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| FreedomAcresFarmGirl |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 08:43:50 AM
Just thought I'd stop by and introduce myself. I'm Brenda from East Central Minnesota where it is currently snowing madly AGAIN! My husband and I have 7 acres that we bought 4 years ago, 7 children (4 still at home)that we homeschool, 2 cows (soon to be 3), 20 some chickens, 1 dog, 1 cat, 2 rabbits, 1 big garden. We live off-grid with solar power and we're adding wind this spring, cook from scratch, sew most of our clothes, and I love my clothesline. 
I look forward to sharing, learning, gleaning, and having you all as friends!
~Brenda
Do what you can with what you have where you are. ~T. Roosevelt |
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| KayTea26 |
Posted - Apr 14 2009 : 8:02:29 PM
I live in Minnesota as well. The weather here has been wonderful!
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| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Apr 14 2009 : 8:00:10 PM
A big warm welcome to you Brenda!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl #44
Sisters on the Fly #595
http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com
http://beehivecottage.etsy.com
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| CalicoCat |
Posted - Apr 09 2009 : 09:52:49 AM
Hello, Brenda, and welcome!
By the way, we Michiganians would appreciate it if you'd stop passing your weather along to us LOL! :-P
Have a good day! :)
~April
http://aprilsatelier.wordpress.com/
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| knittingmomma |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 12:33:26 PM
Welcome!
Oh, I would love to sit and have tea with you, but live in northern Vermont. We have 6 children thus far, homeschool, live off grid, very simply, have 20 chickens, large market garden, sew, knit, craft with branches and more.
Welcome to this wonderful forum.
Tonya
Handmade Treasures - http://knittingmomma.etsy.com
Blog - http://www.homesteadblogger.com/naturalearthfarm |
| cj6 |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 11:44:00 AM
I wish I lived closer!I homeschool my three youngest and my dream is to homestead,being off grid....maybe a few chickens,a pig....a definately a bigger garden.This from a born and raised city girl(but,surely a farm girl at heart even when I was little!)I have much to learn but,have been doing LOTS of reading the past 2-3 years.We lived in Cosmos,Mn for a year and a half really liked it there too!But,the job situation changed(company was moving all the equipment to Sioux Falls)So now we've been back in our home state for nearly 9 years. Where are you at in relation to Cosmos? We use to go to Hutch(Hutchison),Litchfield and sometimes Wilmar to shop.I love being back in mich,but still miss minnesota. cj
cj6 *believe in miracles* |
| mndreamer |
Posted - Apr 02 2009 : 7:54:43 PM
Welcome Brenda!
I drive through Ogilvie every weekend on my way home to Popple Creek! Sounds like you are as tired of the snow as I am.....Spring can't come to soon, my gardens are calling me. This is the best forum - everyone is so helpful and friendly. You can't help but love it!
~Vicky~
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
--- Laura Ingalls Wilder
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| FreedomAcresFarmGirl |
Posted - Apr 02 2009 : 5:47:28 PM
Tasha-Rose, We used to drive through Backus when we went to visit my inlaws up by Walker. Haven't been up that way in a few years as both of my in-laws are now deceased. Glad to know there are other Minnesotans that are like minded There sure doesn't seem to be any close around me LOL!
Brenda
[quote]Originally posted by GaiasRose
Brenda! You are neighbor to my home town, Mora! I live up in Backus now. welcome aboard!!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
Do what you can with what you have where you are. ~T. Roosevelt |
| melody |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 7:42:37 PM
Welcome Brenda...sounds like you have your hands full !! 
You are going to love this forum...the girls are so sweet, funny and very smart!!
Melody
Farmgirl #525
http://melodynotes-melodynotes.blogspot.com
www.bythebayhandcraftedsoap.com
www.lemonverbenasoap.etsy.com
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| lacisne88 |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 5:08:39 PM
Hello and welcome Brenda!!
Chelsey
Farmgirl Sister #283
http://farmgirlpleasures.blogspot.com/
http://aminiatureworld.blogspot.com/ |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 2:17:04 PM
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 1:43:03 PM
Brenda! You are neighbor to my home town, Mora! I live up in Backus now. welcome aboard!!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
Farmgirl Sister #88
Blogs:
http://gaiarose.wordpress.com
Etsy:
http://ForestFaeries.etsy.com
"Joyful chaos, working in tune with the seasons, telling itme by the sun, variety, change and self-direction; all this wwas replaced with a brutal, standardized work culture, the effects of which we are still suffering from today." - Tom Hodgkinson in 'How To Be Idle' |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 1:36:02 PM
Welcome, Brenda. Sounds like a busy life. You've come to the right place.
Kris
Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be. |
| Calicogirl |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 1:13:55 PM
Welcome Brenda!!!
Your family and home sounds wonderful :) You sure came to the right place. I have learned so much from these lovely ladies :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
http://merryheartjournal.blogspot.com/ |
| electricdunce |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 12:03:44 PM
Welcome, sounds like you live in a wonderful place, and solar power too! There are so many interesting women here, you are going to love this forum.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
http://moodranch.blogspot.com
http://domesticnonsense.etsy.com |
| NudeFoodFarm |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 10:18:57 AM
Hi Brenda,
welcome. You sound like your going to have tons to offer. I look forward to your posts.
It isn't freezing here anymore but we did have a long hard winter. I thought maybe I would share a great "kid project" that my husband and I loved to do this winter. maybe you have already done it. . .
We made Ice Lanterns.
they turned out so cool.
We took plastic containers and filled them up with water (hot water iced clearer, we even tried food coloring) you can fill them up an inch at a time, layering the ice. I froze floating cranberries and they turned out so pretty layered in the ice. We took cans, filled them up with marbles and sunk them in the middle of the layers of ice. That is where we placed candles. Then at the end of the season they just melted away and the birds ate my cranberries. . .
I wish I could post a picture, but I am still forum challenged and I am working on it. . .
Great to "meet you".
Heide
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 10:02:28 AM
Yahoo, another Midwestern farmgirl has joined up! Welcome, welcome Brenda. I'm sure you'll love it here. Lots to learn, share, laugh at and support when you need it most!
Sorry it is snowing there, I hope spring shows up for you soon.
Dawn in IL |
