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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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 Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 9:40:14 PM
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Hello Ladies, I have been writing for a bit now. Years back I wrote for a herbal mag the with all this computer stuff got into Grit mag blog & then decided to start my own since I seem to write too much for Grit & they can't keep up with me...lol
Please if you have a moment check it out & tell me what you think.
www.theoldbatzfarm.blogspot.com
its mainly about Chickens but I have been writing about other things going on in my life lately since the chickens are refusing to come out of their coops with all the snow...hard to write about sleeping chickens.
Michele' #2622
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
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Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 10:01:11 PM
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Hi Michele! I can understand your chickens not wanting to go outside--this storm has brought frigid temps. How long will your DH be away? I wonder too sometimes about the government and the decisions they make. I hope he's not gone for too long. Are you an herbalist? I've lately been trying my hand at making lotions and lip balms using essential oils and other natural ingredients. I read Grit on occasion; live in town on about 1/10nth. of an acre but I have some veggie gardens. I'm glad you joined the forum.
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2011 : 11:43:16 PM
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Hello Cindy! Thank you for your comments, yes I have been an herbist since about 1994 when I moved to Georgia, boy was that a long time ago.....I used to own a business dealing with herbal lye soaps, bathsalts, handmade incenses & so on but finally closed the doors when I got too much grief over my soaps being made the old way with animal fats. I do try to do as much herbal as I can with my everyday life & with my animals. I do have lots of recipes that I would love to share with you anytime you want them just email me with a request & I will dig them out for you
before we moved here we were also on 1/10 acre but it was all shaded so hard to grow anything now I have 1/3 acre & lots of sunshine which I love. There is something wonderful about digging & playing in the warm earth & the smell for me is heavon.
have a great rest of the week...Michele' #2622
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The Park Wife
Farmgirl in Training
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Stephanie
Washington
Arkansas
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 05:00:20 AM
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The blog looks great. Keep posting, I can't wait to see what is happening at the Old Batz Farm (love it!).
Stephanie
My life...just a walk in the park.
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 1:53:02 PM
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What a sweet lady you are "the park Wife" aka Stephanie. Its funny how when you are young you think your life will be all mapped out & then as you get older you change directions or go back to the way you were raised. I never thought I would be living my later life again wanting to raise any animal that didn't eat dog or cat food or have veggie gardens that required me to can. I must say though I have finally found some peace in my crazy life & all it took was getting a few chickens! Have a great day my dear...Michele'#2622
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Sandy Fields
True Blue Farmgirl
165 Posts
Sandy
Portales
NM
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 6:04:19 PM
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This is my very first comment in the Farm Girl Connection. I couldn't wait to look around this evening.. .and your chickens caught my eye. A sweet friend of mine is battling cancer. She loves chickens and gave me a very special one that looks so very real. As I was sweeping the snow off of my porch today, I kept seeing her chicken and thinking of her. She would sure love your place! Thanks for giving me the lift.
Sandy
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 8:21:13 PM
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bless your heart Sandy, please tell your friend she is in my thoughts...I know its a hard road to have to walk...me & my 2 sisters have all had female cancer of one sort or the other...We all made it thur thought, i think our mother was upstairs watching out for all of us!....Michele'
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
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Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 9:43:01 PM
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I enjoyed your blog. I had pet chickens as a child. My grandma and POP raised chickens and turkeys. But... I had pet chickens. They were NOT to be confused, EVER, with the ones we had for supper. Reading your blog, and seeing the pictures you post, made me want to call my 82 year old grandma, at 9:30 pm, and ask her to dig out the old pictures. There is one of me, about 9, sitting on a porch swing, holding Boots, my chick, as a HUGE tom is sitting next to me, using his head movements to make the swing move.
Your animals sound wonderful. I'm allergic to all my pets as well, but I'd rather feel icky than not have them.
Looking forward to your lye making. How handy to have the wood burning stove ashes.
Keep blogging, its a great read.(((hugs)))
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Feb 04 2011 : 12:36:47 AM
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heartbroken farmgirl, you ever get a copy of that pic of you as a child with Boots please please send me a copy...it sounds so sweet...& I am so happy my blog made you remember these things & want to call your grandmother. What a gift you have given me with that :) Hugs right back at you Sweetie....Michele'
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2011 : 9:50:07 PM
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I went to visit my grandma Sunday. I mentioned the picture, and she said, "Oh, I love that picture! We will have to find it"....and showed ny 4 moving boxes of old Polaroids lol. Yes grandma, We will get right on that....
Now in going to go buy a bunch of photo organizers, and go roll up ny sleeves. What have I gotten myself into? .(chuckle )
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2011 : 10:12:04 PM
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4 boxes..wow thats alot of photos....but it should be fun to go thur them & remember.....i love old pics & to see how much i have changed over the years.....with that many though I think you will need a good comfy chair & possible some asprin....M'
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