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Across the Fence:  If you..........., you must be a Farmgirl.  |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 6:37:48 PM
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YMBAFGI - Your daughter calls your crying because her Great Dane was just attacked and bitten by the Donkey.
YMBAFGI - your fingerprints are gone because of sewing callouses.
YMBAFGI - When it is time to give the horses and cows their vaccinations you do it yourself instead of calling the vet.
YMBAFGI - You have held up the leg of a stud colt while the Vet does the castration.
YMBAFGI - You put the horses in the yard to mow the grass because the brush hog is broken.
Farmgirl Sister 572
May the force of the horse be with you. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 6:43:16 PM
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Beth, that dane should not have been in the pasture, donkey was doing his/her job, lol, poor pup.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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MeadowCrone
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Bernadine
Island Park and Salem
ID
USA
220 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2009 : 8:22:50 PM
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You ladies are hilarious!
Gratefully living on the "fat of the land". |
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LisaTwo
True Blue Farmgirl
127 Posts
Lisa
Hampden
Maine
USA
127 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 08:12:30 AM
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If on this day on last year's calendar you reminded yourself of a conference call and the same date this year reminds you to trim goat hooves, worm and give CAC vaccinations, not only are you a farmgirl, you're doing something right.
Smiles
http://pinkporches.blogspot.com/
*And you know when the truth is told-- you can get what you want--or you can just get old.* (Billy Joel) |
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
1498 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 12:20:52 PM
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How about, it is 90 out and you burn trees and brush!!! Twas a wee bit warm I tell ya ladies!!!!
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 6:44:21 PM
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Bernadine, I just had to laugh when I saw your post about the steak knives in the hay bales!! That's where most of mine are right now! That is too funny. I thought I was the only one who did that. And all the wire hanging on the fences. Me, too. I had a duck in the house that my dog got too rough with once. Brought him in to keep the flies off the poor thing til his skin grew back on.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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MeadowCrone
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Bernadine
Island Park and Salem
ID
USA
220 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 8:06:28 PM
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We be Farmgirls! Maybe we are twin Farmgirls...lol
You know you are a Farmgirl when you tweak your back canoeing up the river and have to take the time to hang the herbs you picked, before you lie down, for a minute.
Gratefully living on the "fat of the land". |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2009 : 04:58:38 AM
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Lay down for a minute?! I was going to take a Sunday afternoon nap yesterday but ended up having to get 2 truckloads of hay picked up out of the field and loaded in the barn before it was supposed to rain but never did. Rest? HA! And I don't have the best back, either.
I hope your back is good today, Bernadine.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2009 : 10:03:00 AM
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I have another picture / YMBAFI saying on my blog...ya'll HAVE to check it out!!! ROFL!
It's titled Marrige Proposal!!
ROFL!!!
http://cockadoodledewberries.blogspot.com |
Edited by - farmmommy on Aug 17 2009 10:13:22 AM |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13631 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13631 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2009 : 11:09:22 AM
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Yup . . . "you must be a farmgirl if" . .
. . . a large can of BAG BALM is a standard commodity sitting on the your bathroom vanity.
. . . you have to soak and scrub your feet on Saturday night to get all the garden dirt off (and out from under your toenails, etc) so they are "presentable" for Sunday.
. . . one of your favorite smells is that of a freshly plowed field
Three cheers for FARMGIRLS!!!
CJ
from the barefoot farmgirl |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2009 : 12:23:50 PM
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CJ, I have one of those bag balm tins sitting on my bathroom vanity, as well as in every barn and in the truck, plus a little container in my purse, lol.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13631 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13631 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2009 : 5:26:39 PM
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Hey Teresa,
Great stuff isn't it . . .that Bag Balm!!! We ALWAYS had it around as I was growing up on our farm!!
Farmgirls we are!!!
CJ
from the barefoot farmgirl |
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ZenGoddess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Cindy
MO
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2009 : 8:02:30 PM
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If ya'll belong to Mary Janes Farm Girl Connection =YMBAFG!!!
and if you can walk down the walkway in the barn, barefooted, BEFORE its scraped you MBAFG.
If Critters are your reason for gettin out of bed in the morning YMBAFG!
This is so much FUN !!!
Hugs,
Zens Goddess
My life goal is to Simply - Simplify my life.
http://herbalcottage.blogspot.com
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2009 : 06:37:13 AM
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YMBAFG if you get up at 4:30 AM to help your husband load hogs so they can go to butcher, but it annoys you that you don't have a setup to just do the butchering at home.
YMBAFG if you actually prefer painting the chicken coop in the evening as opposed to watching tv.
YMBAFG if you look at weeds as chicken feed and hog treats. Or wine and jelly, lol(dandylion, that one's for you Huckleberrywine and Graciegreeneyes.)
YMBAFG if it disturbs you when someone paints their barn non-tradional barn colors, lol.
YMBAFG if you realize if you won the lottery you would just spend it all on fencing.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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AngieB
Farmgirl in Training
19 Posts
Angie
Elizabethtown
PA
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2009 : 10:12:50 AM
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| Oh my goodness, around here I know of 2 barns painted pink,,, EEWW!! |
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2009 : 10:38:02 AM
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Ok so the Dane wasn't in the pasture the donkey was in the yard because the horses and donkey's were mowing the lawn because the brush hog is broken. Dog accidentally got out when the A/C man finished with the air conditioner. Cause I know Donkey's think their mission in life is to protect the herd from coyotes and they don't differentiate between coyotes, wolves, big cats and regular dogs. It actually came up to the porch reached between the slats and grabbed the dog by the back leg. Oh. well.
