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| Cowgirlie |
Posted - Jan 27 2012 : 09:35:23 AM
I highly recommend the book "The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love" by Kristin Kimball. In brief its about a couple who starts a CSA in Upstate New York. I found it fascinating.
Peace,
Vicki
"Built Farmgirl Tough"
Farmgirl #3825 |
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| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Apr 18 2012 : 3:36:20 PM
Read it and Loved it!
from the hearts of paradise...
1Thess. 4:11
http://thefarmwife.com
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| bananachicken |
Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 9:04:45 PM
My BFF just sent this to me. I am really looking forward to checking it out! I am still searching this forum, but is there a book swap? :)
"I should be having tea right now."
-Lady Annalía Elisabet Catherina Tristán Llorente |
| DeniseMGM |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 2:04:39 PM
I'm going to check it out from the library too.
Denise - Farmgirl #1976
www.lionsdaughter.wordpress.com |
| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Mar 27 2012 : 8:13:04 PM
I have read this book and would love to share it with another farmgirl. Send me an e-mail.
http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/
farmgirl sister #922
I am trying to be the person my dogs think I am.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White |
| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Mar 27 2012 : 08:54:27 AM
I am loving this book!!
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
www.sissyandsisterstitch.etsy.com
www.dreamingofspringtime.etsy.com
Love that good ole vintage junk |
| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 7:19:41 PM
Decided to request this from the library .... thanks for the recommendation.
Marianne |
| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 2:24:21 PM
Reading this book at the moment and can't put it down!
http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/
farmgirl sister #922
I am trying to be the person my dogs think I am.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White |
| laurentany |
Posted - Mar 02 2012 : 10:17:18 PM
Reading it now and so far I LOVE it. Prior to that I had read "Barnheart" by Jenna Wogenrich (spelling)-another excellent book!
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
Farmgirl Sister#1403
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.. |
| MissKitty |
Posted - Feb 28 2012 : 06:58:04 AM
I read this book and looooved it!!! As a matter of fact, I was just thinking of pulling it off the bookshelf and reading it again! I highly recommend it. |
| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Feb 24 2012 : 1:02:43 PM
there is no better real life read, than one that addresses the "Good, the Bad and the UGLY", so i will also look for this book to read...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
| jessabelluh |
Posted - Feb 17 2012 : 07:38:28 AM
I read it, and loved it as well.
She also has a blog on her website, if anyone is interested and hasn't checked it out the site is http://www.kristinkimball.com/
~jess |
| Bayou Girl |
Posted - Feb 17 2012 : 06:37:54 AM
I am in the midst of reading "The Dirty Life" now, and LOVE it! She is able to put such honest words to some of the same things I have felt in the past. This one is truly a must read!
~Jennifer~
Farmgirl #3803
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| Sharon Denise |
Posted - Feb 01 2012 : 11:10:03 AM
That is one of my favorite books as well! Adored it. It doesn't sugarcoat the lifestyle at all. It seems so balanced between the joys and the heartbreaks involved. *adore*
Farmgirl Sister #3754
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning."
~Louis L'Amour |
| Bayou Girl |
Posted - Feb 01 2012 : 10:15:00 AM
I just received and email today, recommending this very book. After reading your posts, I believe I will. I read "The Feast Nearby" just a few weeks ago. It's a great read, too.
~Jennifer~
Farmgirl #3803
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| DeborahLee |
Posted - Jan 30 2012 : 3:37:56 PM
I read several "back to the land" books last year and this was one of my favorites! I thought she provided a very honest accounting of her journey---covering both the positive and negative aspects of their first year.
Deborah
Farmgirl #2970
Professor, librarian, writer and farmgirl! |
| sonshine4u |
Posted - Jan 30 2012 : 09:18:12 AM
I loved that book! It was really interesting and totally worth the time! I was laughing And cheering them on through the book! Great read!
Playing in the Sonshine
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| buggysmum |
Posted - Jan 28 2012 : 09:48:22 AM
I started to listen to the audiobook in the car and then life got crazy and I had to return it to the library or face the fine! I am going to check it out again! |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Jan 27 2012 : 3:05:02 PM
I love "laugh out loud" reading. It's on my to read list. Thanks.
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 |
| laurentany |
Posted - Jan 27 2012 : 1:22:24 PM
Sounds interesting Vicki! I just downloaded a free sample on my NOOK to read. Looking forward to it!
Smiles,
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
Farmgirl Sister#1403
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.. |
| textilelover |
Posted - Jan 27 2012 : 1:11:33 PM
Vicki, I read The Dirty Life and loved it too! The author was very upfront about the highs and lows of farming, and some of her writing was laugh out loud. Dianne in the Hudson Valley
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
