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Across the Fence:  You know you've gone Farmgirl when...  |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 03 2011 : 5:45:05 PM
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We've all had those sobering moments when we realize there's no getting around the fact that we are farmgirls, and no one but another farmgirl would completely understand.
Share your true stories!
I know I've gone farmgirl when...
... I keep baby farm animals in the warmest room of the house. And if that happens to be my bedroom, so be it.
... when my cousin posts a bird feeder she made out of an Arizona Green Tea can on facebook, her "friends" call it redneck, and I not only leap to her defense, I write down the directions because I think it's just as awesome an idea as she does.
... When I save 'garbage' like scrap boards, wire, newspaper and milk jugs. Not because I'm a hoarder but because I know I will need those items.
... When I am more excited over possibly winning Mother Earth News's heritage chicken starter kit and Tractor Supply Co. Gift certificate than I am for entering Redbook's sweepstakes for a Jamaican vacation and airfare.
... When a butt kickin wind storm comes up I run out to move my potted veggies into shelter and make sure my corn is still standing up before even shutting my windows(as of 5 minutes ago)
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2011 : 5:59:41 PM
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I realized that too lately. Especially when my sis was here and we went to the store to get magazines for the beach and she had Cosmo and tabloid mags and I had Grit, MJF (naturally), and Crochet World.
I am the only one in military housing here I have seen who uses a retractable clotheline.
When I go to the store and see how much canned veggies or jellies are I scoff because I make my own for waaaay cheaper and healthier! :)
Liz
Farmgirl #1947
www.militaryfarmgirl.blogspot.com |
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
1085 Posts
Julie
TX
USA
1085 Posts |
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rksmith
True Blue Farmgirl
858 Posts
Rachel
Clayton
GA
USA
858 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2011 : 7:32:26 PM
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People at my office ask me why I always stay until 5 (everyone else likes to leave early when it is slow) and I tell them "do you know how many chickens (or other animal/supply I happen to want/need) I can get with that "extra" money?"
Friends and people at work talk about their favorite places to shop :Belk, JC Penny, Macy's, Dillards and I talk about Tractor Supply, Agri Supply and what's new at the local feed store
Rachel
Farmgirl Sister #2753
Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet--Dr. Kioni
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Edited by - rksmith on Jul 03 2011 7:33:34 PM |
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Jul 03 2011 : 7:34:20 PM
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...when I realized I go to Tractor Supply more often than Walmart and actually like going there more!
...when I started having land envy driving down the road.
...when my SIL called me earth mama.
...when my 88 year old FIL asked me what was wrong with his beans.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
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quiltin_kate
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Kate
Marlboro
NY
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2011 : 07:31:16 AM
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...when the garden keeps getting bigger
...when it started to hurt me to my core to see all of packaging waste from convenience frozen meals
...when I decided that homemade yogurt was definitely worth the effort
...when my lunch got transported to work in mason jars instead of ziploc containers
...when I finally mapped out where I can buy local meats
...when I realized that all of those threadbare towels I had were "pure gold" for cleaning rags and for paper towel duties.
Kate
Farmgirl Sister #862
http://www.wildwomanglamgirl.blogspot.com/ |
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
1547 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2011 : 07:49:42 AM
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... first check at any thrift or garage sale- canning jars
... looking into the family room to see the fold out table still up with garden seeds, potting soil , 2 gardening books and my straw hat still sitting on it (since march)
... Making a temporary fence out of chicken wire, lattice and rusty fence posts to keep the dog out of the new garden bed in his side of the yard
Do what you love, love what you do. |
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MEWolf
True Blue Farmgirl
358 Posts
Margaret
Byers
Colorado
USA
358 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2011 : 09:36:28 AM
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I love this topic!!!
For me it was:
~ when my friends called me "Earth Mother"
~ I realized how out of sorts I feel if I can't git dirt under my nails
~ when we delivered our first baby horse
~ When I cried at the first starry night, sunrise and sunset I saw out in the country
I love being a farmgirl!
Margaret
“Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the flowers, kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden and keep out the weeds, fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1808-1882)
Farmgirl #3020
www.grey-wolf-farm.com |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2011 : 2:30:54 PM
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....when I decided gardening gloves weren't evil due to the sheer amount of time my hands are in the dirt.
....when I go out to visit Tala and about cry when I have to leave.
....when I want to stop and inspect every farm/country house that has a for sale sign on it!!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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Tea Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
645 Posts
Lorraine
Morris
IL
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2011 : 4:09:43 PM
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This is fun -
- When I need something, I go to the thrift store first
- When I told my husband I would rather have less money and more time at home - for both of us
- When I get so excited when MJF & MEN come in the mail...
- When my DH and I planned to go to Iowa to visit the Seed Saver Exchange
- When I can't wait for the next farmer's market...
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
www.birdsandteas.com |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2011 : 8:30:56 PM
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...when I get raffle tickets to sell for the county Extension office and feel more excited that first prize is half a steer (as opposed to winning the money)
....when I use apple cider vinegar as a hair conditioner
....when I wash all my clothes in cold water and use homemade detergent
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
Visit my blog at http://www.farmerinthebelle.blogspot.com/ |
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2011 : 08:38:25 AM
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i agree with all the above!
