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| nono |
Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 7:45:39 PM
Hi all! What a nice surprise your forum is! I'm a recent transplant to Atlanta (have recently moved here 3 months back from the Seattle area). Really though, I'm a Montana girl at heart and grew up there. My mom lived on a farm when she was little, my grandmothers both canned, and my maternal grandmother (a nice German lady) made her own soap, sang old German songs, and quilted with her friends (I played with her beautiful buttons underneath the stretched-out quilt on those days). I never learned to can, but have tried my hand successfully at making jelly the last two seasons, and am finally getting the hang of baking bread. Part of me would love to live on a farm in the middle of nowhere and raise chickens, make cheese and drink cool well water. Part of me realizes I have to have a job to pay for car insurance and a roof over my head.
My husband and I moved to Atlanta after selling our house so that we could be near family down here, but we moved without jobs and I just started a new job, but he's still searching, which makes money tight right now. We're stuck in an apartment after being homeowners for 6 years and going stir crazy, and feeling guilty because we've crammed our two big 80 pound dogs in here with us and they've used to having room to run.
So, Farmgirl Connection is really an outlet right now for me and even though I know I'm not going to end up living on a farm, I love the idea of a life less complicated and not so fast-paced. Anything worthwhile takes time. I miss my garden and can't wait to get my hands into Atlanta's red clay soil. I left all my Lavender plants, my chocolate mint and my whole herb garden behind, along with my roses and my heart just aches to be outside this time of year. I left all my friends there too, and although I'm making new ones here, good friends, like anything else, take time as well.
Looking forward to talking to the rest of you!
Kindred Spirits unite! |
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| UrbanChick |
Posted - Nov 23 2005 : 2:55:53 PM
It's so nice to see people from GA on this site. I recieved my first MJF magazine when I ordered some camp food for a camping trip we were taking. I loved the magazine so much I purchased the book...and then another book and magazine for my friend since I didn't want to part with my own book and magazine. I live 40 min North of Atlanta in the burbs. I'm currently building a chicken coop for my backyard and will be "hiding" my girls in the backyard since my subdivision does not allow chickens. It looks like a flight cage for doves anyway and the neighbors aren't going to tell on me so I think I'll be ok to have 3 hens in my backyard. I'm excited to see other "Farm girls" from GA. I'm more of a farm girl at heart since I've always lived in the city and never had much expirence with livestock except when I was working as a Veterinary Technician and we saw an occasional pig or chicken. I've just got into gardening and organics this year and have removed all the grass in the front yard and made a garden with several annual beds and vegitable beds. The Backyard is next!  I'm so glad to be a part of this board.
Ayako
"Fix it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." |
| FarrarFarmgirl |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 07:01:59 AM
HI, Sara,
Welcome to the Farmgirl forum!! It's good to have you on board. I think you will feel very at home very quickly. I live in a city, but as soon as I start reading, I easily drift away to the country just by reading about those who do live on a farm or in the country. It's wonderful.
The first part of January I will be coming to Atlanta for a conference. It would be fun to meet. You can email me and we can compare locations and times to see if that would be possible. I think it would be so nice to meet kindred-heart farmgirls whenever the opportunity is available. I'll be there the 4-8 of January.
I hope by now your husband has found work and that you are both feeling alot more settled in to your new place so it can quickly become home.
Again I want to welcome you and look forward to hearing all about your farmgirl dreams and heart's desires. Blessings to you and your husband for your new place and jobs.
In His hands,
Lynda
Pray in faith and you will not live in doubt. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 5:27:28 PM
hi sara .. welcome! i think you'll love 'the south'. i've only been to atlanta a few times .. but it sure has it's charming areas! used to work for the United States Attorney from Atlanta, Joe D. Whitley .. what a sweetheart of a man! He came to Washington, D.C. to the Criminal Division a hand-full of years ago. i always thought he'd become governor of Georgia and then President of the United States. (a truly honorable man he was!)
also, i have a very good friend in Atlanta .. Jill Cooper .. very creative and sweet, sweet, sweet. If you are new to the area and want to meet a dear friend, just let me know and I'll send you her phone number!
