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*Farmgirl Barter™:  Comfrey, Iris, & Daylilies Please?  |
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jillofalltrades
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Nicole
USA
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 Posted - Apr 27 2006 : 6:14:04 PM
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Hi Farmgirls,
We have been busy here on the new farm. I'm starting new flower beds around the 50 trees we just planted and I'm looking to trade for iris, daylilies, & some comfrey. We have 50 acres and not a flower in sight! If I do not have anything you are looking for I'm willing to give $$ & will pay for priority shipping to Louisiana. I'm willing to trade out of my store www.crunchycountry.com and have a nice handcrafted comfrey/calendula healing salve which can also be found in my store, unbleached hemp french terry fabric, unbleached hemp fleece fabric, PUL for cloth diapers in new bright colors, scrapbook alphabet stamps, & misc scrapbooking items.
Thanks!
~Nicole
http://www.crunchycountry.com -Natural Products for Crunchy Families
http://www.thelazydeaux.com -Our farm in the making
Check out our farm's photo blog
http://lazydeaux.blogspot.com
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Apr 27 2006 : 6:40:29 PM
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Nicole, I'll be thinning my Irises this year, but not until mid-summer. They've just started blooming, so I can actually mark the colors! Anyway, I'm happy to send some if you can wait. If yes, don't hesitate to email me around the fourth of July to send them.
Sharon
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jillofalltrades
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Nicole
USA
90 Posts |
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FlipFlopFarmer
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Carla
Molalla
Oregon
198 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2006 : 7:46:43 PM
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I can give you all kinds of iris starts!!! We have a ton of iris's on our property and they really need to be split. You might want to tell me where to break it off so that you get what you need as I've never done that before.
I don't know what daylilies look like but I think I have tiger lilies??? The family that lived here before really liked bulbs and tubers.
I have comfrey but I'll have to look at it to be sure it're ready to split. I actually traded another farmgirl the comfrey for some of my mint last year....and now it may be moving on to another farmgirl. I just love to barter & trade. It's fun and so much more friendly than going out and buying things.
I would love to trade Nicole. I am interested in the either or both the comfrey/calendula hand salve and the fabric. Can you tell me about the hemp material. What is french terry fabric? Sounds interesting.
I made a comfrey root, calendula, beeswax salve for my cow for after miking but I've never tried anyone else's.
 Carla
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Love generously.
Care deeply.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 27 2006 : 8:35:00 PM
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You will have comfrey and costmary coming from me for sure. I have iris' that will need to be divided for sure this year too after they bloom if you don't get some from someone else. Mine are a very common purple/yellow kind.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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jillofalltrades
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Nicole
USA
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Posted - Apr 27 2006 : 9:01:21 PM
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Thank you Ms Jenny. You are great!
Clara,
The hemp french terry is a heavy terry but with a shorter weave than regular terry. What I have is 55% Hemp 45% Cotton French Terry organic and unbleached. I've made cloth diapers, robes, pj's, & pants for my daughter. It can be die since it's a natural color. It usually sells for about $10-12 per yard. You can also brush it out for fleece. My Beezy Baby Balm salve come sin 2oz and 4oz tins and is 100% organic.
As far as splitting iris you have to get the tuber, a few roots, and cut the fans (green part) off about 2-3 inches from the tuber. To ship soak newspaper, wrap around the roots, & put in some type of ziploc bag to hold the moisture. You can email me privately so we can arrange our trade. This is great! I can't wait to add some color to our farm's landscape.
Jenny is sending me some comfrey so I'll just take some Iris.
~Nicole
http://www.crunchycountry.com -Natural Products for Crunchy Families
http://www.thelazydeaux.com -Our farm in the making
Check out our farm's photo blog
http://lazydeaux.blogspot.com
http://farmgirlsoflouisiana.blogspot.com -Louisiana Farmgirls Blog
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Northerngal
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Gale
Iowa
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2006 : 10:30:41 AM
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Hi Nicole,
I have the old fashioned daylilies, they are orange colored and the flower stalks get about 3 ft. tall. I also have the yellow Stella D'Oro ones that re-bloom, and a single yellow daylily that does not rebloom. Also a red to dark pink colored one.
Would you like any Canna Lilies? I have lots of those. I think they are the Miss Oklahoma variety. Red orange flowers.
E-mail me and let me know what you would like.
I also have yellow German Bearded Iris and purple, I think either Japanese or Siberian Iris. Have pictures of most that I can e-mail you.
Good luck with the new homestead. |
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jillofalltrades
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Nicole
USA
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Northerngal
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Gale
Iowa
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2006 : 12:14:10 PM
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I will look up the photos tonight. Hopefully, they are digital. At one point I was still taking pictures of my garden with a 35mm film camera.
I could probably ship the flowers to you on Monday if you have a place for them already.
Instead of paying for shipping, maybe you could send me a bar of the doggie soap from your store? |
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jillofalltrades
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Nicole
USA
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