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Bugabee
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Kristie
Lugoff
South Carolina
USA
33 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 27 2010 : 5:52:41 PM
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OOmy.. where to begin.. This week I want to learn to make my own yogurt and butter. I haven't found any real milk yet but the way this week is going, that cow is just around the corner! Yeeehaa!
Yes.. these are my rose colored glasses. It's a pretty way to see. |
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 08:13:28 AM
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I want to learn to redo a sofa and a chair. I got the fabric and I am working on getting a stappler.
It's all good! |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2010 : 09:53:37 AM
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Despite the things I can do, one thing I still need to learn more about it sewing. My mom was not big into sewing, and I didn't really learn much about it until I met my hubby - who taught me most of what I know (he learned from his mom). I can do basic repair and I've attempted a few quilts...but sewing from a pattern is absolutely foreign to me and I would love to make my own clothes!!!!!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2010 : 7:01:02 PM
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Neat Ladies!!!
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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marcyl
Farmgirl in Training
27 Posts
marcy
st peters
mo
USA
27 Posts |
Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 12:30:43 PM
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I want to learn to enjoy the outdoor life
learn more about gardening and canning
learn to live a simple lifestyle
learn to be patient with myself
learn to set up a country kitchen
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krbrown@rocketmail.com
Farmgirl in Training
29 Posts
Kim
Allendale
MI
USA
29 Posts |
Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 12:35:23 PM
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I want to learn how to weave baskets
make my own candles
sew my own clothes
make my own soap
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 12:08:52 PM
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oh, I want to learn how to make hard goats cheese!
Hugs,
Channah
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 12:14:36 PM
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Oh my goodness! so much that I doubt I'll be able to in my life time  I want to learn to fiddle, tat, crochet, sew with a sewing machine  , quilt, speak French , Italian and Spanish fluently, Raise game birds and especially wild turkeys and make cheese...I would also like to learn carpentry, bee-keeping and all other needle craft arts...I have tried for years to sketch, but am awful at it still, so giving up on that one!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 12:29:58 PM
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I forgot that I want to learn how to tat too!! Annika, I wish we lived closer so we could learn together!!
Hugs,
Channah
Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned. |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 3:08:21 PM
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I want to learn how to sew and make soap
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2010 : 4:56:02 PM
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I want to learn:
Lasagna Gardening
Weaving&Spinning
CrossCountry Skiing
Soap Making
Candle Making
BeeKeeping
Sister-chick# 905
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
Edited by - herblady55 on Feb 23 2010 4:58:18 PM |
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child in harmony
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Marcia
Middleboro
MA
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 09:57:40 AM
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I want to learn to play the acoustic guitar.
I want to learn to spin. We have five angora rabbits with dreamy soft fur!
I want to learn to knit, crochet and weave.
I want to learn to ride my mares and be balanced, when they are trained under saddle.
I want to learn to use power tools without *fear* :)
I want to learn to draw realistic horses and people.
I want to learn to make buttonholes on my sewing machine.. without anxiety hehehe.
~marcia
www.childinharmony.com
"Enriching,nurturing and inspiring Life with nature,animals
and the arts .. for the child and the child within" |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 2:58:52 PM
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Judy, could you explain what Lasagna gardening is? it sounds interesting!
As for me, i would love to:
get comfy with my sewing machine! Marcia, you sound like me... anxiety using certain "scary" tools! i think it's amazing you can make anything you want if you just become friends with that handy, dandy machine! i have a goal of making curtains and cabinet curtains this year for the kitchen, and alter some of my shirts to 80's style. also, hem my pants... i'm a short girl!
my dream is to make homemade cider when our apple trees get big and produce apples, which will be a long time. but the dream is there!
i want to get a goat or cow (right now, we may get a goat) and make homemade cheese, butter, and yogurt! then move on to soap and lotion.
maybe bee keeping someday.....
cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
knitting and crocheting this summer with my MIL as my teacher!
maybe become how to chase storms safely.... i became a storm spotter last year and was a weather assistant for 6 years in the navy, but the weather here on the edge of tornado alley has peaked my interest even more!
ah, so much to learn in a lifetime, but i'll start with this list....
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Joyce
Alberta
Canada
233 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 6:29:29 PM
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So many things I would like to learn!
Some of them...
-Proper hand applique...better than I currently applique.:)
-Cooking with freeze-dried foods
-How to deal with my MIL in patience and love...very long story.:)
-How to grow the BEST veggies.:)
-Cut hair
Joyce
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coffeemom
True Blue Farmgirl
160 Posts
Melody
Carlinville
IL
USA
160 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2010 : 6:41:32 PM
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I want to learn how to:
crochet better.....
knit
fish
camp
tat
watercolor paint
make a pie crust that doesn't fall apart....
Boy! I'd better get busy!!!!!
coffeemom |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2010 : 12:41:06 PM
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Elizabeth(PrariePrincess)...Lasagna gardening is a type of gardening where you don't till the ground, you just layer hay, straw, newspapers, compost, chopped leaves, grass clippings, sawdust, wood ashes, animal manures, corn cobs, peat moss, chopped stalks, even kitchen scraps. Some people even start with cardboard as a base. It's also called layered gardening. You don't have to weed either.
For my Birthday my mom bought me the book: Lasagna Gardening from the publishers of Organic Gardening and written by Patricia Lanza. You can probably Google it. This will be my First year trying it. My DH is ready to give it a whirl. Some folk even layer their flower pots to keep weeds out.I'm all for that. There are probably some ideas over on the "Garden Gate" blog to help get you started. Good luck and wish me the same. :-)
Sister-chick# 905
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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