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Soulful Shepherdess
Farmgirl at Heart
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Shannon
Rural
New York
USA
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 Posted - May 15 2007 : 11:28:09 AM
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Ok, so I hope I'm doing this right--I've done a decent amount online, but never been active in a real forum...
I'm new here, and relatively new at my location in rural New York (Otsego County). We live on a 98+ acre farm-ish chunk of land, have Barred Rock hens, a rescued mutt, Jacob Sheep arriving in about a week, and 25 chicks (mixed)arriving shortly after the sheep. The land is covered with apple trees (last year I went nuts making pie filling for everyone, and applesauce for a few).
We've had and butchered our own pig, took a deer last year and I'm currently listening to my Dandelion Jelly jars seal up--I hope they set up! The land's not good up here for much of anything -- we joke that our main crops include rocks and milkweed--both prolific and pretty useless right now. Dandelions went crazy this year so we tried to take advantage of them with wine, fritters and jelly.
We're trying to live more consciously. When I'm not caring for my son or making food for my husband I'm gardening, doing my art and writing and trying to wrap my mind around the cancer that's destroying my mother. I'm keeping busy at a nearly frantic pace... Spring keeps me hopping!
I'd love to know who else is around here and what they do--happy to meet you all!
Shannon
Come visit my young blog to learn more about what I do:
http://99-acres-of-rock.blogspot.com/ |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 11:33:20 AM
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Welcome from a fellow New Yorker!! You will love it here! I'm a married mom of two with a very spoiled dog and a very active which kids playing sports where tonight? kind of life!! I love to quilt, sew and garden!!
Again, welcome and enjoy!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 11:34:29 AM
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A big warm Welcome to you Shannon! You will love it here on MaryJane's Farm and you will meet wonderful women! You sound like you have been a true blue farm girl for sometime now! Bless your heart! I am sorry to hear that your Dear Mother is so ill. Come here often. We are here for each other through thick & thin. My prayers will be with you and your Mother.
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
"Cherish the memories and in our hearts they shall live forever!" |
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stonethistle
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
Denise
East Meredith
NY
USA
11 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 12:00:56 PM
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Welcome Shannon
I am in East Meredith in Delaware County - just outside of Oneonta. Glad to have you as a neighbor!
Denise
www.stoneandthistlefarm.com
If you can't buy organic AND local, choose local. Support the local farmers who feed you! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 2:35:26 PM
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Welcome Shannon, I am glad you found us. You will just love it here!! You will sure love having sheep. I have had jacobs before..love that size!!
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 |
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 3:40:54 PM
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Welcome, Shannon, from Central Pa. I won't fill this space with my life...but rather if you have time, you can ready my blogs....they tell it all. Here I will say: glad to have you around. This is a great group of women. You will find a wonderful support system here....lots of positive energy. I am glad you landed here...you will soon be glad, also.
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Check out my shoppe at www.honeybeez.etsy.com
www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 3:44:28 PM
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Hi Shannon! More gals from NY is what we need! You have your hands full but it seems that we all live that way too! Could there ever be enough hours in the day or would be just do more! I think I know the answer! Welcome to the forum. I was terrified at first (still have not figured out the faces yet!) but just love checking in with everyone and have already learned so much. What a great rescource(?) everyone is!
God Bless. Angie. (Avon NY)
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 6:09:53 PM
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Welcome-glad to have you here-I think you'll love it!!
Jennifer |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 10:28:54 PM
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Your place sounds unique and fun! Never made Dandy Lion jelly but am sure going to try it when I get back home! I am glad you found us and welcome to our wonderful farm! So many wonderful things here to participate in and some of the greatest women ever! I look forward to getting to know you better as I see you round!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17453 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17453 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2007 : 11:42:33 PM
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Hi & Welcome Shannon,
You'll love chatting & gardening & crafting and other fun stuff with us here.
Sorry to hear that your mother is battling with cancer. I am wrapping you & her in prayers.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9678 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9678 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 03:54:32 AM
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Welcome Shannon,
I'm sure you will enjoy this forum. I know I have
really been blessed by this wonderful group of women.
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
www.torismimi.blogspot.com |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 07:34:11 AM
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| Hello, Shannon. Always glad to see another New Yorker. I'm living in the city, unfortunately, but I have a small garden and I'm learning to bake, can, and sew. Slowly but surely. I'm hoping to move to the country before too many more years pass, so I'm interested in checking out all parts of New York. Sorry to hear about your mom's illness. Hope you enjoy reading and posting here. |
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 11:19:34 AM
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Welcome, Shannon. I too am new to this - just joined this past spring and have had a ball reading and learning from all the different forum topics. I'm also new to the farmgirl life style - my husband & I just moved into our dream home on top of a ridge in the Black HIlls of S.D. So I'm learning how to grow things in rock, how to landscape in rock, and you know what I'm talking about it seems. Again, welcome and enjoy all the wonderful ladies here. You'll learn a lot from them. You and your mother will be in my prayers.
Annie |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 12:56:33 PM
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| Angie, hello to you too. I must have missed your intro post. There seem to be more of us popping up in western new york lately...enough to form a chapter maybe? |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 3:42:36 PM
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Amie, thanks for the welcome! I think there are a ton of us out there just waiting to 'get out'! Which one of the finger lakes are you closest to? Mine is Conesus Lake
Angie.
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 3:44:31 PM
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Hi Shannon,
Ex-New Yorker, now Idahoan welcomes you. Glad you joined us.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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BotanicalBath
True Blue Farmgirl
1014 Posts
Elizabeth
Ohio
1014 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 8:06:01 PM
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Welcome Shannon!
E-
BotanicalBath@peoplepc.com
www.Botanical-Bath.com
"I do my housework in the nude. It gives me an incentive to clean the mirrors as quickly as possible." |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2007 : 9:55:39 PM
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Hi, Shannon! Welcome to the 'Connection - I just know you'll love it here - these gals are incredible, and it sounds like you, are, too. I hope your Dandelion jelly jars sealed and set -- and I can't wait to get to know you!
XOXO, Libbie
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 07:54:49 AM
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Angie-
I'm not sure whether Conesus or Canandaigua lake is closest to me. But Lake Ontario is what I'm really close to at the moment. I also live just a short walk from one of the large waterfalls on the Genesee River. That's pretty cool. |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 4:06:41 PM
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Okay Amie, downtown Rochester? Now you have me guessing! You know there is a chapter in Victor I have been coresponding with, perhaps we could all 'merge'?
Hey Bonnie, how do you find for all your hobbies etc? I see you post all over!If I get home at 5pm, dinner etc and then check in with all the gals, I am ready for bed? Where do the days go!!!
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
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vermontharvest
Farmgirl in Training
24 Posts
doreen
w. pawlet
vermont
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 4:20:26 PM
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WELCOME SHANNON. I'm in Vermont...and new here myself. your life sounds wonderful..how great that you are making things from your dandelions
www.vermontharvest.blogspot.com |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2007 : 03:12:25 AM
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Originally posted by britchickny
Okay Amie, downtown Rochester? Now you have me guessing! You know there is a chapter in Victor I have been coresponding with, perhaps we could all 'merge'?
Hey Bonnie, how do you find for all your hobbies etc? I see you post all over!If I get home at 5pm, dinner etc and then check in with all the gals, I am ready for bed? Where do the days go!!!
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
I don't work full-time!!!  Seriously, I do most of my stuff on weekends or holidays (I work at the school). In the evening I can do some embroidery, but I can't think straight enough to sew or quilt usually!!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
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