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ajplmama
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Alicia
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
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 Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 10:51:57 AM
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Hi there! I just found this site yesterday searching for some chicken info. I grew up with our own chickens, pigs, garden etc and my DH, 10 year old DS and I just moved into a new home we built on 100 acres and plan to do some of the same.
We already avoid processed and packaged foods for health reasons and we're hoping to grow more of our own food now. My son is planning a goat farm but I'm not yet sure how that will go! LOL
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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ajplmama
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Alicia
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
13 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 10:54:29 AM
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Thanks!
Here's a photo of our new house. It's finally starting to look like spring but I haven't any more recent photos of the land and house.
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 10:59:07 AM
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Oooohh, Alicia! Welcome and...can I come live with you? I have ALWAYS loved that wild and rugged land in Nova Scotia, ever since going home with a suitemate on holiday from boarding school.
You're very lucky and can't wait to learn more about your life there.
Welcome!!!
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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ajplmama
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Alicia
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
13 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 11:23:17 AM
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Yikes, my photo was way too big. Sorry.
DH and I are both from NS. We are living near where he grew up. My parents are about an hour away which is great too. It is pretty here. We like the rural life and not having any neighbors. We're about an hour outside Halifax so we can get any ammenity there.
Currently we have our son, Isaac, two Chesapeak Bay Retirevers, Blake and April, and a cat, CHarcey. I'm thinking our first animal addition will be chickens but DS has been saving his money for a purebred Nubian kid so we won't be able to put that off for long!
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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 - Apr 15 2008 : 1:42:04 PM
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Welcome to the forum! I love the photo! What a beautiful house and setting! I can't wait to learn more!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 2:58:59 PM
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Your picture is lovely--are you sure it's Spring?????? I live in central Kentucy. Today we had high 60's and sunshine. It was really lovely. Welcome to the site.
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
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ajplmama
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Alicia
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
13 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 05:42:24 AM
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Thanks everyone! That's spring in NOva Scotia! LOL It's sunny and drying up today though. Still a bit colder than I like.
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 05:46:34 AM
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Love the house, Alicia. Welcome to the forum. I'd love to see more pics of the house and hear about your adventures in building it.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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sugarplum
True Blue Farmgirl
131 Posts
RoseMarie
MS
USA
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Canadian farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Lori
Ontario
Canada
482 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 07:33:10 AM
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Hi Alicia,
So nice to see another Canadian on here! Welcome, welcome! You'll really enjoy this forum, the ladies on here are so warm and helpful. Ask them anything, somebody is bound to know something!
I hear you about spring dragging its heels! We've had a very cold spring here in Ontario, but today is supposed to get to 15C, so you will probably have some of our nice weather by the weekend!
Your home looks awesome, lots of potential. We visited Nova Scotia very briefly several years ago, and had a great time. I'd love to come back, and see more of it. We didn't have much time, and it seemed like we were just racing around trying to see everything in a short period of time.
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ajplmama
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Alicia
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
13 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 08:39:18 AM
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Send the nice weather this way Lori!
Miss Bee Haven, I blogged the entire process of building the house. My brother is in India so I really wanted to keep him up to date and it worked! We built the house mainly ourselves so it was slow going but well worth it.
http://lush-home.blogspot.com/
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 10:31:40 AM
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Welcome Alicia from another Canadian farmgirl!
Your place looks real nice in that picture :) Roll on spring, eh? I hope our nice weather this week gets to you soon.This is the first real week of spring weather we've had. I've never been to NS, but would love to one day. It looks so wonderful and wild- I'd love to get up to Louisburg one day too :)
Enjoy the forum, it's loads of fun!
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 10:35:41 AM
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Welcome fellow East Coaster!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Halifax!!! I lived there for almost 2 years until I met my great husband on-line and now I live on PEI which is alos beautiful.
Come visit anytime!!!
"learn to watch snails" SARK |
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Beehind Thyme
True Blue Farmgirl
192 Posts
Pamela
Kentucky
USA
192 Posts |
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ajplmama
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Alicia
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
13 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 2:29:09 PM
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Thanks! Louisburg is a cool place to visit!
mellaisbella! you live in bedeque? I lived in Freetown one summer and my best friend from college lives there now. It's beautiful there! I actually met my husband online too about 6 years ago. We've been married for 5 years now.
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 10:32:29 PM
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Welcome Alicia! Oh what a lovely place where you live! You will love it here!!!! Come often!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl Sister #44
http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com
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