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ashcordes
True Blue Farmgirl
197 Posts
Ashley
Roann
IN
USA
197 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 10:59:32 AM
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Just finished two books about the farm- both are about Indiana (my home state):
Home on the Farm (If Chickens Could Talk)- by Lorene McCormick Burkhart- this is a great memoir of her growing up in the 40's on an Indiana farm and the back part if full of yummy family recipes
Rural Free- A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living by Rachel Peden- this is separated out by months and is full of what's going on at the farm that time of the year, which animals are doing what- lots about nature, etc. |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 12:41:24 PM
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These sound like really good books! I'll have to see if the library has them in. Thanks for sharing Ashley!
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 6:24:35 PM
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Those are my kinda books, I will be on the look out for them. Thanks for the titles.
"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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MissLiss
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
322 Posts
Melissa
Corona
CA
USA
322 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2009 : 8:25:32 PM
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Me too!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or go without! |
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ashcordes
True Blue Farmgirl
197 Posts
Ashley
Roann
IN
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - Oct 03 2009 : 6:07:58 PM
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| Glad to be of help! I know the authors have written other books as well, but I don't know the titles.... |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2009 : 4:58:01 PM
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Those sound great. Add to the list : Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish about hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the great depression. Also Once Upon a Farm by Bob Artley. It's great for children because he is an artist and has great illustrations about the way things were on the farm in Hampton Iowa. He was an illustrator for many newspapers for much of his lifetime and is a delightful old gentleman.
Bonnie
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2009 : 7:32:34 PM
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I just read one called Farm City by Novella Carpenter that I really enjoyed. The author is an urban farmer...she really lives "bloom where you are planted".
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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MotherLodeBeth
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Beth
Calaveras County
California
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 2:23:56 PM
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Originally posted by Bonnie Ellis
Those sound great. Add to the list : Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish about hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the great depression.
LOVE that book!!! And an excellent book for the times we are living in. ~Beth~
~MotherLodebeth- I was born in the wrong era~ |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 3:44:39 PM
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I just finished Farm City and really enjoyed it. Very thought provoking. I'm going to try some of the other recomendations here. Thanks girls. 
ANGIE
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2009 : 4:21:29 PM
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Bean Blossom Dreams is another good one. I loved Little Heathens.
It's not about being perfect, but enjoying what you do. Set aside time to be creative.
Robyn Pandolph
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