| Author |
**MaryJanesFarm Products & Merchandise:  How do you explain MJF to others?  |
|
|
walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 25 2011 : 1:42:57 PM
|
I say that MJF is the ultimate "Green Renaissance Woman". That's the shortest explanation I can sum her up in. Many times people ask me about her-whether it's from the bumper sticker, the shirt, the magazine, or they ways I've become for self-sufficient.
How do you explain MJF? I usually end up mentioning the farm, the mill, forum, and how I'm dying to visit the B&B.
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
|
|
|
one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Sep 25 2011 : 2:38:55 PM
|
Being progressive by looking back at what our foremothers did.
Trish
Make cupcakes not war!
|
 |
|
|
grammytammy
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
Tamara
Binghamton
ny
USA
585 Posts |
Posted - Sep 25 2011 : 3:16:58 PM
|
Trish, I love that..
FarmGirl 2495
God loved us so much He gave His only son to die in our stead. |
|
|
|
ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13640 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13640 Posts |
|
|
one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Oct 05 2011 : 06:00:23 AM
|
BUMP Mrs. Lynch?
Trish
Make cupcakes not war!
|
|
|
|
walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
Posted - Oct 07 2011 : 1:39:29 PM
|
Make cupcakes not war. Love it!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
missusprim
True Blue Farmgirl
400 Posts
Karen
Fostoria
Ohio
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 06:10:23 AM
|
Good question! I think 'we' are in the minority but getting 'bigger in our britches' each day by word of mouth, economy, etc. A GOOD thing for sure. I feel less and less conscientious about explaining my bumper sticker and prouder of what I stand behind.
I say that MJF is all about getting back to a simpler way of life that my Grandmothers lived by; but that I do it because it feels much more natural, 'right', and cost effective to boot. Each time I hang my clothes out I know my Mom, Grandmother, and so on did the very same thing many moons ago. It's a way to touch back into their hearts and for that I feel P R O U D !!!
Farmgirl Sister #2984
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." George Eliot
http://farmchicatheart.blogspot.com/
|
|
|
|
farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 07:36:19 AM
|
Trish I really like your explanation. It's like figuring out how to do things a "new way" that works better by looking back at what our grandmothers and great grandmothers already knew! :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com
www.thehmmmschoolingmom.blogspot.com |
|
|
|
jan49829
True Blue Farmgirl
2428 Posts
Janet
Gladstone
Mi.
USA
2428 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 10:11:09 AM
|
I am having a hard time with this one. I cannot put the bumper sticker on the car. I have been teased so much about Mary Jane. I never knew it meant marajuana(spelling). So, now if I mention anything about farmgirl, people think I am in some kind of drug farming club. Nobody understands. My husband thinks it is maybe a cult of some type, so now I keep to myself and do my own thing and wear my MJF tee shirts I made and my necklace with pride, and people, even strangers can laugh all they want. I think it would be impossible to start a chapter here in this are of the country. Too many druggies live here!!!!! I am way to dumb when it comes to drugs. Don't even know what it looks like.
Jan
Farmgirl Sister #3340
|
|
|
|
one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 10:27:53 AM
|
Where's Alee?
Trish
Make cupcakes not war!
|
|
|
|
farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 11:10:08 AM
|
Holy Moly Jan, I never even thought of that - the drug reference. Oh well. People can think what they want, I suppose. We all know what it means!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com
www.thehmmmschoolingmom.blogspot.com |
|
|
|
jan49829
True Blue Farmgirl
2428 Posts
Janet
Gladstone
Mi.
USA
2428 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 11:28:25 AM
|
Thanks Amy, I love being a farmgirl and never knew any of the other stuff, but I am very glad to be here with all of you and able to get back to basics and enjoy what I am doing. I am working hard on my merit badges and will continue to do so. I love all of this!!!
Jan
Farmgirl Sister #3340
|
|
|
|
ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13640 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13640 Posts |
|
|
jan49829
True Blue Farmgirl
2428 Posts
Janet
Gladstone
Mi.
USA
2428 Posts |
Posted - Oct 08 2011 : 3:52:13 PM
|
Thanks, CeeJay. I am going to stick to my guns and not let anyone get me depressed about this. I love being able to do all of this. I spent 2 1/2 years in a wheelchair and 3 replacements in 16 months and now after 2 years I can finally garden and do things again. It is like a second life for me and I love being "free" to do things, even shovel snow!!!!! I am a farmgirl all the way!!!!
Jan
Farmgirl Sister #3340
|
|
|
|
walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
1675 Posts |
Posted - Oct 09 2011 : 6:47:11 PM
|
Man, you know, I've heard people kinda say "MaryJane? Like weed?" and I always laugh and say "You know it was a real NAME before the druggies took it?!" Mainly I tell people to check out the website for more information. Many people around here are either familiar with her OR her magazine anyway.
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
|
|
|
|
jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2011 : 6:43:47 PM
|
I tell everyone about MJF. It is amazing how many totally relate to the movement of getting back to the farm, to simple living....I think it is only just the beginning of her legacy of doing it right.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
|
|
|
Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2011 : 7:35:34 PM
|
I wear my sisterhood pendant a lot and always get good comments on it, people around here anyway seem very open to the ideas of simple, frugal and healthy living, recycling and growing your own food, raising your own animals, using your creativity & skills to make yours and others lives better. While not every gets organic or non-gmo, and will argue for these things, Idahoans have a bit of an independent spirit, and can appreciate some one like MaryJane and all that she does. It's the can-do spirit that she has that I love, besides her being one swell lady. So I explain MJF as a world wide group of like minded women who either get together on line at the MJF forum and/or form a group of local women to share things as diverse as self-sufficiency to truck repair to photography to making hats for cancer patients etc. Being a "Farmgirl" is a condition of the heart, a fire to live a fuller life more connected to the earth and the will to make it happen! It doesn't matter whether you have 3'000 acres or just a nice windowsill to keep plants on. We are all farmgirls at heart 
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
http://pinterest.com/annikaloveshats/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
|
|
|
| |
**MaryJanesFarm Products & Merchandise: How do you explain MJF to others? |
|
How do you explain MJF to others?
