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Across the Fence:  You Might Be A Farmgirl If -  |
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
596 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 9:17:26 PM
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(no offense, Jeff Foxsworthy):)
I was cleaning out the van today and was thinking.....people might know I was a farmgirl at heart if they saw the bucket, bags, and shovel I carry in the back. You never know when you might need to dig something up or someone might offer to share a cutting or something. Gotta be prepared. :)
What about you? Got any telltell signs of being a farmgirl?
Farmgirls don't have hot flashes ~ They have power surges! |
Edited by - Shi-anne on Jun 06 2008 9:58:59 PM |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 10:02:46 PM
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You might be a farmgirl if...Your idea of a manicure is cleaning the dirt from under your nails!!!
Dirt under my nails and weeds in my hair...don't tell me I can't dress up with flair! |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 03:12:43 AM
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You might be ar farm girl if: you get jazzed every time you talk about your laying hens
your nails are cut way short to keep the dirt out and your palms have toughened up from wielding a shovel and hoe
you eagerly anticipate the new year's seed catalogs |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 05:00:32 AM
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You might be a farmgirl if:
You get excited over farm equipment for you birthday
A fancy apron makes for a fancy outfit
Cowgirl boots are the universal shoe for any outfit
The smell of horse/cow poop remind you of fond memories
Getting up at 5 in the morning is normal of the weekends
You can stretch a 5 dollar meal to feed 20 people
You prefer animals to people
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
FARMGIRL #90 |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 06:05:40 AM
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When i was younger and not overwhelmed with fibromyalgia and arthritis. I used to keep a bucket or two, a shovel, a trowel and some plastic bags in the back of my car, a farmgirl should be prepared for everything. I occasionally dug things up from the side of the road, and was always prepared to accept anything offered to me. Last week I got so excited about my garden I decided I could dig just a few big holes. I am now a retired hole digger, but it is great to know others are prepared ......Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
http://moodranch.blogspot.com
http://domesticnonsense.etsy.com |
Edited by - electricdunce on Jun 17 2008 09:59:32 AM |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 10:49:49 AM
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I made a comment earlier but now I know I am a farm girl---I been out fixing fence since my last post and then I noticed the ponies were where they shouldn't be. they pushed through a gate and tore down the fence. It was just me and the fence thinking not too kind thoughts about them rascally ponies. MB
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com www.holyhouses-day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 4:29:11 PM
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I am a farmgirl because I love love love the smell of dirt! yum
You know you're a farmgirl if ya hang laundry on the clothesline not for necessity but for sheer enjoyment. :-)
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 4:57:03 PM
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You know you're a farmgirl when folks ask you questions like,
"You made this jam?" "This lettuce came from your garden? Seriously??" and my personal favorite,"Wow, you actually grow garlic? I didn't even know it came from the ground!!!"
And, you know you're a farmgirl when, at the end of the day (when you've scrubbed the back of your neck AND your feet real good), you sink down into the cool sheets under an old (or new) quilt and fall quickly, and contentedly asleep, and get up tomorrow and do it all again.
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.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 6:04:02 PM
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Jonni, I love your comments. They are my thoughts exactly.
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Originally posted by KYgurlsrbest
You know you're a farmgirl when folks ask you questions like,
"You made this jam?" "This lettuce came from your garden? Seriously??" and my personal favorite,"Wow, you actually grow garlic? I didn't even know it came from the ground!!!"
And, you know you're a farmgirl when, at the end of the day (when you've scrubbed the back of your neck AND your feet real good), you sink down into the cool sheets under an old (or new) quilt and fall quickly, and contentedly asleep, and get up tomorrow and do it all again.
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.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/
www.adasadorableaprons.blogspot.com
This is the day that the Lord has made. |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 7:10:00 PM
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Linda,
I would have to repeat what you said, if you love the smell of dirt,
If the excitement for the afternoon is cleaning out the bin where you have your baby chicks in the living room....
your daily walk is walking around your flower and garden beds to see what is showing itself, and the smell makes you grin.....
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2008 : 06:22:18 AM
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Thanks, Ada Mae...that's sure how it is for me--glad to know it's the same for you, Kentucky girl :) Nothing stellar, but I do love this life!!
Carol Sue, if that's the excitement in your afternoon, I'm with ya, girl! You couldn't keep me out of that living room!
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.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
603 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2008 : 09:55:03 AM
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I love all of your comments. All the girls at work talk about their nail appointments and if they get a broke nail (oh my!)....
I am the same way as some of you farmgals...I love to feel the dirt and get my hands all into it when I am working in the garden. |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2008 : 10:21:46 AM
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I might be a farmgirl if...
I moved away from Southern Missouri, on the Arkansas State line 20 years ago..now 20 years later people still tell me I have a Southern accent...and I say things that are "Southern".
LOL is that a farmgirl?
I lived on a farm back then. :-)
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2008 : 10:23:09 AM
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if you say things like
"If it was a snake it would have bit me"
"I'm running around like a chicken with it's head cut off"..
etc etc
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2008 : 10:25:34 AM
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I tell my son (because my mother told me this)
"I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck"
and I know what measurement a "peck" is.
I think it's about a bushel and a half.
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2878 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2878 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2008 : 4:04:17 PM
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You are hot & sweaty(like I am all this weekend) & instead of taking a quick shower, you just strip down & hose off. No one can see, so who cares, right?!
& you pass fencelines of honeysuckle & think, "Man my goats would have a field day with that!"
& you clean all of the cut grass off of the John Deere bush hog to put around your tomato plants or in the compost bin.
or, you find a new wild plant that you haven't seen before & go straight for the herb encyclopedia to see if it is edible or useful.
or, you get excited when you buy a new case of canning jars at the grocery cause they were on sale.
or, your entire kitchen table, plus every card table or flat surface in the house, has dirt, seeds, watering cans & plant labels no matter how well you try to keep them on one spot. Not a chance!
or, your feet need to be scrubbed at least twice in the shower, & then while relaxing before bed, you look down & they still have ground in dirt in the crevices.
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2008 : 07:17:25 AM
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If you get a heart shaped wasp nest for Valentine's Day, a wheel barrow for your birthday, a new raised bed for Christmas, and it was just what you wanted.
...Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference... ~Robert Frost~
Life on a Southern Farm
http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2008 : 11:28:26 AM
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You wash your hair in the Kubota front loader bucket. ;)
You have an outhouse(and use it)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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farmama_3k4h
Farmgirl in Training
36 Posts
FARMAMA
kentucky
USA
36 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2008 : 3:32:51 PM
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I knew I was a farmgirl when I moved to Louisville for college and would drive by the stockyards just to smell cow manure--it reminded me of home.
Ribbons -n- Rags
www.ribbonsnrags.blogspot.com
Farm and barn girl since birth. |
Edited by - farmama_3k4h on Jun 09 2008 3:34:40 PM |
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2008 : 3:54:45 PM
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You might be a farmgirl if...
--> You refer to your apron as your domestic goddess cape.
--> You daydream of planting and cooking and sewing and ironing... (yup, that's what I'm doing when I get that distant look in my eyes...)
--> You totally love dolls, even when ""normal"" people give you weird looks like 'aren't you a bit old for that??'.
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2008 : 4:33:54 PM
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You KNOW youre a farmgirl if you envy someone elses pile of composted manure!
Not all those who wander are lost... |
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