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| pumpkinvine |
Posted - May 14 2010 : 6:38:22 PM
Here we go! I couldn't come up with anything for chapters 3 and 13, so if anyone has any ideas let me know and I will add them.
I am really looking forward to hearing about everyone's experiences with the projects!
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Little House in the Big Woods - June
Chapter 1 - Little House in the Big Woods
make an apron to carry hickory chips
make onion ropes and red pepper wreaths
make a corncob doll, like Laura's doll, Susan
make a rag doll, like Mary's doll, Nettie
hang dry some herbs
Chapter 2 - Winter Days and Winter Nights
in honor of the sugar snow, make a recipe with "maple"ť in the title
make butter and color it with a carrot
mold your own butter
bake bread from scratch like Ma did on Saturdays
make paper dolls
Chapter 3 - The Long Rifle
Chapter 4 - Christmas
make some of the following recipes mentioned in this chapter: salt rising bread, rye n injun bread, Swedish crackers, vinegar pie, dried apple pie, snow candy
make pancake men like Ma did on Christmas
knit a Christmas stocking
knit a pair of red mittens
make a rag doll like the one Laura got for Christmas
make a clove apple
make a needle book with a silk cover and white flannel leaves
Chapter 5 - Sundays
start a sampler
start a nine patch quilt
knit tiny mittens for Carrie
sew some doll clothes
whittle a little man doll
make a birthday cake for Laura from scratch
Chapter 6 - Two Big Bears
make a tin lantern from a tin can
Chapter 7 - The Sugar Snow
make maple sugar candy
make a recipe that prominently features maple
Chapter 8 - Dance at Grandpa's
make hasty pudding
practice your square dancing
bake a pumpkin pie from scratch
Chapter 9 - Going to Town
make an outdoor playhouse out of found materials
curl your hair with rags
Chapter 10 - Summertime
make your own cheese
make a recipe that features honey
Chapter 11 - Harvest
research natural remedies for bee stings
Chapter 12 - The Wonderful Machine
make a straw hat (see MJF June/July 2010 magazine)
make a pumpkin pie from scratch
make hulled corn and milk
Chapter 13 - The Deer in the Wood (thank you Mel :)
Make a little (bullet) pouch maybe for candies for the kiddies or something.
Get of make a lil tin box and decorate it.
stitch, crochet, knit, embroider a cow.
Whittle a hook from a peice of tree branch. ;)
Write a short tale of adventure like Pa told the girls.
Collects some leaves and shellac them to preserve them.
Patchwork quilt.
Find a recipe for Venison (for the "next" outing to the Big Woods.
Knit a sock....or two.;)
Amy from Lompoc
Farmgirl Sister #119
http://www.pumpkincupcake.blogspot.com |
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| pumpkinvine |
Posted - Jul 31 2010 : 6:31:05 PM
The projects for book #3, Little House on the Prairie, are now online!
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44347
Amy from Lompoc
Farmgirl Sister #119
http://www.pumpkincupcake.blogspot.com |
| pumpkinvine |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 7:16:16 PM
It is time for Little House on MaryJane’s Farm to start our new book! The projects for Farmer Boy are now posted in a new thread in the Reading Room:
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=43603
Please join us!
Amy from Lompoc
Farmgirl Sister #119
http://www.pumpkincupcake.blogspot.com |
| pumpkinvine |
Posted - Jun 28 2010 : 6:59:26 PM
Neat! Can't wait to see pictures!
Amy from Lompoc
Farmgirl Sister #119
http://www.pumpkincupcake.blogspot.com |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jun 28 2010 : 6:44:08 PM
Wow - that's cool Sandra!
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| The Cookin Cowgirl |
Posted - Jun 28 2010 : 6:10:19 PM
Hey everyone,
I choose to do the bullet bag and make my own bullets (ok, I do that anyway!) :) I'll send pics soon. I'm lucky I get to experience the 1800's every weekend. My family are members of SASS or you my know it as Cowboy Shooting. We got back today from the World Championships in New Mexico. My husband won. He is the 2010 World Champion Gunfighter!! I placed 7th in Ladies Black Powder.
My next projects will be apon, bread, pie, and butter. |
| pnickols |
Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 09:32:28 AM
Thank you ! I am really looking forward to participating ! :) |
| Kirksmom71 |
Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 09:22:06 AM
Absolutely Patricia.......the more farmgirls the merrier!
My best to all,
Mel
Sassy City Girl with Farmgirl Fantasies! |
| pnickols |
Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 07:35:09 AM
can a newbie jump in and start with Farmer Boy ? |
| prayin granny |
Posted - Jun 26 2010 : 5:04:31 PM
Evening ladies, Well, I have been busy with some business issues lately. Sooo, will get back to reading and a project this week, I hope. Enjoy! Linda
Country at Heart |
| dreamingofafarm |
Posted - Jun 20 2010 : 08:04:01 AM
I know what you girls mean about being busy! School ended and it is seems that makes things busier than ever! Both boys running through the house with friends, extra laundry from the swimsuits and two changes of play clothes a day. I wouldn't miss a minute of it though!
I am happy to report that I have completed an additional Little House in the Big Woods project successfully (I am hang drying lavender right now). My quilting effort failed horribly. I don't have a sewing machine and hand sewing the thing just didn't work. I guess the quilt will have to sit in my unfinished projects pile until I splurge for a sewing machine.