Farmgirl Sister 572
May the force of the horse be with you. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2009 : 1:14:28 PM
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Oh Beth, poor , poor dog. I had a donkey a few years ago, she was as sweet as sugar, except with dogs, she would climb a fence to get to a dog, and kill it if she could, finally had to find a new home for her, cause I wasn't giving up the dogs.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 2:06:02 PM
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I am always looking at people's yards saying they need to fence it in and put a cow or horse and some goats out there. Why waste money on mowers? Or yard people? I am even stopping on the side of the roads to load my Trooper with branches of good leaves for my goats. I did that a few weeks ago and I'm driving home with big ole ants crawling all over the car. And me, too.
I would spend my inheritance on fencing, for sure! That's what we're doing today, putting up fence around the garden to put goats IN there so they can eat the veggie palnts and the weeds. I'm done with it so why waste good animal food? This way the bucks will get fattened up a bit faster for butcher day!! And we will do that here, too. Yee haw! I already have 6 roosters in a stall fattening up right now. I sure wish we could do the steer here.
This is all so fun! Ya'll keep 'em coming!
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 2:09:48 PM
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I just thought of another one.
YMBAFG if you bring buckets to the church dinner so you can get all the leftovers and scrape people's plates for the pigs and chickens! We don't throw anything in the trash around here. Some 4 legged creature will eat it!
YMBAFG if you save every conceivable container that could be used to feed animals in. Or to use for scoops. Or storage.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 2:11:09 PM
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Kristen, picking up animal food on the side of the road is great, just make sure it has not been sprayed with any kind of chemicals that could harm your goats.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 2:23:08 PM
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I thought about that, too. It's mostly maple tree branches or from friends yards that I know don't spray.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
1498 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 4:33:46 PM
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You might be a farmgirl if you have to ask this question: No serious I am a rookie, can chickens eat the peels from beets??
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2009 : 7:46:16 PM
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YMBAFI your shorts have horse treat crumbs in the pockets.
YMBAFI the technical support guy you can to help with your computer asks "Is that a horses eye on your desktop"
YMBAFI your kitchen curtains are actually half aprons with curtain rods through the waistband.
Farmgirl Sister 572
May the force of the horse be with you. |
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HeatherAnn
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Heather
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 1:02:27 PM
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this one was my mother:
...if you wake up to your herd making all together too much noise, run outside in your slippers and nighty, and walk the stray horse you find out there around the block and into your yard while the neighborhood dogs wake up all the neighbors who glare at you wondering why you are taking your horse for a walk. and then, around 3am, wake up your ten year old little girl to tell you you got her a present.
you might be a farmgirl if you missed your first day of your senior year because your horse died
you might be a farmgirl if you have a duck that thinks your his mother and follows you EVERYWHERE
you might be a farmgirl if you remember the day hauling hay bales got a lot easier because you finally weighed more than the 110 pounds that they weighed.
you might be a farmgirl if you have to use more than all your fingers to count out the many uses of hay bailing twine
you might be a farmgirl if your yard has a fondly remembered spot dedicated to 'pet cemetary' and you've never once been afraid of it
you might be a farmgirl if you've ever fished a floating rat out of a water tub
you might be a farmgirl if you'd rather sit outside and watch your animals and all their peyton place type drama than sit inside and watch tv
you might be a farmgirl if you are starting to completely run out of names for your animals
you might be a farmgirl if you step in something wet, hop on one foot over to the kitchen sink, put your foot in there and wash it off, only to remember that you dropped an ice cube on the floor a bit ago and no, this time, no one had an accident on your floor.
you might be a farmgirl if you get a hankering for new clothes, make yourself a shirt in the few hours the kids are taking their naps, and your DH comes home and gets all excited about how good your new shirt looks with that apron
you might be a farmgirl if your feet have never been able to fit nicely in womens shoes because you've spent so much of your life barefoot
you might be a farmgirl if you compare smells in the city to "horny goat" and "septic tank"
you might be a farmgirl if you can mimic the sounds of goats, cats, chickens, and donkeys and they will answer you and that this makes you so proud that you'll demonstrate at parties
ok. i gotta stop. seriously. so much fun!
Heather Ann
Apartment Farmgirl
"You got to look at all the good on one side and all the bad on the other and say 'Well, alright then.'" - Aunt Eller, Oklahoma
www.plumblossomknits.etsy.com |
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HeatherAnn
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Heather
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 1:22:38 PM
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ok, just one more:
you might be a farmgirl if you wore make up for the first time to impress the boys at your 4-H meeting
Heather Ann
Apartment Farmgirl
"You got to look at all the good on one side and all the bad on the other and say 'Well, alright then.'" - Aunt Eller, Oklahoma
www.plumblossomknits.etsy.com |
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Across the Fence: If you..........., you must be a Farmgirl. |
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If you..........., you must be a Farmgirl.
