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Entrepreneurship:  Any FarmGirls make and ship Christmas wreaths?  |
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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 Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 12:41:26 PM
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Is there a FarmGirl out there who grows, makes and ships Christmas wreaths? Thinking about my order this year and thought maybe there is some NE FarmGirl here at the Connection that does just that. It's getting to be that time of year, y'all! 
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 3:21:42 PM
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I could make and ship them, but what would you like them made of? I don't have anything here that I have grown to make them with though.
Cristine
Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope |
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 3:56:34 PM
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I make traditional balsam wreaths. We started out with a plan to grow Christmas trees but the return is poor for the time investment. Instead, our trees are wild grown and managed for wreath tips. Instead of growing a tree for 7 years and selling it once for $10 we take more $10 worth of brush from each tree every other year. Our trees should provide brush for us for a minimum of 20 years. There's a lot less work in managing brush trees than Christmas trees.
There are pictures here. http://thymeforewe.com/christmas_wreath.html The prices are what I have listed at Local Harvest and don't include shipping. I'd be happy to drop the shipping charge for anyone who'd like to order directly.
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts |
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Oct 25 2006 : 4:01:33 PM
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Robin, we must have been typing at the same time!!
~~Bridge's Boutique~~
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 1:10:22 PM
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Wow, Christine, you are some industrious FarmGirl! Do you make them each year? What do you use? Bridgette, thanks for the link. Robin, your wreaths are beautiful! What's the scoop on shipping charges? When do I need to place the order so as to receive the wreaths by early December? By the way, how long have you been in Maine and how much do you LOVE it? Maine is one of those places where I'd like to live. (Maine and Vermont and Quebec.)
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 07:47:00 AM
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Let's do free shipping for everyone. Just let me know that you saw it here. You can order any time now. You can choose a shipping date any time between November 20 and December 15.
I love Maine. I've lived in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and Luzon Island, Philippines (Air Force kid) but have been in Maine most of my 42 years. I love the mountains, the ocean and forest so it's a perfect place for me. I've discovered that I like Vermont a lot. The office of the publisher I work for this there. I always look forward to my trips. It's beautiful.
We're fairly traditional Mainers. My husband grew up lobstering and digging marine worms on the coast. He's a forester now. I grew up in the burbs after Dad left the AF but spent weekends in the woods, with a fishing pole and a boat, hunting, gardening and such. Autumn is beautiful. The regular gun hunting season starts tomorrow and ends the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I love our winters. We usually have a lot of snow for cross country skiing, snowmobiling, ice fishing from the cabin (where I warmly sit, pointing at flags and suggesting "someone should get that"), and sliding. We skate on our pond and at the lake. When I start getting a little woods crazy we spend a night in Bangor, have a nice dinner, do a little dancing, and then I'm ready to come home right after breakfast. The only thing I miss about living in the city is food delivery. Once in a whie I'd really like to pick up the phone and have someone bring supper!
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 07:59:14 AM
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Robin,
I would love one of your wreaths, the bigger one that is shown for twenty six dollars looks perfect. I can send you a check whenever its ready, I believe you said the 20th is the earliest right? Thanks Robin, can't wait.
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 11:09:39 AM
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Robin, That is so generous of you to offer free shipping. Is the best way to order just to email you for your address and then send a check? Can you ship to different addresses? Your post about your life in Maine is so vivid. Those are the reasons I love that area. (Well, minus the hunting thing.) I always check properties up there on various websites. One day my husband and I will muster up the courage!
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 04:08:08 AM
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I can ship to as many addresses as needed as long as it's in the continental US. Outside of that the cost jumps from $12-$14 to much more. Yes, please do email. wreaths at thymeforewe.com or through my profile. I'm going to see about setting up PayPal this afternoon.
Parts of Maine have a little snow this morning. It's been very windy for two days. There are 136,000 homes/businesses without electricity this morning. The wind is still blowing but the weather report says it's probably not going to get strong enough to put out the power in additional places. We lost power Saturday night and Sunday. During the outage Sunday I got most of my Christmas cards signed and addressed and wrote three long pen pal letters. It's almost fun to have the power go out. We can still cook because we have a propane stove and we stay warm (and can cook) with the woodstove. The only problem for us could be water because the well pump runs on electricity. If it's raining - problem solved.
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
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Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 07:12:00 AM
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| I've never had a fresh evergreen wreath, this might be a silly question...lol, does it last more than one year or just one year since it's from a live tree? |
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
705 Posts
Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
Maine
USA
705 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 03:28:04 AM
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Just one year. I feed mine to the goats when I take down the decorations.
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com
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