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Across the Fence:  Farmgirls! What is your Farmgoal for 2010?  |
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mndreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
191 Posts
Vicky
Popple Creek
MN
USA
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 Posted - Jan 03 2010 : 11:07:10 AM
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Happy New Year everyone! My 2010 Farmgoal is to go "greener".
I also hope to do more renovation on the old farmhouse & build more
raised gardens. I also have other things on the list, but if I can accomplish those I will be happy.
I also have this posted on A Farm of Your Own - but would love to see more answers.
~Vicky~
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
--- Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 9:29:50 PM
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My goals are to get 4 13x13 raised besds done and planted, fill in my perrenial border, and put in a few extra horse paddocks so I can rotate the horses...also, neuter two more cats that dont belong to me but drive me crazy...and not shoot my neighbors.. :)
Not all those who wander are lost...
www.SarahPauline.com
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 06:00:12 AM
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My biggest and most expensive goal is to have a water well drilled and have a hand pump on it......you know, the kind the pioneers had.
See, what happens is we lose electricity around here a lot.....trees are frequently falling on lines. When we lose electricity we lose our water well pump. We're pretty good about surviving in all other areas except water. Hurricane Ike was a big test for us.....out of power for over a week, grocery stores closed because they were out of food, driving 2 hours away to get gas for generators, and toting water buckets from a neighbor's pool to water all the animals ( I know...not great water but it was all I had) and flush toilets. So, having a hand pumped well will add much comfort and convenience for our survival times. I'm having it placed between the house and the animal pasture. That way it's right in the middle of all the activity.
Note: our canned goods, dried goods, chickens, eggs, etc..... supported us while food was not available at the stores!
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 08:32:21 AM
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Great goals, ladies! I had a very busy year last year, two family weddings, one my daughter's, a new grandbaby, a grand daughter's graduation and a trip to Africa. My only goal this year is to relax and enjoy the bounty!!! I want to do the gardening, the weeding, just hanging out in the yard or sewing room. I just want to get back to a simple life! lol
A person will be just about as happy as they make up their mind to be. Abe Lincoln Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/http://www.kpaints.etsy.com http://www.thevintagebaglady.etsy.com FG #377 |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:09:29 AM
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I want to be organized enough going into the year that I can stay on top of things. To that end I am using January to clean/organize the house - sort of a trick with new stuff from Christmas and moving my grandparents. It seems like every year I start the garden season with grand intentions which last till mid-July when I get overwhelmed with work/family/you-name-it - and once I let things go a little it is a downhill slide till Christmas when I end up buying lots of stuff because I didn't make it last summer.....sigh.
I am also setting a goal to make something, no matter how small, for everyone's birthday. This week I am making marmalade for my grandpa's birthday present - he loves marmalade.
That about covers it - just really getting it together so I can live the life I want to rather than the one where I am taking care of "the stuff" in my life.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
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Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:56:58 AM
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Karen-
Sounds like you deserve a year off to just hang out and enjoy your garden, yard, and sewing room!!
My goals for this coming year are...
Build an outhouse on our other property (I'm hoping to build one out of field stone using the same method of stone building as Scott and Helen Nearing of "The Good Life") This will allow me to spend more time on this property and perhaps help us "set up camp" here more often. Next will be water....could be tricky.
Move a raised bed to a new spot and put in a slate walkway to my Vintage Camper's new spot so that I can use it as my "secret" get away this summer.
Put in 6 Christmas trees and a pussy willow.
Build a supporting wall for the auxillary garden my husband helped me build on a side hill behind our house.
If I get that all done, I will be a happy, happy farmgirl!!!
CArrie M
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
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