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Across the Fence: You Know You're a Farmgirl When... (Yes, another!)  |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 1:09:51 PM
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You settle into a chair in the backyard to enjoy the sunshine and read the new MaryJane's Farm magazine, only to have your chicken jump up on the arm of the chair to read it too!! Honestly, that Flora! 
Karin
Farmgirl Sister # 18 :)
www.perfectlittlemiracle.blogspot.com
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ranchetta
True Blue Farmgirl
   
318 Posts
carol
Marysville
Wahington
USA
318 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 1:37:49 PM
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You have a lovely flower garden with benches placed here and there in strategically planned sections to enjoy quiet moments around a large pond but you've never once sit in one long enough to even take one calming breath before you get back to digging, planting, replanting, dividing, sowing, harvesting, picking, canning, pickling, freezing, feeding/ watering/ doctoring animals, cleaning......whew...you get the picture.....LOL..... and loving every minute of it!
http://curlywillowsranch.blogspot.com/ http://alteredshots.blogspot.com/ |
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
    
631 Posts
Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 2:17:29 PM
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When you have: Barn shoes, House Shoes, Go to Town Shoes, and Church Shoes
BE HAPPY!!! |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
    
22944 Posts

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Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 4:02:06 PM
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You take a deep breath in the horse barn and say "What a wonderful smell!" before getting out the pitchfork and picking up horse manure!
Oh and looking at the horse manure and planning how long it needs to compost before going on the vegetable garden!!
Alee Farmgirl Sister #8 www.awarmheart.com Please come visit Nora and me on our blog: www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com Put your pin on the farmgirl map! www.farmgirlmap.blogspot.com |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 4:26:36 PM
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You look around and realize how truly blessed you are. u The chickens clucking in your back yard, walking in the house and seeing your two new little kittens play, grands playing at the house. Yep, the good life....
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
    
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 4:28:36 PM
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Although you love the look of short red fingernails, the REAL reason you paint them red is to hide the dirt!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Farmgirl Sister #10," and proud of it!!! |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
    
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 6:45:05 PM
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Yesterday I was cleaning up some of my raised beds in the garden getting ready to plant some spinach and lettuce. I had the calves out there for a few monthe to fertilize for me. My 5 year old granddaughter was "helping" her Mimi. I was raking cow poop into the garden and picked some up with my hands to throw onto the beds and she does, too. How cool is that? Not afraid to pick up poop. (It was very dry and we washed our hands.) I love homemade fertilizer!
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
1564 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2009 : 08:12:59 AM
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Oh, Libbie that is the best!!! I know I am a farmgirl when I go to town in whatever I was wearing at home and don't give a darn! Or is that just being an old lady?
Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/http://www.kpaints.etsy.com FG #377 |
Edited by - kpaints on Mar 07 2009 08:13:47 AM |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
    
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2009 : 4:57:32 PM
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Okay, here's another one that happened today.
You know you're a farmgirl when...you've raised two little boys who instinctively lift two fingers to wave at the old farmers when they drive by; and a 5-year-old who says, "You know, mom, I think James Hansen knows as much about sheep as sheep do. I probably just know as much as maybe a sheepdog." James Hansen is this wonderful sheep man in his 80's that my little ones "hang out" with at the corrals. My 5-year-old's best friend is about 85. How cool is that?!?!?!?!
XOXO, Libbie
"Farmgirl Sister #10," and proud of it!!! |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
    
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2009 : 5:20:06 PM
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That is great Libbie! Thanks for making me smile :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory |
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Keeper of the Past
True Blue Farmgirl
    
925 Posts
Sarita
Battle Creek
Michigan
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2009 : 8:54:26 PM
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You know you are a farmgirl when...your coffee table and kitchen table are covered with seed catalogs, sheep magazines, farming magazines, or animal pedigrees. You know you are a farmgirl when you...go to the barn 2 or 3 times a day just to go and always finding something that needs to be done at the barn. You know you are a farmgirl when you get up at sunrise and take your cup of hot coffee to walk around the garden and have a quiet time. You know you are a farmgirl when you constantly monitor the health of your animals, the quality of your soil, the growth of your pastures, and the moisture in the soil, the clouds in the sky, the way the wind is blowing, and if your neighbors are out and about and OK. Libbie, it is great that your boys have a wonderful old friend and admires him for his years of wisdom! My 10 yr grand daughter comes to the farm and I have trouble getting her to come in the house. She is in with the sheep or at the fence talking to the cows or petting the horses, wants to stay out after dark and up early to hit it again the next morning... I thank The Lord every day that he has planted me here on this farm and many days I ask for more energy and time in the day! Peace and joy to all! Sarita
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
Contentment is the crown jewel of a happy life. |
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KD Earthwork
True Blue Farmgirl
   
210 Posts
Katie
Gualala
Calif.
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 11:18:02 PM
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You know you're a farmgirl when the local Lion's club volunteers (coming to get free wood for elderly people) come mostly to see what form of entertainment you're up to that day.Be it our three year old on the top of the round pen touching "Belle" every turn of her trotting around, or on Belle in a cute pink dress in tights while I'm brushing her and trimming feet. Today it was three of us trying to push ourselves up a steep hill on a scooter built for one.The thirteen year old hanging off the back the three year old standing between my knees holding onto the handlebar.We laughed all the way up the hill. Cheap thrills!!! Katie |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 05:32:48 AM
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When you find yourself giving your chicken a bath in the kitchen sink, because she has poop stuck in her back end feathers. :( Katie- Cheap thrills with your kids are the best!! Isn't it nice to be a farmgirl?
Karin
Farmgirl Sister # 18 :)
www.perfectlittlemiracle.blogspot.com
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milkmaid
True Blue Farmgirl
  
187 Posts
Heather
Higginsville
Missouri
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 05:54:37 AM
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You know your a farm girl when you get to collece eggs and find a tiny pullet egg or a HUGE double yolk and you RUN to the house to show everyone!
http://goodfarm.blogspot.com/
Mother to five awesome kids, wife of 17 years and milk maid to two beautiful cows. Living the good life!!! |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
    
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 08:03:49 AM
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Sarita - isn't it just AMAZING to watch children interact in the natural world? It's one of life's great pleasures (and, heck, you can learn a lot from them, too!).
XOXO, Libbie
"Farmgirl Sister #10," and proud of it!!! |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
1564 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 08:32:15 AM
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You all have brought tears to my eyes! It is so wonderful to hear all the things you are all doing to bestow 'riches' on your young ones, children, grandchildren. I so admire you and the wonderful childhood your young ones are living!!!!
Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/http://www.kpaints.etsy.com FG #377 |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
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ranchetta
True Blue Farmgirl
   
318 Posts
carol
Marysville
Wahington
USA
318 Posts |
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