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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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 Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:37:17 AM
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Kelley, you dork. i think its you... I'm so confused. Are you in Quitman or Winnsboro? HAahahahah.... oh gosh, I think I need a drink.
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:38:18 AM
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Karen, check your email.
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
1411 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:42:21 AM
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Originally posted by deeredawn
Karen, check your email.
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
????????????????? Nuttin'.............I don't have the latest list from Corinne with Amanda in it either...........I think my mailbox is soggy from all the rain we got
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:46:00 AM
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Okay never mind, I'm not going grocery shopping, I'm driving 600 miles to Klamath Falls to have lunch at Cheryl's:)
Karen - we ordered 25 chickens - 13 broilers and then 1 White Delaware, 1 black Australor, 2 Buff Orpingtons (1 is a rooster), 2 Araucana, 1 Buckeye, 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte, 2 Cuckoo Maran, 1 Barred Plymouth Rock and 1 Welsummer, whew!! Better get busy building a chicken home:)
The computers were down at Meyer Hatchery today - Dawn, you picked a good day to be off:) - so the gal I talked to couldn't give me a definite date, but it sounds like end of March, beginning of April or so.
Hey Dawn - you should ask for a commission with all of us farmgirls ordering from your hatchery!!
I'm very excited about the chickens - my DH is too which means that we actually will get the coop built and all
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
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Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:47:45 AM
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Holy moly, you gals have been chatty! Is it just the season? 
Karen ~ Yeah, I've gone back and forth. One thing that's also slowing me down is that I never had pets growing up. We babysat my cousin's goldfish for a week one time, and my sister and I thought that was fabulous. Then in college my ex wanted ferrets. I stupidly went along with it, and guess who did all the cage maintenance, training, and paid for the vet bills? Yeah. I couldn't wait to get rid of them - oh, he moved out of state after being dumped by his next fiancee and one day his friend showed up knocking on my door dropping the ferrets off. The ex fianally called me to explain a week later. *sigh*
I wish we had a big enough yard... Heck, you know what damage I could do with just an acre of land? Oh baby.
Kelley ~ Exactly! Mine are 5yo, 2.5yo and 7mo. The two olders are fine for trucking around and playing in the yard by themselves or together (usually amid squeals and screams depending on who stole what from the other), but yeah, the babe. Mine love being worn in the mei tai, but not when I bend over. And I lean or bend over when I'm planting/weeding/whatever, what with the dirt being on the ground and all. 
Hmmm... I may not know as much as some of you gals regarding heirlooms... Most of my interest is from avoiding Monsanto and terminator seeds, being able to save my own seed, and organic of course. Otherwise I'd have some sick kids because I let them run around - both my boys tend to go for the berries when they're ripe. Sometimes covertly, sometimes not. I do sometimes yap with the garden gal (Julie I want to say) at our local home/farm/feed store once or five times a year, she's a hoot. They stock things from several seed places (including Irish Eyes), and are also one of the 2-3 places you can get baby chicks/ducks/geese/turkeys in the spring.
So is there a farm girl seed savers stash somewhere? I only started saving seed last year, but am hoping/planning to go hog wild this year. With the goal being not having to buy much seed, if at all. We'll see how it works out.
Karen ~ I want to say 80% less different varieties from, say, 1900. Bigger seed companies drop the unique, funny looking stuff that doesn't sell as much and it just drops off the radar usually. Until folks like Baker Creek come along. As for GE seed... I believe 70% of corn grown in America is GMO (so almost everything processed you buy that has a corn product/derivative in it has GMO in it), then all the hybrid seed (at least half the market of veggies I want to say?), blah blah blah. I know I read about it somewhere... Maybe the book Seeds of Deception? I think that's the one... the other one that comes to mind is You Can't Microwave the Revolution.
Dawn ~ I'm a dork too. Not the worst thing in the world. Some gals may want something pretty and shiny for a present, but I was giddy when hubby got me a pressure canner one year and the dehydrator this year for Christmas. For my birthday I want peach and apple trees, and for him to do some tilling.
The newest Michael Pollan book? What's it called? On the radio one day a while ago, hubby and I heard him talking, and it was some lecture he was doing called The Cornification of America. I thought it was a book he was talking about, but alas. So I haven't been able to soak in all that he was talking about from then.
Corinne ~ I'm zone 5. According to the USDA I'm zone 6, but I don't believe them. When I can't safely plant tomatoes until Memorial Day, yeah. I guess that could make me a zone 4, but eh. I'll stick with 5.
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:49:22 AM
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| ya'll are so hilarious!!! OMG!!!!! Dawn......it is all my fault!!!!! I am soooooo Lauging my A** off right now.....!!!!!! It is me!!!! MY physical address is Winnsboro but my mailing address is Quitman.....we live exactly halfway between the 2 towns!!!! All my fault!!! Blame me.....did you see the chiken thingy i'm gonna make for your car a couple of pages back????.....I'm still giggling about it....but seriously, I'm gonna make you one!!!!! Kelley |
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
1411 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:56:17 AM
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Hey, AG, on your way to Cheryl's would you swing by Missouri and pick me up? It's raining here and I don't feel like driving.
This is just like the early days! It's good to have a mega-posting day once in awhile. Alas, as we've learned, ya just can't do it every day and expect the rest of your life to stay on track. But today is my day so WOO HOO!
