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| rachelbee |
Posted - May 10 2016 : 2:11:59 PM
Hey ladies!
My name is Rachel, I live in a suburb of Indianapolis and have been interested for quite a while in self-sufficient and green living. I'm a dedicated crafter, a novice gardener, and lifelong learner, so I think this will be a wonderful community to be a part of!
I'm also very interested in beekeeping and hope to have a hive or two myself someday. Unfortunately I am not on a lot of land and have a couple outdoor dogs, so bees is probably the only animal I could "keep"!
I hope to be joining you all very soon as a legit farmgirl, just gotta wait for my next payday :) |
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| MaryJane |
Posted - May 16 2016 : 08:04:53 AM
Ditto everyone else. Welcome Rachel!!! I'm working on beginner beekeeping text for the next issue. Stay tuned.
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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| rachelbee |
Posted - May 16 2016 : 07:11:48 AM
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Originally posted by craftingram
Welcome Rachel from Nashville, In. My daughter and her husband live in Carmel, love going and spending time with her there. I know you're going to love it here.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #2708
Romans 8: 38,39
I'm in Carmel, and my dad lives just north of Nashville- I go down there about once a month! If there's ever anything going on down there I'd be happy to make a trip down!
#6992 |
| craftingram |
Posted - May 16 2016 : 07:06:59 AM
Welcome Rachel from Nashville, In. My daughter and her husband live in Carmel, love going and spending time with her there. I know you're going to love it here.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #2708
Romans 8: 38,39 |
| forgetmenot |
Posted - May 15 2016 : 4:04:47 PM
Welcome, Rachel!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
| Song Sparrow |
Posted - May 15 2016 : 06:42:20 AM
Hi Rachael, so glad to meet you. I've learned so much from everyone here, you'll find lots of great advice. Welcome!
Hugs and Happy Day!
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy (Sister#6098) www.danaherandcloud.com
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| Bear5 |
Posted - May 11 2016 : 1:15:58 PM
Welcome, Rachel. Enjoy your time with us.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| rachelbee |
Posted - May 11 2016 : 11:12:27 AM
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Originally posted by MaryJanesNiece
Welcome Rachel! Glad to have you join us! Your garden sounds great. I have a problem with one of my dogs getting into my tomato plants, so I have to watch them carefully. Hopefully one day you can get you some bees!
Krista
Last year I start doing some composting, and I had enough by this year to incorporate it into my garden soil. We have two labs, and unfortunately one of my labs is extremely interested in the kitchen scrap portion of the compost, and takes every opportunity he gets to go eat off the pile. Having it mixed in with the soil only helps somewhat, I have busted him a couple times trying to get little bits of it out of the garden. Fortunately the other lab has shown no interest in eating it or I'd be in real trouble!
This weekend will be partially dedicated to my putting up a fence out of something like chicken wire to hopefully protect my poor plants. |
| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - May 11 2016 : 11:05:05 AM
Welcome to the farm Rachel, you are going to love it here!
Hugs,
Deb
#1582
Blessed in Colorado
FGOTM, Septembe, 2012
"You must do the thing you think you can not do." Eleanor Roosevelt
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - May 11 2016 : 10:12:30 AM
Welcome Rachel! Glad to have you join us! Your garden sounds great. I have a problem with one of my dogs getting into my tomato plants, so I have to watch them carefully. Hopefully one day you can get you some bees!
Krista |
| Kangaroo Kate |
Posted - May 11 2016 : 09:48:55 AM
welcome Rachel glad to have you join us!
will enjoy hearing about your garden I had
hoped to get one in this year but will have
to wait got other projects in works.
bee keeping I think that is awesome hope you
will get it established sometime soon and do well.
Your herbs sound wonderful. once I get the wallaby
pens and barn redone will plant herbs in there for
them. I used to have a pretty fair herb patch time
to reestablish one.
I put out some garlic in a big pot recently and one
day realized something had dug it up!! I have a rabbit
outback and squirrels not sure what else wanted the garlic
Teresa
sister #1506
Dance Like No One Is
Watching. |
| rachelbee |
Posted - May 11 2016 : 05:55:06 AM
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Originally posted by guineahen
Were you able to start your garden yet? What are you planting this year?
I have! When it was cooler out I put in some spinach and lettuce, which gave me a few good salads, and now I have in the ground some tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers that I started from seed, radishes, carrots, and some beans. I'm also trying to propagate potatoes and garlic from kitchen scraps, so far so good! This weekend I'll be building a fence around it because my dog keeps walking through. There's no hiding those paw prints!
Last fall I put in some more flowering plants in our front bed for the bees and butterflies. I have lavender, hyssop, astilbe, columbine, and coneflower coming up now, among others. |
| DandeeRose |
Posted - May 10 2016 : 4:58:47 PM
Hello Rachel!!! Welcome!
Many Blessings- Alicia #5232 FOTM May 2016
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain." |
| guineahen |
Posted - May 10 2016 : 4:44:41 PM
Were you able to start your garden yet? What are you planting this year? |
| KristiW |
Posted - May 10 2016 : 4:33:34 PM
Welcome Rachel, we're all "abuzz" to have you here
Kristi
Farmgirl Sister #6
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