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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 11 2015 : 4:12:20 PM
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Hi all,
I've already made some post, but I wanted to 'officially' introduce myself. Our family (my husband Rob, sons Ben, Jonah, Seth, and Zeke) have been homesteading for nearly 20 plus years (hard to believe!). We've never had more than an acre or so, but we've enjoyed gardening, preserving, keeping chickens, maintaining a small emergency food storage 'program', and bread making (finally grinding rice and millet from grains bought in bulk so our son can enjoy a yummy gluten free, yeast free bread, yeah!). I've also enjoyed cross stitch, embroidery, and took up quilting a few years ago - lots of UFOs to work on this winter!
All this being said, we've never really fit in with our more 'typical neighbors'. My sweet step sister introduced me to MJF magazine a few years back and I was hooked! Finally, people who liked what I liked. Now that the boys are growing up, I'd love to spend more time getting to know everyone a bit more! So glad to be here : )
Dena
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2015 : 4:34:33 PM
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Hi there, Dena. Welcome! I love your attitude. You have squeezed so much onto and out of your acre. You sound like a 'make do with what you have' kind of gal. You'll have fun here.
Catherine
Sister #76 (2005)
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt.
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2015 : 5:57:52 PM
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Thanks Cajungal. I'd LOVE to have more, like 5 acres with goats, sheep, a cow...Hubbie has said that maybe that can be a retirement plan for us. For now, I've really been given all I can handle - anymore and it would have been too much with homeschooling and kids with special needs...so thankful for the opportunity to live this wonderful life of homesteading, even if it has been on a slightly smaller scale. Then again, being a farmgirl really is a condition of the heart.
Dena
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6918 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6918 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2015 : 01:46:35 AM
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Welcome Dena, enjoyed learning all about your homestead - looking forward to hearing more.
Sara
Walk in Peace - Live with Joy
FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 25, 2014 |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6594 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6594 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2015 : 05:15:39 AM
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Welcome Dean to "The Farm" here! I am so glad you joined and shared a it about all of your Farmgirl adventures. Looking forward to hearing more from your neck of the woods!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014 |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6594 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6594 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2015 : 05:17:28 AM
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Oops, Dena I misspelled your name in my first post!! For some reason my computer wants to write Dean and I missed the error. My apologies!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014 |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16373 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16373 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2015 : 05:38:10 AM
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Welcome Dena. Welcome!
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2015 : 10:38:07 AM
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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Can't wait to dive into all of these great topics!
Dena
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2015 : 10:34:26 PM
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Dena: So glad to have you. You're right, it is nice to have folks who are like you. A great big welcome from Minnesota. Your part of the country is really beautiful.
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2015 : 08:51:11 AM
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Thanks Bonnie! We moved to this area about 8 years ago. Before then I had lived within an hour of here for most of my life, but never realized how much I would love living here. There is such a beauty about all the small farms and buggies as far as the eye can see.
My son and husband were in your neck of the woods a few years back and LOVED it! Although our area is mostly farm land, the farms are fairly small and close together. My son loved the vastness of the wilderness. He even considered attending college up there, but reconsidered as our relatively moderate winter made him feel very cold : ).
Thanks for the welcome!
Dena
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2015 : 06:36:29 AM
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Hi Dena!
Welcome - always good to see another PA farmgirl! I'm in Northeast PA in the Pocono Mountains, but I spend a lot of time down in Lancaster County. We have Amish friends that live in Leola, just outside of New Holland. We were there in November for the daughter's wedding - what an experience!
Hope you enjoy it on MJF as much as I do!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
My blog: finallyafarmgirl.blogspot.com
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2015 : 10:24:43 AM
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Hi Luanne!
So good to hear from you! I love living so near Lancaster Co. We were invited to an amish thanksgiving feast a week earlier than the traditional holiday (they were invited to a wedding on the actual holiday - ahhhh, Amish wedding month!). This is a family that we barely know, but they wanted to treat my husband because he had done a favor for them. Very wonderful to be exposed to such a rich culture!
We are about 20 minutes east of New Holland and have driven through it often. So beautiful to drive through all that wonderful farm country.
There's another mj farmgirl who lives in Levittown, near New Jersey. She also comes to Lancaster Co often. If you are interested, maybe the 3 of us could get together some time.
Blessings,
Dena
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2015 : 11:56:44 AM
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Hi Dena -
That sounds like fun - keep in touch!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
My blog: finallyafarmgirl.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5083 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5083 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2015 : 10:14:23 AM
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Welcome Dena! So nice to meet you!!
Farmgirl Hugs! Connie
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2015 : 2:26:34 PM
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Thanks Grace and Connie. So happy to be here with my farmgirl sisters! We're enjoying a nice snowy day here in PA - I just love crunching out in the snow and thinking of future glamping and gardening adventures :-)
Blessings,
Dena
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 04 2015 : 12:10:45 PM
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Welcome, Dena. Enjoy your time with the farmgirls. I know you'll love it here.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Feb 04 2015 : 1:44:28 PM
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Thanks for the welcome Marly! Lovin' it more everyday :-) .
Dena
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4737 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4737 Posts |
Posted - Feb 04 2015 : 3:06:31 PM
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Glad you joined us Dena. I have 3 sons, two grown and own their own homes, the youngest is 11 and in 5th grade. Good luck with your UFO's. There's lots of great ideas posted here every day. We look forward to seeing what you are doing too.
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2015 : 09:36:12 AM
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Thanks Dawn.
Sounds like you have a bigger age span with your boys too.
Thanks for good wishes on my UFOs! I am currently working on a hanging quilt that has been 'hanging' on my quilting frame for 3 years! So far I have the batting and backing on and am slowing beginning to quilt it. This is so exciting to me because the bright, folk arty colors are so cheerful. When I finish it I will (try to) post it so everyone can soak in its rich colors!
Blessings on your day,
Dena
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
2460 Posts |
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2015 : 08:08:30 AM
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Thanks Sherone, so nice to be here!
Dena
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chickensforme
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Anne
Coopersburg
Pa
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2015 : 4:00:31 PM
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chickensforme
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Anne
Coopersburg
Pa
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2015 : 4:08:09 PM
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Dear Dena91,
My name is Anne Magee and I am also from Pa. I have been trying for a while to get a group of us together.
I have over the last year talked to some girls. I have a list of about 7 girls including me that I have spoke to. One girl is by you, two are by me and 2 in the poconos. I am thinking that the distance between all of us is really not that far. I thought that even if we did a once a month meeting, we could get together with some of these ladies.
What do you think? Should I contact these girls and ask them if they want to have a get together to see if it is even possible to start a group. I have there names.
Are you still interested?
Let me know what you think.
Anne Magee
" A dog's tail never lies "
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dena91
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Dena
Pennsylvania
USA
181 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2015 : 5:26:58 PM
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Yes! Yes! Please do Anne. For once a month the distance shouldn't be hard, especially if we rotate which area we gather.
Let me know what you find.
Thanks!
Dena
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13621 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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