True Friends, Frannie
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| nono |
Posted - Nov 05 2005 : 04:38:14 AM
Hey Kelly! I actually grew up in a railroad/farming town called Laurel near Billings, but I went to college in Missoula for two years and LOVED it (transferred to a college near Seattle to be with my fiance). I've got two mutts--one's a lab/husky mix with a sweet temperment and the other is a terrier/collie mix who talks back.
And to everyone else? Thanks for such a warm welcome! I've thought about doing a patio garden (I understand you can actually grow a winter crop here in Georgia because of the mild climate), but I have a feeling it would just make me miss having my full-sized garden even more. Seattle had clay soil as well, just not southern Red clay. It took me years to figure out the right ratio of compost, peat moss and manure to make it manageable, but at least I feel like I have a head-start knowledge-wise in working with clay soil.
It seems like it doesn't really matter where you are, you can be a farmgirl anywhere as long as you're one in your heart.
Kindred Spirits unite! |
| lonestargal |
Posted - Nov 03 2005 : 06:53:53 AM
Hi Sara and welcome to MJF!! It sounds like you will fit right in here. Does your apartment have any kind of a balcony or porch area? You could container plant until you get a house with room for a garden. I do that now especially in fall and winter when you don't grow near as much as during the spring and summer. At least that way you could still have your herb garden. |
| Meg |
Posted - Nov 02 2005 : 5:03:15 PM
Hello Sara and a huge farmgirl welcome to you! As all us farmgirls were on our walk just today, we were discussing moving and how the first few months are fun and new and the second few months sometimes feel much harder because the vacation has worn off, but yet you are still there. But it sure sounds like you are surrounded by plenty of love with your famliy nearby and your puppies and your husband. I do hope your husband finds a job that suits his fancy and you both find a house to call home. Until then and after then, you can sure call our forum home!!
ps. Even if you never live on a farm, you can certainly still be a farmgirl at heart! |
| onequiltychick |
Posted - Nov 02 2005 : 1:21:58 PM
Welcome, Sara. I'm new myself - just joined the forum last week! Where in Montana are you from? When did you leave there? I was born and grew up in Missoula. I left in 1980 and lived in Seattle for one year, then moved to the Spokane area. Last year I moved to Fairfield, a small wheat farming community south of Spokane. What type of dogs do you have? I have a border collie and an Australian Shepherd - I know what you mean about dogs having room to run! I hope your husband finds work soon so you can all get out of the apartment!
Kelly |
| Julia |
Posted - Nov 01 2005 : 6:33:22 PM
Hey Sara! Nice to have you join us. We lived in Alabama for 3 years, and had that read clay to deal with. Amend, amend, amend, and you wil do fine. See ya round the forum.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| finngirl |
Posted - Oct 31 2005 : 2:59:34 PM
Hi Sara,
Welcome from Maine. You have great courage to leave all you loved to start fresh. My daughter visited Ga.loved it and wanted to move there. She even applied to Georgia State for college. Thank God she applied too late to get in. I encourage her to live her own life but I would miss her terribly if she went that far away! All of our family lives on the same road except for my mom! I hope your hubby finds work soon. What does he do? |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Oct 31 2005 : 07:33:11 AM
Welcome Sara -- glad you're here.
http://rusticcottage.blogspot.com/ |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Oct 31 2005 : 06:36:29 AM
Hi Sara! Welcome to Georgia. And welcome to the forum! I'm a "just South of Atlanta" girl myself.( I'm originally a Massachusetts girl, but there is no place like Georgia- it becomes home very quickly.) I hope that your husband finds a job soon. You will love gardening in Georgia once you get over the fact that it is nearly impossible to dig into this "lovely" red clay that we have. It has taken me about 10 years to get the soil how I want it- nice and loose. A lot of trial and error, added compost, sand etc. and hard work, but so rewarding in the end that I feel it was worth the effort.
Lavender is a bit of a chance here, but your mint and other herbs will thrive in our climate. I wish you all the best! |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 31 2005 : 05:04:07 AM
Welcome Sara. I live about five hours south of you in north Florida. Let me tell you, the red clay is different for growing gardens, but you can get a much longer growing season!
Hope you find that job and a new home soon. Stay with us here, and you will find a lot of support and information! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 9:21:24 PM
Welcome to the group Sara..you sure sound like one of us already..can't wait to get to know you better!!
Jenny in Utah
Put all your eggs in one basket..and then watch that basket!! Mark Twain |
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