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HappyCat
Farmgirl at Heart
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kim
pataskala
ohio
USA
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 Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 1:03:15 PM
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Hello! My boyfriend and l bought a 150 year old farm in Ohio last year and are celebrating our 1 year anniversary with a huge garden and new raised flowerbeds. The flower garden even has stone paths and someday a fence! We've been planing seedlings indoors before the last frost to get those little guys with the long growing season started. l've been working on creating a dyers garden- where l will grow Indigo, Woad and other natural dye plants. l want to use them on my handspun yarns that l've been working on all winter. l'm also planing on growing some loufa plants. l don't know if many people are familiar with Loufas today, but they were the first 'sponge'. They are in the Okra family, they grow a long fruit that when mature and dried works like a natural sponge and dish cloth. They are great exfoliators for rough hands and toes! My Grandfather used to grow them on his farm, so when l was little that was what we always used in the bath tub or to do the dishes. We're originaly from New Jersey, lived in NYC for 8 years and now have made it back to the farm out here in Ohio. l'd love to meet and chat with other farmers, dyers, bakers, cookers, fiber enthusiasts, weavers, breeders, etc. Looking forward to meeting all of you!
Rgds,
Kim
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 1:10:54 PM
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Welcome, Kim! Sounds like a wonderful anniversary gift you've got going on there, at the farm!!! I'm very familiar with loufas, our friend in Mt. Olivet grows them, too. Pretty neat that you can grow them, even! I love the idea of a dyer's garden and can't wait to see some of your handspun.
Enjoy talking with these farmgirls, such a wonderful group of ladies!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 1:31:24 PM
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Oh my....what a wonderful dream farm it sounds like you have now!!! I love that you are growing a dyers garden. I have only grown a couple things to dye with and have tried lots of "found" or purchased plants. And loufas..how fun to grow them. That I have never tried. I didn't know they were in the okra family. I assumed they were in the gourd family for sure reason. How cool is that!! You will have to let us know how they do in your area! I have alot of seedlings started indoors too. Not much can be planted outside here yet. It is COLD today after a sunny week. You never know here until at least May...and then it is stil iffy until about mid June when it gets hot. It will be funt o get to know you here, Kim!! Welcome to the group! You will find alot of us with your interests. I love to spin and do a little weaving,knitting and other needlework...I have a couple sheep and an angora goat and an angora rabbit right now for fiber. I want to grow flax someday.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 7:11:54 PM
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Kim, Wow--you sure are making a lot of plans. But you can't do much without them can you!!!!!
It's great to hear about someone who is keeping the some of our ancestoral methods alive. Good for you. Keep up the good work. Ada Mae
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Posted - Mar 30 2008 : 9:00:43 PM
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Welcome Kim! I have wanted to grow a loufa for a while. Perhaps I will try this summer!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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HappyCat
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
kim
pataskala
ohio
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 06:56:32 AM
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Well we made a HUGE dent in the over grown areas of the property this weekend. l took to a huge patch of brambles with a machetie, got some Poison Ivy, but cleaned it all out and now have a lovely patch to plant some flowers in! My 'In-Law's' came to visit this weekend and we put them on stick gathering duty. They drove around the tractor and gathered up all the the branches from pruning and clearing. We are slowly getting control!
Yes we've got big plans! l'm not sure how long it will take us, but one step at a time we're getting them started. Next we've got to clean out the chicken coop and get some hens. We're on a 10 year plan at the moment ; )
Thank you all for your responses. l'm really excited to meet so many people with similar intrests. l really can't wait to share ideas, advise and creative projects. Glad to meet you all! |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 09:41:29 AM
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hi kim .. and welcome! my young man got down in the 'gullies' here on our kentucky farm and cleaned out generations of JUNK that people just tossed into the gulley .. my mission today is go clean out all the 'flower pots' in readiness for seeds and plants. your gardens sound like they will be great!
hop in on any topic and talk at us! xo, kentucky frannie
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Beehind Thyme
True Blue Farmgirl
192 Posts
Pamela
Kentucky
USA
192 Posts |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 10:15:32 AM
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Welcome Kim! You need to post some pictures!! Your farm sounds lovely! Looking forward to knowing you!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl Sister #44
http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com
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