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Jennifer
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My name is jennifer, and i am a farm girl at heart who is and always has been trapped in suburbia. I am looking for advice, and opportunities to get my hands dirty and learn. Most of my life i spent working with wildlife, and then decided the dream of owning a flower farm, and a place where people could come and reconnect with nature needed to happen. That was three years ago. I worked in a flower nursery for two years, and currently have been running my own garden maintanence business for a about a year.
I should be working right now, but.....
There are a lot of internships out there, but anything with any length of time just doesn't seem possible. I am 37 and while i am not in debt i do have bills to pay (stipends don't pay the bills), and i have 2 dogs, 2 cats, and a parrot that i cannot abandon for up to 3-6 months or even a year for an internship.
I need a job. I know that i don't have a lot of farming experience, but i am a hard and determined worker. Every job i have ever had began with no experience, and has led to great things. This is because of my work ethic, and the fact that i have chosen jobs that i am passionate about. I am passionate about gardening/farming.
I need to start some where, and I need to take the next step and get some actual farm experience.
I am reaching out, but am not looking for a break, just an opportunity. May be some one out there is having so much success it is time to take on some farm hands.
I didn't start this message with the intention of making it a resume or request for a job, but it seems to be the direction it has taken.
I better get to work. I suppose this sounds like a desperate call, and i guess it is. I am drowning in a sea of manicured lawns. Like my business name "Thyme to Bloom", it is time for me to bloom!
Thanks,
Jen
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Robin
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Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 06:29:46 AM
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Welcome Jen! Have you tried Local Harvest? You type in your zip code and get back a list of farms in your area that have listed themselves on the site. There's a place to contact each farm through the site. www.localharvest.org
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Jennifer
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Posted - Jul 21 2005 : 05:04:50 AM
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Robin,
This looks like a great resource. Thank you very much. I have already emailed a farm regarding some work. happy farming! Jen
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Molly
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Posted - Jul 21 2005 : 06:45:43 AM
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Hi Jennifer, welcome to the group and good luck with your dream-job search!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the Aching or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain" ~Emily Dickinson
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Posted - Jul 21 2005 : 07:49:40 AM
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Jennifer
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Posted - Jul 21 2005 : 11:11:12 AM
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Thanks for all of the well wish'n i appreciate it. I have never been very good at reaching out to people. nature has always been my shelter and reason. Ultimatley the farm will be how i reach out to people. It sure does feel nice when people reach back, so thank you. Kind words and positive energy go thousands of miles to every where.
jen
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Yael
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Posted - Jul 25 2005 : 07:31:34 AM
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You are so welcome here! I am sure you will learn much from all the wonderful ladies on this forum. I am also a displaced country girl living in the big city. I wish you all the best and much success as you pursue your dreams.
Blessings,
Philly Farmgirl
~It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion;
It is easy in solitude to live after our own;
but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd
keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.~
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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