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| Sunshine Farmgirl |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 06:34:22 AM
Hello everyone!
I'm new here and can't wait to meet you all. I am a farmgirl. I grew up a farmer's daughter and have recently been given the wonderful opportunity to get back into farming. Farming in our area has gone through many changes eventually forcing out many of the small farmers. We are building a full working, organic farm on twenty acres here in southern Chesapeake to try and hold on to a way of life that's all but been forgotten. Sometimes the days are long and the projects seem endless, but we are fueled by our dreams and our desire to live off the land that we love. 
Wendy
Sunshine Farms
"they say I've lost my mind....I think I've finally found it" |
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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - May 19 2006 : 08:44:27 AM
hi wendy .. wonderful country you live in .. my dad is from the Rappahannock area of Virginia. a true 'farmboy' ... i was born and raised a 'city girl' in Washington, D.C. all my life .. have 'retired' to a 'gentlewoman's' farm in Kentucky .. loving this lifestyle! welcome!!!! xo, frannie
True Friends, Frannie |
| Sunshine Farmgirl |
Posted - May 19 2006 : 06:42:30 AM
Thank you so much to everyone for the warm welcome and good wishes. It's so nice to talk to so many who share my farmgirl passions. I can't wait to tell the next one who asks me if I've lost my mind that I might be crazy, but there are a whole lot of other crazy folks out there just like me and they are really great!
Have a wonderful day on the farm!
"they say I've lost my mind....I think I've finally found it" |
| Hayley |
Posted - May 18 2006 : 06:46:03 AM
Hi Wendy! Welcome! I can't wait to hear more about your farm-good luck ! |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - May 18 2006 : 04:38:08 AM
Wendy- Welcome! Your farm sounds wonderful! Good for you for pursuing your dream!!
Karin |
| Sunshine Farmgirl |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 06:46:51 AM
Hey Libbie!
So nice to hear from you and everyone else!Your well wishes warm my farmgirl heart! Our farm plan is to be very diverse. We are trying not to have all of our eggs in one basket so to speak. I now have 130 chickens, mostly hens. This summer I will add a few pigs, a couple of goats and a milk cow, if everything goes as planned.I also plan to have bees. I have set out 400 berry bushes (blueberry, blackberry and raspberry), 100 lbs of seed potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes, squash, beans, peas, carrots, onions, beets, flowers and herbs.The land we have was logged about 10 years ago and has never been tended so you can imagine the work we have had to do to get it into shape to plant. Watching the farm progress is the most rewarding feeling.We are doing a lot of experimenting with our planting in hopes of finding what this land will produce the best, all organic of course.
I really appreciate your interest, as you can tell I love to talk about the farm!
Take care,
Wendy
"they say I've lost my mind....I think I've finally found it" |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 8:05:55 PM
Welcome to the group Wendy! Your Sunshine farm sounds like a great place. It will be fun to get to know you 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 |
| TejasFarmgirl |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 7:13:40 PM
Hi Wendy -Good for you! I will look forward to hearing more about your place.
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| Libbie |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 3:23:08 PM
Hello, Wendy - it sounds like you have such an exciting vision! Keep us posted - it's great to have you here. What types of projects are you undertaking on your farm? Animals? Crops? Both? Neither? It's so fun to hear what everyone is doing...
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
| blueroses |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 2:48:35 PM
Hi Wendy,
And welcome. Will look forward to hear about your venture. Love the area of VA that you're from.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Phils Ann |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 2:23:42 PM
Welcome Wendy! Hurray for self-sufficiency (excepting for friends, of course) and congrats on having the dream and doing it.
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
| serenity1652 |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 08:55:51 AM
Welcome Wendy,
I am new here also. I look forward to hearing more about your farm. I commend your desire to hold on to a piece of days gone by...and adding it to your future. You will succeed in all of your farm dreams. Keep all of us posted on your progress.
Fawn
This to shall pass |
| owwlady |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 07:47:46 AM
Hi Wendy, welcome to our group. It sounds like you have a wonderful project going. We'll be interested to hear about your progress. Keep us posted and good luck! |
