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Across the Fence:  What old fashioned things do you do?  |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 4:41:16 PM
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bake bread
knit
spin
weave, still learning
hide in my getaway cabin, which is completely primitive with no electric and a woodburning stove
make homemade/handsqueezed lemonade
knit socks, i love knitting socks
knit hats
I also breast fed my children
We get our milk from the Amish
We eat mostly deer meat and squirrel and rabbit
Make our own jerky
Can jelly, green tomatoes, make dandelion jelly, and syrup
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
"Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway" ***John Wayne
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/iloveyoumom
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 9:20:32 PM
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Kayce, You are so sweet! Thank for your compliments! It really means a lot! Yes my mom and sister are very sweet and kind people too. Thank you again so much!! God Bless!!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
658 Posts
Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
658 Posts |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 01:41:29 AM
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Lets see...
breastfeed babies
cook most food[ no boxed junk]
bake bread
make some homemade cereal
garden
can/freeze or dry most of garden- or buy local produce i can not grow and can/freeze
sew
cuts DH and my hair [i neer thought of this as old fashioned]
raise our own chickens for meat and eggs
am sitting here on a computer with my oil lamps on, it is my way of saving a buck
hang clothes out and on line in laundry room [i do use the dryer if a lot to do]
used cloth diapers for oldest, youngest had horrible skin allergies so was hard to do
starting to wear an apron daily, DH is a little turned on by this that is why I do it!
homeschooled my kids
I can not think of anything else!
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 05:34:15 AM
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Oh let's see...
I make all our meals from scratch....with the exception of pizza and also bake batches of cookies throughout the cold winter months to freeze and enjoy later on in the summer
All Christmas cards are hand written and personalized to the sender
We don't have an automatic dishwasher or garbage disposer, so we HAVE to compost....and that's way alright
I keep a stash of quarters to make calls via public phone if I need to reach my spouse, so we STILL don't have a cell
of course, I can all our jams and jellies and tomatoes if it's been a good tomato season
We get our beef and pork each year from friends
If we didn't live on a dirt road, I'd line dry everything
I still believe in disciplining children via spanks, manners toward adults and whenever possible, home raising kids rather than daycare (a very rare bird these days)
Family vacations
hand written TIMELY thank yous
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Yart
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
MI
USA
143 Posts |
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
658 Posts
Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
658 Posts |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 07:14:43 AM
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I forgot...
Popcorn is made on the stove
Heat with wood [mainly]
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MeadowCrone
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Bernadine
Island Park and Salem
ID
USA
220 Posts |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 09:33:47 AM
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We live in a one room cabin, and I love to wear Pioneer clothing. I don't wear it to the store or to the kids schools, they would die of embarrassment..lol
But after reading this, I can do a lot better at so many things.
We heat with wood
Use candles and lanterns a lot
Hand make all our gifts
Produce most of our own food, eggs, butter, etc
My husband is a retired physician and I am an Herbalist, so we put our minds together to heal
I have a wonderful Kefer plant that keeps us healthyish
I have a weakness for my computer though.
Gratefully living on the "fat of the land". |
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
658 Posts
Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
658 Posts |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 3:11:35 PM
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I would love the simplicity of a one room cabin!
I do not miss my house when we camp. I could live in tight quarters. |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1698 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
1698 Posts |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 6:37:59 PM
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Well what I do comes out of habit.
cook everything from scratch
sew 90% of all the clothes
my children's clothes were sewen when they were living at home
made both my daughter's wedding gowns
bake breads, cakes cookies, etc. from scratch
breastfed my children
cloth diapers
use homemade cleaning supplies
iron clothes
fix lunch for hubby everyday
children took lunch to school everyday
garden
can and freeze
sometimes bake in larde amounts and freeze for later use
plan a weekly meneu
read books
needlework, quilt
write letters, thankyou's
the list can go on and on
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
1498 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2010 : 5:39:40 PM
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Wash dishes by hand
Bake bread without a machine
Bake and cook from scratch
Read
Some knitting and crocheting
A little sewing
Grow food and can it
Barter/trade
Hang clothes on the clothesline
Iron
Write letters
Heat with wood, only
Play cards/games
Visit, not as much as I would like but..
That is what I think of off the top of my head.
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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Leelee
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Wraylee
Diamond
WA
USA
38 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 09:39:50 AM
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Some things I grew up doing that just seem normal to me-
Wash dishes by hand
Scrub floors the good old fashioned way, BY HAND. They get the cleanest that way.
Grow a garden
Hang out clothes (who doesnt love the crispness and smell of the country on thier linens and clothes)
SEW and scrapbook
Heat with wood
We are thinking about transforming an little old grain bin into a one room guest cabin. Repurposing is old fashioned, right?
Feeling down? Saddle up!
www.quiltcropandcabbage.blogspot.com |
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MeadowCrone
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Bernadine
Island Park and Salem
ID
USA
220 Posts |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 8:22:30 PM
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Being a newbie here, and finding this thread...now I KNOW I'm in the right place!