Enjoy the summer everyone! Looking forward to the Farmer Boy projects.
P.S. I bought a used copy of Little House in the Ozarks after reading the discussion thread. I'll be diving into that soon too!
All the best,
Tina
Farmgirl Sisterhood #1355
"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones afterall." - Laura Ingalls Wilder
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort" - Jane Austen |
| TeresaJ25 |
Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 3:23:53 PM
Frazzled.
June is just as busy for me as December! Up at the kid's school every other day for this and that.. birthday parties...pool parties...the list goes on and on!! Enjoying every minute of it, but looking forward to finishing my little house projects!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
Be the person who fills the room with sunshine! |
| prayin granny |
Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 10:08:21 AM
Amy, so sorry, that is a pain! Been out of the loop myself. Hope to get back on track this week. How is everyone?
Country at Heart |
| pumpkinvine |
Posted - Jun 17 2010 : 11:22:04 AM
I'm so sorry I've been under the radar. It seems that my email has been hacked and shut down, so I've been changing passwords, setting up a new email, etc.
Anyway........I will post the projects for Farmer Boy on July 1st as scheduled! Carry on with Little House in the Big Woods....you still have 14 days left in June!
Amy from Lompoc
Farmgirl Sister #119
http://www.pumpkincupcake.blogspot.com |
| TeresaJ25 |
Posted - Jun 12 2010 : 12:50:54 PM
Yippee!! I'm so happy for you Melissa!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
Be the person who fills the room with sunshine! |
| Butterscotch Grove |
Posted - Jun 11 2010 : 10:56:04 AM
OK! She has consented to reading a book with the word "Boy" in the title...and we'll be doing some of the projects from the Big Woods. (Had to bribe her with an apron, a birthday cake for Laura, and knitting lessons - despite the fact that her name is "Eliza" like Almanzo's sister!)
Melissa
My blog:
http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com |
| TeresaJ25 |
Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 11:30:42 AM
Melissa, I hope you do join us! It has been so much fun, we would love to share it with you!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
Be the person who fills the room with sunshine! |
| Butterscotch Grove |
Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 10:36:39 AM
Sheri - I could have written your last post myself!
This is a very interesting thread...hope you all don't mind me lurking here. :-)
Melissa
PS - I've read all the books but Farmer Boy to my 6 year old...twice. So far she's too princessy pink to let me read Farmer Boy, but that one is SOOOO full of interesting info, I'm going to insist we read it. Maybe we'll join you for July.
My blog:
http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com |
| prayin granny |
Posted - Jun 02 2010 : 08:28:16 AM
Sheri, No I haven't. Need to look into that! Thank you! Blessings, Linda
Country at Heart |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - May 31 2010 : 11:52:39 AM
Has anyone read "Little House In The Ozarks" - the rediscovered writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder? Pretty interesting. Laura was quite the feminist for her day. If you haven't read it it was a real informative follow up to the first four years. I have read all the little house books so many times that I can practically recite them from memory. My mother gave me the Little House in the Ozarks as a birthday gift about 15 years ago.
Blessings, Sheri
"Work is Love made visible" -Kahlil Gibran |
| prayin granny |
Posted - May 31 2010 : 10:17:06 AM
These are my fav books of all time and fav tv show. The 1800's is my favorite time period and feel like I was born in the wrong era?! LOL! I do appreciate our conveniences, but I love the hard work yet simplicity of life. Much as the Amish/Mennonite today still. I have made my own butter in the past and used to always make my own bread, as a teen at home then newly married. We stopped making the bread tho as we could not stop eating it fresh out of the oven with butter!! Became less cost effective. Lol! Just made a loaf of cheese/herb bread last Dec tho. It was yum!Great day, ladies! Linda
Country at Heart |
| classygram |
Posted - May 31 2010 : 10:14:30 AM
Good question Amy, we just don't think about the fact that we would have to go month's without news. Just think of the luxury's we have! In their time a woman would never have a reason for saying she was bored. Tired, now that's a different story. I imagine they never complained of not sleeping. If we lived the way they did and with the advance in medicine, just think of the healthy life styles we'd have.
Hugs,Brenda
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
| pumpkinvine |
Posted - May 31 2010 : 09:24:14 AM
So during the Little House in the Big Woods period, the Civil War was going on. I wonder how often they were able to get news of the war, being as remote as they were.
Amy from Lompoc
Farmgirl Sister #119
http://www.pumpkincupcake.blogspot.com |
| classygram |
Posted - May 31 2010 : 09:05:25 AM
Sorry spelling for Caroline is Quiner.
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
| classygram |
Posted - May 31 2010 : 09:03:59 AM
The book series was from the late 1800's. Laura's ma, was Caroline Lake Quener. Laura was born in Pepin, Wisconsin in 2-17-1857 died in Mansfield, Mo. 2-10-1057
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - May 31 2010 : 08:25:44 AM
I'm hoping things calm down a bit so I can at least do one project!
It has been inspiring seeing everyone posting - I love it!!
Has anyone else read the "Little House in the Ozarks"? It is a collection of newspaper articles that Laura wrote when she and Almanzo were living in Missouri.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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