Lanna, you're pretty much on target and doing it from memory. Of course, you're younger than me so you have more memory left. I found my catalog answer and guess who posted it? Yep, moi! Here's the post: http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24908&whichpage=10
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 10:56:23 AM
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Lanna - the newest Michael Pollan book is "In Defense of Food" it came out last year but will be in paperback this year so I have waited to get it.
Yeah we are chatty today, kind of cool that it happened on a day when I am actually at home - those of you who are new mavens watch out, there are days when I have come home from work and had to read 12 pages just to catch up with one day's chatting - we tend to be prolific!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
Heirloom Mavens Badge Badger |
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
1411 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:19:01 AM
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Dawnzo, still no e-mail in my e-box. Please re-send.
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:37:44 AM
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Kelley, I too, am LMAO. I am crying in hysterics right now. I'm so embarressed! How funny! Thank god there's not two of you... I wouldn't have known what to do!
Oh yeah, I read about the chiken thing. Thats hilarious. My hubby will flip. Hmmmm...maybe I could rig it to one of the tractors. Hee hee... What a fun day. Almost got the brochures done. Karen: dont know whats happening with my email.... I will try again.
Lanna, should'a been around when we first started this thing. Cr-aaaa-zeeeee! Okay. must....finish....brochure..... then......work on.....spring.......fling....(thats me tearing myslef away from gab fest)
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lanna
A little town in Idaho
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Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:39:05 AM
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Originally posted by LivingWell4You
Dawnzo, still no e-mail in my e-box. Please re-send.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who immediately thought of Gonzo... I miss the muppet show...
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:41:28 AM
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Haha... that's so funny about work. Oh well. Welsummers huh, you're looking at mid April with those. We doubled our breeding stock on those this year and still are running out. But you got a nice flock over all! You'll love the ameracauna's. Hopefully I'll get to pack your order!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:41:30 AM
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Good Grief! Who wound y'all up?
Hi howdy to all our new Mavens! Yea!!
Corinne, thank you for the book, you ROCK!
I got my SSE 2009 year book today, woohoo!!!!!!
Good talkin' to you Dawny dear.
Hi, AG, Cheryl, et al 
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 3
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
Edited by - Contrary Wife on Feb 11 2009 11:42:49 AM |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:42:53 AM
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I woke up this way.....don't know what everyone's story is. Karen called me this morning clucking like a chicken.... you people are weird.....giggle giggle snort snort!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:43:49 AM
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ROFL!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 3
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:45:24 AM
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hey karen, i emailed you with all of that personal stuff, but just a little, not all of it......WARNING - you may need a Martini and a cigar after you read it, I know I do now that I typed all of that!!!!! lol.....Kelley
P.s. Is it always so busy and hysterical over here with you gals?......I love it!!! I feel it's just where I belong!!! Having so much in common with so many other FarmGirls and FarmDorks!!!!! Ah HAHAHAHAHAH.....LOL.......OMG>>>>my sides are gonna be sore tommorow from laughing!!! Dawn......Spring Fling Is going to be a blast!!! I'm so excited!!!! I better do some breathing and stretching excecises before I come!!!! |
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:52:28 AM
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| one question Dawn......are you one of those gals that talks a mile a minute and cracks herself up?????? It's OK if you are I am too....My husband says it's good that I crack myself up, since I don't crack anyone else up!!!! ....lol....I'm crying!!!! My Hunny means it in a nice way!! He just thinks I'm a CheezieWheezie!!! And I am starting to wonder about Dawn.....Is she a CheezieWheezie, too?....LMAO!!!!! |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 11:59:14 AM
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OMG, Dawny dear, did you know you had a twin sister, lol, giggle, snort! A Chicken Cheezy Wheezie, lol!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 3
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
Edited by - Contrary Wife on Feb 11 2009 12:00:14 PM |
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
1411 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 12:08:35 PM
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Lanna, you made me laugh out loud and scare the cat outta the window! Dawnzo - Gonzo - never made the connection before. Forest for the trees and all that! LOVE the muppets - the French chef is my favorite - "Roool de doo, sprinkle de flewrrrr"
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 12:10:51 PM
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yay my long lost twin! yes, I DO CRACK MYSELF UP! My co-workers look at me like I've grown a tail! haha...
I just rescued Myrt...again. He fell into a 50 gallon drum of oil. I bathed him but he is still oily. He is shivering in my arms and looking at me like....he's sick or something. This cat is more than a handful at this point!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 12:11:15 PM
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Kelley, are you gonna come to Spring Fling? WOO HOO! One Dawnzo is about all I can handle but maybe Marcy and I can take turns watching over you two. heh heh heh
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 12:12:54 PM
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Karen, why the Muppets are not in reruns I'll never know... That was the greatest ever. And those two old men in the balcony! Comedy at its finest I must say!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 12:13:00 PM
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What did you use to bathe him? Murphy's Oil soap might help, last ditch effort use Dawn detergent, I've used that to take the lanolin out of wool so I could spin it.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 3
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 12:14:05 PM
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I loved the two old men~they were the best.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 3
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2009 : 12:22:09 PM
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used dawn. he perking up, ishould sign off for while. I got stuff to do. Later girls.
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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