i hope takes care of the problem. i had friends come visit for the weekend and we went to an amish auction about 75 miles north of us. this is the 2nd time we have been, it is held once a year to help raise money for the amish school and we had a great time. it is in clarita , oklahome and i highly recommend it. i missed checkin the forums and hearing from everyone, but wiil continue to check in this week. thanks to everyone who has helped me get on this site. frannie |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 11 2004 : 6:57:31 PM
unless that is your signature....like how mine says bloom where you are planted. If so you will need to go to your profile (top of the page) to change that.
Jenny in Utah
Bloom where you are planted! |
| Kim |
Posted - Sep 11 2004 : 06:05:35 AM
If you sroll down to the bottom of the page Frannie, and just type your reply in the blank box that says "Quick Reply" you should be able to reoly without your previous meesage showing up. This box is at the bottom of each forum page. This is the methid I always use! :)
farmgirl@heart
Longaberger Lover and all things antique |
| frannie |
Posted - Sep 11 2004 : 12:48:08 AM
can anyone help me figure out how to delete this section about love this magazine.....etc, etc, etc.
i do love the magazine but i think ive read this blurb enough, and every time i add a reply this part comes with it.
that is what we call blather and i have been accused of blathering a bit.
love this magazine. live on a small 16 acrea farm in the red river valley, does that mean i am a valley girl? we have a small herd of angora goats, aracuna chickens, an interest in herbs and cut flowers.bluegrass music and want to learn to spin fiber. i'm a crafter who specializes in recycled art/crafts.we are cat lovers and unfortunatley we often have more that our share of castoff cats,but we try to find them good homes and are able to care for about 10 here at the farm. any farm who finds themselves without a good mouser is welcome to apply for placement of one of our loving kitties. currently have 5 yellow tabbies that need good homes. |
| frannie |
Posted - Sep 11 2004 : 12:43:02 AM
connio, greetings to springtown. i know your town and have visited it before. yall used to have a bluegrass festival there, but dont think it is going on anymore. you sound like you are raising cats just like us. fran
love this magazine. live on a small 16 acrea farm in the red river valley, does that mean i am a valley girl? we have a small herd of angora goats, aracuna chickens, an interest in herbs and cut flowers.bluegrass music and want to learn to spin fiber. i'm a crafter who specializes in recycled art/crafts.we are cat lovers and unfortunatley we often have more that our share of castoff cats,but we try to find them good homes and are able to care for about 10 here at the farm. any farm who finds themselves without a good mouser is welcome to apply for placement of one of our loving kitties. currently have 5 yellow tabbies that need good homes. |
| frannie |
Posted - Sep 11 2004 : 12:40:41 AM
dear claire, thanks for the posting info. i kind of had an idea i was doing something wrong, but i wasnt sure what it was. i can use all the help i can get. thanks again
love this magazine. live on a small 16 acrea farm in the red river valley, does that mean i am a valley girl? we have a small herd of angora goats, aracuna chickens, an interest in herbs and cut flowers.bluegrass music and want to learn to spin fiber. i'm a crafter who specializes in recycled art/crafts.we are cat lovers and unfortunatley we often have more that our share of castoff cats,but we try to find them good homes and are able to care for about 10 here at the farm. any farm who finds themselves without a good mouser is welcome to apply for placement of one of our loving kitties. currently have 5 yellow tabbies that need good homes. |
| connio |
Posted - Sep 09 2004 : 6:29:21 PM
Howdy Frannie from another North Texas farmgirl. I have only lived out in Parker County for about 10 months but also hope to eventually have a section of my land planted in cut flowers and also antique roses for my own pleasure. Right now I am out here with 12 dogs, 3 indoor cats and 2 gerbils! Have also added 5 barn cats to my family since I moved out here--already have 2 orange tabbies--good luck with them and all of your endeavors.
cozycottage |
| Clare |
Posted - Sep 08 2004 : 07:03:09 AM
Welcome Frannie! You will find many kindred spirits here at this website! I enjoy fixing things too... I think it's a mentality that the younger generations do not appreciate.
Just a little tip for you on posting. No need to do a reply or reply with quote... just type in the quick reply box below the last posting... everyone reads things in sequential order anyway... If you want to get fancy and choose fonts and colors, then you need to use the reply to topic category... but no need to repeat original messages. Hope this helps you get acquainted with us a bit easier.
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
| frannie |
Posted - Sep 07 2004 : 10:24:16 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
I collect old linens and old dishes. Your little aprons sound wonderful..what a sweet idea!!!
I mostly knit and sew, but spin when I can and crochet, rug hook and needlepoint and embroider when I find time. I sort of go in phases of what craft I am doing the most. Right now it is knitting and cross stitch, but with Christmas coming on it will be other things. I love to make soap and plan to start making cheeses with my goats milk.
How neat that your angoras are blue eyed. My little angora doe, Pearl is very small and was born early and rejected by her mom. She fit in a shoebox when my friend brought her to me to bottle raise. She is sure she is NOT a goat and I just love her. She was born in June 2003. I will be breeding her in October hopefully to my friend's charcoal buck.
I bet the champagne color is so pretty!!
speaking of spinning..you just have to jump in there. Maybe there is a guild near you where you can borrow or rent a wheel. I found it so hard to use a drop spindle at first that I think I would have given up if I didn't get my wheel soon. I traded a rug I hooked for my first and only wheel (an Ashford Traditional) about 11 or 12 years ago. I love it. Spinning mohair is a little harder than wool, but not much. One of my favorite yarns is 50% wool, 50% mohair.
Jenny in Utah
Bloom where you are planted!
thanks for the info. i wish we did have some kind of guild here but the closest i can find is about 350 miles away. i am about 70 miles north of dallas/ft.worth and we dont have much in our closest town, except a walmart. i do know another lady here in my area who has done some spinning and has a wheel. she has offered to let me come over one day and she will let me try out on her wheel. it is really nice to find kindred spirits. i have shaed the site with this friend cause i think she would just love it.
do you still hook rugs? i think that is a beautiful craft. my sister does that and i have always had an interest in it, but i try to stay focused on a couple of things and i have always thought that rug hooking was a little beyond me. here in texas, there is a lot of interest in rug hooking in central texas. i have really spent more time with sewing , quilting and the farm, or the dream of the farm.
it seems that as i have gotten older and have retired from the working world i finally have time to pursue some of my loves.
i do sell my crafts in a mall in the closest town, nothing real grand, but i usually make a small profit at the end of the month.
i hope to learn alot from this site cause i seem to learn better from other folks than i do from books. i am so happy to found this site. thanks for all the welcomes and interest. frannie
love this magazine. live on a small 16 acrea farm in the red river valley, does that mean i am a valley girl? we have a small herd of angora goats, aracuna chickens, an interest in herbs and cut flowers.bluegrass music and want to learn to spin fiber. i'm a crafter who specializes in recycled art/crafts.we are cat lovers and unfortunatley we often have more that our share of castoff cats,but we try to find them good homes and are able to care for about 10 here at the farm. any farm who finds themselves without a good mouser is welcome to apply for placement of one of our loving kitties. currently have 5 yellow tabbies that need good homes. |