Homesteading Mom in East Texas. Raising chickens, Rabbits and goats here on my farm! |
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homsteddinmom
True Blue Farmgirl
441 Posts
Brandee
bullard
tx
USA
441 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2011 : 08:56:25 AM
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I came up with something else too
I feed all my scraps to the chickens
I compost for the ever growing garden
I raise my own meat
I butcher my own meat
I homeschool
I line dry for energy savings
I love to make sun tea
I no longer have going out clothes they are all farm work clothes..lol
I wash in cold
Homesteading Mom in East Texas. Raising chickens, Rabbits and goats here on my farm! |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2011 : 10:33:06 AM
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...when I go to my IT job at the bank with suntan lines around my wrists.
...when I take days off from work to be there when the hay arrives.
...when I mow around that stray wildflower growing in the middle of the yard.
...when I can hear my bees buzzing in the blooms as I walk down the driveway.
...when my chores include scooping the dry lot and the chicken coop, trimming hooves and grooming manes, weeding gardens and watering plants.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
A Beehive is the ultimate Home Sweet Home
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2011 : 6:16:07 PM
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When I walk out the front door and my dwarf nigerian goats say " maaaaaaaaam ma! Lol
When I can't eat my supper til all the animals have eaten.
When I get emails from city slickers wanting to buy produce, soap and eggs.
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CurlysQuilts
True Blue Farmgirl
569 Posts
Sarah
Northeast Kingdom
VT
USA
569 Posts |
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gypsy goat
True Blue Farmgirl
673 Posts
mary jo
michigan
673 Posts |
Posted - Jul 06 2011 : 06:36:09 AM
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....ditto! i really can't think of anything to add-but i am really proud to be a farmgirl that's for sure!
farmgirl#1362 whatever you are be a good one-abe lincoln |
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paulas party flowers
True Blue Farmgirl
191 Posts
paula
golden valley
az
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - Jul 06 2011 : 07:23:27 AM
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when I bring a jar of jam to work for everyone to share and they say, you made that?
my home made starbucks in a mason jar.
counting the hours till I am off work so I can be outside in my garden.
when all I want to wear is my comfy jeans..
when I decided I really don't like eating out..it all taste the same.
paula
the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller |
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jul 06 2011 : 09:57:31 AM
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This is so neat...
-when rain or shine, my 1st cup of coffee and I go out to feed animals, and check on the garden.
-when I'm trading vegetables with local farmers, who want what I've grown!!
-when my kids and I laugh til we cry, while playing in card of harvested feed corn, instead of watching cartoons!
When I stay up all night with a barn cat havin' her kittens, and know how to help when she's in trouble.
-when friends at church are bragging to eachother about my vegetables, flowers or garden, and calling me farmgirl Nettie.
-when I discovered my favorite fragrence was the air on a dewy morning, the day after the fields are turned over. Boy I wish I could bottle and wear that!!
*love being a farmgirl*
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908
"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."-Dean William Ralph Inge |
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camiesmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Anne Jeannette
Stagecoach
NV
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Jul 06 2011 : 6:39:00 PM
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When you get excited that you need new work gloves because you did an honest days work (lots of them) and wore then out.
When you have wood envy for your wood burning stove.
A.J.
Work is love made visable. ~ TKahlil Gibran |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jul 06 2011 : 11:31:01 PM
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"Wood envy" AJ?
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2011 : 12:26:08 AM
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I knew years back I would always be a farmgirl even when I had to be in the city because:
i love the smell of dirt & always have some sort of garden even if its in buckets...
buy food & feed all the stray cats no matter where I live....
Want homemade mashed potatoes & milk gravy over some fancy resturant meal...
& now with 2 coops & an in house coop for injured chickens don't get uptight if I step in poo...I even go into the outdoor coops barefooted!
forget shopping unless its at the feedstore...my home away from home & I love it!
I can grow my own food, can it, freeze it, dry it, make home made yogurt, make lye soap from scratch,& build a coop with my own power tools.
Mud & dirt are my daily friends & though I have long unpolished nails I don't mind all the dirt I have to wash out from under them.
the sun is truly a great friend when I want to hang my clothes out on the lines to dry.
I prefer listening to my rooster crow or hens cluck than have to hear the traffic.
Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2011 : 05:26:39 AM
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wood envy ... how about fencing envy? As in, "Gee, their fencing looks so nice and straight!" There's lots of different kinds of wood envy...
marianne |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6639 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6639 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2011 : 06:11:35 AM
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I met a farmgirl who loves her chickens so much she holds them in her lap when they are sick, have them in her house and takes in every sick and hurt chicken to give them TLC and love.
And I think it is the greatest thing in the world, I never knew folks who love chickens did that. Now I am so into her chickens I need a daily update on Rosy, Cee Cee, the baby chicks and all the others.
To say I am blessed to have met this farmgirl and can not imagine not having her in my life.
Thanks M aka batznthebelfry for sharing your life and chickens and your other babies with me through email and pictures, I am truly a farmgirl.
Farmgirl Hugs,
Debbie
www.etsy.com/shop/CollectThisTreasures
http://debbielynnf.blogspot.com
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camiesmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Anne Jeannette
Stagecoach
NV
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Jul 07 2011 : 8:08:36 PM
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Wood envy as in they have many years worthof wood top burn. I live in the high desert of northern Nevada. Lot a sage brush, but not a lot of trees. I get jealous when I see it all piled nice and high.
A.J.
Work is love made visable. ~ TKahlil Gibran |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2011 : 12:23:26 AM
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You know you have gone farmgirl when...
you are driving in the country and can name the breeds of cows you see.
you think that Carhart and Dickies are designer labels.
you change aprons more often than you change underwear...sometimes a few times a day.
http://studiodiphotosite.shutterfly.com/
farmgirl sister #922
I ask not for a larger garden, but for finer seeds.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
- E. B. White |
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