We:
live in a multi-generational household (two families together in one home; both saving for a farm!!)
wash dishes by hand
homemade laundry soap/vinegar fabric softener/hang to dry
bake/cook 99.9% from scratch (also homemade mixes - pancakes, hot cocoa, spice mixes, etc.)
menu plans, leftovers...stretch those meals, and stretch them some more!
garden, garden, and yes, garden ;)
can, dry, and freeze
meat is local farm or what we hunt (we mostly live on vension).
homeschool
no vaccinations
heat with wood from our backwoods
raw milk from local farm
pets on raw food diet
essential oils/herbs/etc. as medicine first, then doctor if needed
compost
trade/barter/freecycle/thrift store
hubby takes lunch to work
home haircuts
(Except for hubby who works outside home...) we do not shower everyday, nor do we put on a new outfit everyday - unless it is needed!!
My boys, at ages 6 and 7, are well schooled in the use of handtools and BB guns.
It sure is nice to find a place where I don't feel like "the only one"! I was starting to get a complex!!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 8:52:09 PM
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I feel slightly out of my league among many of you farm girls. I breastfeed all 5 of my children. I homeschool, if that is old fashioned. I make bread, can tomatos, we have chickens and rabbits for meat and eggs. I made a dress for my 4 year old out of an old shirt from one of my older boys. I don't have a garden because we live near a huge u-pick. Oh, I hang my clothes!! Growing wheat and making grain is very impressive!!!
Michelle
It's all good! |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 8:58:33 PM
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Hey! I think making a dress out of an old shirt is fantastic!! Wish I could do that...
I bet if you sat and thought about "old fashioned" things you do, there's probably more than you realize. Things can be so ordinary to you that you don't realize the great things you are doing :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 9:28:55 PM
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Michelle, I think what you do is great!!! You are a true blue farmgirl weather you like it or not!!! :) :) The things I do are not as great as the things you ladies do. You are all great and are true blue farmgirls! I am just a wanna be farmgirl!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 08:35:58 AM
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Ok, Channah, I have see you around the farmgirl connection. You are a very accomplished Channah I have seen you around the website, and you are a very accomplished Farmgirl!
I forgot! We burn wood. Our fireplace is on a vent system. Our electric company actually questioned me about why it was so low. The dress out a shirt was easy. I used the back and the two front panels, plus I didn't have to hem! this website has really validated me at a time when I really needed it! My husband thinks it's a cult the way we strive to do it the old fashion way. He thinks civil war reenacters are a cult so I feel we are in good company!! (LOL) thanks everyone
It's all good! |
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
1498 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 11:30:05 AM
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This site makes me feel a part of something really good. It validates what I do and long to learn to do. Thank you one and all.
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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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 2:24:30 PM
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I have found this entire website extremely validating. I don't have many friends where I live, and certainly none who are "farmgirls" so this fits the bill. I have been more content lately knowing others are doing the same thing.
It's all good! |
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
437 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 2:46:49 PM
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I wish that we all lived near each other so that we could walk down meandering paths to one another's homes and have tea and share garden seeds and quilt together. I love you all dearly though I have never met any of you, because you love the things that are closet to my heart!!
I grew up in love with the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories and have always desired the pioneer life. I have made pioneer dresses with my daughters and we enjoy dressing up in them. Every so often I host a get together for my daughter's and their friends so that I can teach them the delicate arts of homemaking. So many young girls do not know how to do any of these things!
I didn't see anyone mention that they sew on a treadle. I have one that I use. I also have a hand mill for grinding grain and cutting up veggies. I don't use the dishwasher or clothes dryer either...too costly to run although my family members think I'm nuts!
The one thing I wish I did more of is walking places. Sometimes I wish I HAD to walk so that I would. Jumping in the car is too easy and it does save time, so I always justify it. But....I do wish I walked more.
Blessings to you all, my Farmgirl Sisters!
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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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 4:11:07 PM
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Oh thank you Michelle but I don't think I'm all that( sorry I have very low self esteam). Thank you though so much!!
Hugs,
Channah
If you can dream it, and if you are willing to put forth the work and effort, you can have anything you envision. |
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MeadowCrone
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Bernadine
Island Park and Salem
ID
USA
220 Posts |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 7:29:17 PM
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I would love to walk more but my little farm is on a main county highway! 4 dogs have met their fate on the road!! It would be nice though. My son did some research into the dishwasher thing. He was desperate to use the dishwasher and I told him he had to prove it was cost efficient. He said that according to some energy star rating that it was more water efficient than doing it the old fashioned way! I let him use the dishwasher but the dryer is OFF LIMITS! I thought of another old fashioned thing I do, use cloth napkins instead of paper, and I don't use Swiffers.! I would like to ride a horse into town instead of my SUV!
It's all good! |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2010 : 09:14:24 AM
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Michelle, i have threatened to go back to horse and wagon, if gas prices continue to go up, here in California, we have almost the highest in the 50 states.
"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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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2010 : 5:41:07 PM
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Teresa, Thank you for the kind and so wonderful words of wisdom.
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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