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Libbie
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Anne E.
Elsinore Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 23 2006 :  09:23:32 AM  Show Profile
I was just thinking back on my high school days of home ec. and wood shop, and thinking that while the wood shop bit still comes in handy, what I really needed was "Farm Ec." Stuff like budgeting/grantwriting/finances in addition to the physical household/sewing/cooking things that are getting wonderfully covered here. Just an idea...

XOXO, Libbie

"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe

WednesdaysChild
Farmgirl in Training

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Mandy
Suncheon
Korea
33 Posts

Posted - Mar 02 2006 :  3:23:00 PM  Show Profile
That's a cute chapter heading! Economics is definately something new farm owners could use some tips on.

A Canadian farmgirl in S. Korea.
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happymama58
True Blue Farmgirl

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Patti
Missouri
USA
1210 Posts

Posted - Mar 02 2006 :  3:46:33 PM  Show Profile
I think this is a great idea and the title really fits.

Some people search for happiness; others create it.

http://happymama58.blogspot.com/
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator

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Anne E.
Elsinore Utah
USA
3579 Posts

Posted - Mar 02 2006 :  5:33:01 PM  Show Profile
Thanks for the comments! It's an area that I could really use some help on sometimes...

XOXO, Libbie

"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator

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Anne E.
Elsinore Utah
USA
3579 Posts

Posted - May 11 2007 :  3:38:57 PM  Show Profile
Okay, so I was talking with my grandmother about budgeting and running a farm and I asked her if she had any advice for me (she's in her mid-nineties), and so here's what she said:

"It's easy once you internalize that you just have to spend less than you make. That's it."

Well - now, I suppose that IS it, distilled down to its most basic form, huh?

XOXO, Libbie

In honor of Mother's Day, "If it's not one thing, it's your mother...
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Aunt Jenny
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Jenny
middle of Utah
USA
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Posted - May 11 2007 :  8:34:36 PM  Show Profile
That sounds like something MY grandma would have said. I love it. So true.

Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl

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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - May 14 2007 :  07:16:41 AM  Show Profile
This would be so helpful. It's hard to find out about all the programs, grant writing, etc. when farming is "new" to a person/couple. We're playing catch-up and trying to get everything in order with our new place, and there's confusion about who actually owns the crop for this year, since we just bought the place. Anyway, my own particulars aside, it would be helpful to know where to begin to get information that will help with the business side of farm life.

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