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BusyBee
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Florence
Richmond
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 06:39:55 AM
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I picked up Mary Jane's book at the library and was absolutely floored that there were other women interested in canning, gardening, stitching, and chickens!! We bought our little 4 acres in 2001 and built our house in 2003. We're going nuts...actually we're growing nuts as in pecans. Good climate and soil for pecans. We have 7 trees so far and are adding more. DH and I still work full time to support our pecan grove addiction but gosh it's nice to know there are others out there with similar interests!! |
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Amante
Farmgirl in Training
10 Posts
Amante
Stow
MA
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 06:46:01 AM
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I grew up in northern Florida and I have fond memories of going to my grandmothers pecan tree and cracking them open and eating them right out of the shell. Now that I live up north, I have to teach all these yankees how to say pecan properly!!
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
1553 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 06:52:20 AM
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Welcome, Florence!
So glad that you found us...please tell us more about yourself and your "pick-ons, pea-cans, pec-ahns", what IS the right way to pronounce the name of this delicious nut?
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Edited by - Hideaway Farmgirl on Oct 16 2006 06:53:01 AM |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 07:31:34 AM
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Hi Florence! Welcome! My DH and I also both work full time to support our addiction(s) - the money pit that is our old farmhouse and a field of hundreds of daylilies. How many years will it take before you are in the pecan selling business? Sounds delicious!
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 08:36:42 AM
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Welcome Florence!! Yep..there are lots of us farmgirls out here..and you will fit right in here!! It will be fun to get to know you..I think you may be our only Pecan growing farmgirl..maybe not..I know we would love to hear about THAT! They are my favorite nuts for sure!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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sugarsfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
272 Posts
Leah
Woodward
Iowa
USA
272 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 10:28:41 AM
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Hi Florence!! Welcome! Im so glad you found US!! I cant wait to hear more about your nut farm...haha!!
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 3:38:43 PM
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Ah, my sister lived in Austin for a while and she gave us the best pecans. Can't believe that people just let them go to waste there since there's so many... but that's what she saw. Welcome! and looking forward to hearing more from you.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 3:40:23 PM
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Hi, Florence! That's so cool that you raise nuts - and pecans! I just love pecans and cashews... Glad to have you and your unique experiences here!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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LauraH
True Blue Farmgirl
305 Posts
Laura
North Creek
New York
USA
305 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 4:10:11 PM
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Hi Florence! I know just how you feel,I saw MaryJane's book advertised in a book flyer & I loved the cover. After I bought it I couldn't believe there were women out there who enjoyed the same things I do! Amazing!!
:-) Laura
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nouveau_farmchick
True Blue Farmgirl
173 Posts
Paris
Sequim
Wa
USA
173 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 4:56:48 PM
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Welcome,
yes it it wonderful to find that we aren't all alone!
Glad that you joined us, happy farming.
Pennie
God bless Farmers |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 5:13:56 PM
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Welcome Florence! Pecan orchards are so beautiful. They make the prettiest farms in this area.
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Oct 17 2006 01:24:43 AM |
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~Tracey~
True Blue Farmgirl
351 Posts
Tracey
TN
USA
351 Posts |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2006 : 8:40:02 PM
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welcome to the group Florence!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 06:04:39 AM
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oh honey chile .. there are farmgirls all over the country .. welcome welcome!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 08:54:32 AM
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welcome, so glad to hear another texas farmgirl here.
where in texas is richmond?
i love your pecan farm obsession. we are in the middle of pecan country, in fact there has been a 25 acrea pecan farm for sale up here for a couple of years.
we have a16 acre farm with a 10 acre woodlot and not one pecan tree, to figure!
anywho, so glad you found the site, and welcome.
love
fran
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2006 : 03:36:35 AM
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Welcome!
And yes there are a bunch of us!!  So glad you found us and I can't wait to hear more about your place! Hope you love it here even half as much as I do! See you around!
Hugz,
Talitha
P.S. I love pecans!! Best to ya'll with that venture! 
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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