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Ursula Norsedottir
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Amanda
Nebraska
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 Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 8:49:29 PM
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Well, I'm not sure how it happened, because I was always afraid of getting dirty and eating anything besides potatoes and pasta growing up. But I was a young wife, 18, and pregnant, and I somehow acquired a book from my then-in-laws. It was a copy of "Back to Basics", and I had no idea how it would change my life! All of a sudden I had a little veggie garden, and even a little compost pile. They both failed miserably, but I did it again the next year, and I started making jelly. Again, my garden failed, but by the end of the second year, I had a pressure canner, a sourdough starter, was baking all of our breads from scratch, could get 5 different meals from one chicken, was cloth diapering, and had phased out diaper cream in favor of a homemade version. I had big plans for chickens, goats, and bees. My divorce threw a wrench in the works, but after 5 years and a new Hubby, we have our feet on the ground and on the right path. I still have that book :D
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