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bybiddie
True Blue Farmgirl

267 Posts

susan
upstate ny
USA
267 Posts

Posted - Mar 22 2006 :  2:15:26 PM  Show Profile
I'm just starting out on my farmgirl path - hope to be closing on 4 acres of heaven next week in upstate NY! Have an outbuilding for hens, stream, trees, and BIG plans! Reading all of your posts has given me such a feeling of hope and encouragement - thought I'd step out of the "closet" and introduce myself!

I'm in my early 50s (better late than never...) on my own and lovin' it. My grandparents were farmers during the Depression and didn't make it, but the farming genes were definitely passed on!

Love to meet some farmgirls up near Berlin NY - I'm a knitter, sewer, fair carpenter, canner, and "mom" to four cats and 2 dogs. Spring is right around the corner and I'm chompin at the bit!

Susan



Lovin' life

akcowgirl
True Blue Farmgirl

296 Posts

Valerie
Homer Alaska
USA
296 Posts

Posted - Mar 22 2006 :  2:20:23 PM  Show Profile  Send akcowgirl a Yahoo! Message
Welcome to the Group, it is a great place to be. Good Luck on you closeing, that is so exciting.

Valerie
Alaska Girl all the Way

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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl

1949 Posts

Julia
Shelton WA
USA
1949 Posts

Posted - Mar 22 2006 :  2:20:29 PM  Show Profile
Welcome Susan! You will love this place, a lot to of cool ladies! I am just learning to spin and knit, hoping for grandbabies soon to make booties for. Other than the farming you will be doing, what do you do?

"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim
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bybiddie
True Blue Farmgirl

267 Posts

susan
upstate ny
USA
267 Posts

Posted - Mar 22 2006 :  2:23:39 PM  Show Profile
Thanks Julia & Valerie! I am a paralegal (dry business) when I'm not farming. I am very lucky to have found a place that's near my job (but far enough away that I can forget about it by the time I get home!) and I have odd hours, so my mornings are my own and morning happens to be my favorite time of day! It's a win-win situation!

Lovin' life
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl

1949 Posts

Julia
Shelton WA
USA
1949 Posts

Posted - Mar 22 2006 :  3:04:20 PM  Show Profile
I would love to have mornings on a farm. A cup of tea and a view, aahh!

"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl

11381 Posts

Jenny
middle of Utah
USA
11381 Posts

Posted - Mar 22 2006 :  4:26:29 PM  Show Profile
Welcome Susan!! YOu sound just great!! How neat to be getting 4 acres!!! I will love hearing updates as you get things done...you are going to fit right in around here!! I wish I were a morning person!!!

Jenny in Utah
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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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl

8529 Posts

Frannie
Green County Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts

Posted - Mar 23 2006 :  05:13:43 AM  Show Profile
hi susan! welcome! welcome! xoxo, frannie

True Friends, Frannie
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lonestargal
True Blue Farmgirl

607 Posts

Kristi
Texas
607 Posts

Posted - Mar 23 2006 :  05:36:06 AM  Show Profile
Hi Susan and welcome!! Good luck closing on your property. How exciting for you!! It sounds like you're going to have a wonderful time setting up your farm. I can't wait for spring either. It was in the 70-80 around here for a couple weeks and now ugly old man winter has shown his face again and we were on a snow advisory all last night!! What the heck man?! I love spring too--I'm an outdoors kinda gal. Glad your here to join us. Let us know how your escrow goes through!!
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rosebud74a
True Blue Farmgirl

109 Posts

Stacy
Maryland NY
USA
109 Posts

Posted - Mar 23 2006 :  11:20:02 AM  Show Profile  Send rosebud74a an AOL message
Hello form another upstate New Yorker. Glad to hear about your land. it is never to late to begin something that you have a pssion for, plannig is half the fun of doing thing!! Is Berlin close to New Berlin. I live near cooperstown. Glad to see you found the site.
Stacy

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937

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theherblady
True Blue Farmgirl

510 Posts

Jan
Glasford Illinois
USA
510 Posts

Posted - Mar 23 2006 :  12:25:09 PM  Show Profile
Welcome Susan~~Glad you found us~!
Jan
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RosieRiveter
Farmgirl in Training

45 Posts

Rosie
White Creek NY
45 Posts

Posted - Apr 07 2006 :  11:06:39 AM  Show Profile
I was lucky to meet Susan at Mari-Dahlia's lovely home on Thursday. Both Susan and Marianne are great ladies, and we hope to meet on a regular basis!
Rosie
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bybiddie
True Blue Farmgirl

267 Posts

susan
upstate ny
USA
267 Posts

Posted - Apr 12 2006 :  10:59:47 AM  Show Profile
Cheers to Rosie & Mari-Dahlia! A very lovely lunch with wonderful views and great company! It was so comforting to find two other farmgirls almost in my backyard

Lovin' my life
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sillyfoulks
True Blue Farmgirl

164 Posts

Elizabeth
Illinois
USA
164 Posts

Posted - Apr 12 2006 :  11:04:47 AM  Show Profile  Send sillyfoulks an AOL message  Send sillyfoulks a Yahoo! Message
Welcome Susan, before long you will feel right out home here. It's a great bunch of farmgirls who hang out here. And I know we all can't wait to get to know you.

Elizabeth

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

http://livingcountrystyle.blogspot.com/
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl

2349 Posts

Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area Texas
2349 Posts

Posted - Apr 14 2006 :  04:28:23 AM  Show Profile
Good Morning, Susan!

So glad you came 'out'. Staying in a closet can be very stuffy. Around here, all the gals are just right out in the open about how much they love their lives. Everyone has so much in common even though we are so different in many ways.

What a great treat to be able to meet those two super Farmgirls. And a great treat for them to welcome you aboard! Can't wait to hear more of your adventures.

Blessings
Catherine

One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt."
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl

1054 Posts

Anne
Portland Or
USA
1054 Posts

Posted - Apr 14 2006 :  8:34:09 PM  Show Profile
Welcome Susan

When you can you must post pictures of your new place, sounds wonderful. Always wanted property with a stream. I love mornings too, I love sitting and watching the sun come up with a cup of coffee - just too bad during the week I have to do that at work. Again, welcome to the group - you will enjoy it here.

Anne in Portland, OR

"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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Sunshine Farmgirl
Farmgirl in Training

29 Posts

Wendy
Chesapeake VA
USA
29 Posts

Posted - May 16 2006 :  07:00:48 AM  Show Profile
Hello Susan,
I just recently joined and couldn't help but hear myself in your words. Getting in to the farm life, whether your returning or in for the first time, is the best thing a person could ever do for themselves. What a great feeling. Best of luck and hope to be chatting with you again soon.
Wendy

"they say I've lost my mind....I think I've finally found it"
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl

3890 Posts

Karin
Ellenwood GA
USA
3890 Posts

Posted - May 18 2006 :  04:59:07 AM  Show Profile
Welcome Susan. Gee, I really need to read this topic more often! Hopefully Spring has sprung up there in NY and you are busy as a bee on your farm. Glad you are here. It sounds like you have just found your own piece of heaven. Good luck.

Karin
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