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| slreece |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 10:20:47 AM
Hello to all!
So glad to be a part of this great community! I live on a farm with my husband and daughter. We raise cattle and corn and a mess of fun when given the chance! My parents were country kids who left for the big city to earn a living and I was raised in town. I guess being a farmgirl is a gene that can lie dormant for awhile, but eventually it comes out strong! I've been living on the farm for 8 years now and can't imagine ever leaving it.
I love gardening, sewing and cooking and hope to get started soon on a chicken pen. I had hens a few years ago, but I didn't have a good place to house them and they ended up on plates instead of on the farm. If you all have any suggestions on hen house plans, I'll love to hear them.
Thanks!
Sherri |
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| rosarita78 |
Posted - Oct 07 2010 : 12:11:36 PM
Sorry I'm a little late but welcome from kansas!!!
Reina
http://reinascountrykitchen.blogspot.com
http://icookinnewmexico.blogspot.com |
| LindaCal |
Posted - Oct 06 2010 : 08:22:53 AM
I'm new to the Farmgirl Connection and the Sisterhood. I'm looking for ladies in the Middle TN area to maybe have a get together with. Specifically the Alexandria area... Please Help!
Thanks!
Linda
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| LindaCal |
Posted - Sep 29 2010 : 04:37:00 AM
Hey Sherri, Where are you located... would love to try to get together and meet you if you have time... Right now I'm working on my Community service Merit badge. I'm volenteering at a spay/ neuter clinic for cats and dogs in Lebanon on my days off. But if you are close and would like to just meet for coffee somewhere that would be neat. Or any other Farmgirls in the area are welcome too. I'm new to this, but would really like to get under someones wing with my chapter if I could. So here is a call out to anyone close to Alexandria, TN!
Have a great day!
Linda
Farmgirl #2116 |
| slreece |
Posted - Sep 23 2010 : 11:12:23 AM
Pleased to make your acquaintance Karen & Hannah. Thanks for the welcome!
Sherri
Farmgirl #2090
Keepin on the SONny side! |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 9:30:51 PM
Welcome Sherri!!!
Hugs,
Hannah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Lifes not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
Just a small town country girl, farmgirl,loggergirl, trying to live her dreams. :)
P.s. I've been playing around with the spelling of my name ( weird I know) and I've decided that I will stick with Hannah for good. Sorry I got you all confused. Hugs!! |
| slreece |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 08:36:12 AM
Hello to you all! Judy, Laura Jane, Cynthia and Linda D - Thanks for the big welcome.
Linda I appreciate the input for the chicken house info. I'll be looking that information up today. I'd really like to have everything ready before spring and try and get some young hens then. I ordered from a hatchery before and ended up with more than I really needed or wanted. I think 6 sounds better than 25. Raising the baby chicks is a big job too.
Linda and Linda try to stay cool in this Indian Summer - it is supposed to be in the 90s everyday this week.
Sherri
Farmgirl #2090
Keepin on the SONny side! |
| Ga Girl |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 08:27:37 AM
Hello Sherri, so glad you joined us! Blessings,Karen
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
Farmgirl sister #1156
www.KKJD1.etsy.com
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| LindaCal |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 07:03:46 AM
hey, Linda D... I just wanted to say, I love Pygmy goats! are they hard to take care of? What kind of shelter do you have for them?
Still learning about goats...
thanks for you input
Linda C |
| lindadouglas |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 05:58:04 AM
Hi Sherri, I am Linda and I also live in Middle TN (murfreesboro) to be exact. I have 4 pygmy goats and 4 chickens. I only have about and acre so I had to go with a smaller chicken coop than most people do on a farm but it has worked out beautifully for me. If you look up images of chicken tractors you will find what my husband built for me. you can find chicken coop plans online or there is a youtube video called the ultimate chicken coop (I love it cause it is built by a girl). Hope this helps. quote:
Originally posted by slreece
Hello to all!
So glad to be a part of this great community! I live on a farm with my husband and daughter. We raise cattle and corn and a mess of fun when given the chance! My parents were country kids who left for the big city to earn a living and I was raised in town. I guess being a farmgirl is a gene that can lie dormant for awhile, but eventually it comes out strong! I've been living on the farm for 8 years now and can't imagine ever leaving it.
I love gardening, sewing and cooking and hope to get started soon on a chicken pen. I had hens a few years ago, but I didn't have a good place to house them and they ended up on plates instead of on the farm. If you all have any suggestions on hen house plans, I'll love to hear them.
Thanks!
Sherri
It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not
Linda Douglas |
| LindaCal |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 05:09:27 AM
I just joined the "Sisterhood" I did it kinda backwards.... I already started the "Charter" but, thats how my life has been... LOL But I get turned around and now I'm going in the right direction, I think! LOL |
| LindaCal |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 04:38:58 AM
Sherri, I'm not sure but you sound really close! I'm like 5 minutes from downtown Alexandria... I've heard of Pleasant Shade and always loved the name, but I'm not sure where you are...  |
| LindaCal |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 04:30:50 AM
I signed up to start my own "Charter" in the Alexandria area... I'm not sure I know what I'm doing, but I'm excited about it! Any help in that area would be greatly appreciated! *Yikes* I've been looking into the Nubian goats too. I hear there is a pretty good demand for the milk. Not sure where a reputable place to go for goats. I hear the auctions are bad... So I'm going to stay away from them. I see a lot of meat goat farms around. Does anyone have any info on who I might contact to get more info on purchasing... I have books galore on goats... it's overwhelming and I'm worried about them eating the wrong thing and them getting sick... I couldn't take it if my "babies" got sick... LOL
Thanks!
Linda |
| CCChristen |
Posted - Sep 19 2010 : 1:10:01 PM
Welcome from Lockwood CA, Glad your here. Sounds like you will fit right in.
Line Shack Farmgirl #1570
Cynthia
Happy Trails |
| LauraJane |
Posted - Sep 17 2010 : 8:49:15 PM
Welcome, Sherri!! Sounds like you are going to fit in really well here :)
-LauraJane
Farmgirl #2005
"May you be happy, may you be well!" |
| herblady55 |
Posted - Sep 17 2010 : 7:21:34 PM
Hi Kris...Hi Linda... *waves*...glad to have ya'll with us. Enjoy!
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 5:01:43 PM
Hi Linda and welcome to you too. I hope you get some goats. I have Lamancha and Nubian. I am down to just 1 each right now. I will be looking for bucks soon so we can have some more kids. I love the milk. I have made soap. Need to make some more. It's fun but frustrating when it doesn't work. I have lots of beef fat in the freezer waiting to render so I can make some with beef tallow.
Sherri, next time you're down this way, let me know. That's strange to have names like that for towns. I wonder what the history is.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| slreece |
Posted - Sep 15 2010 : 2:47:51 PM
Hi Kris & Linda
Kris - We are about 2 1/2 hrs NNW of Chattanooga. Chickamauga is a very nice place. It has been awhile but I have been through the battlefield. We Southerners most especially liked this one ;). The Pleasant Shade area is as lovely as the name implies. Its surrounding areas are lovely too even though their names are Difficult and Defeated! lol
Linda - We are so close! How far from exit 254 are you? We are about 30 minutes north of Exit 258. Good luck with the animals and the soap business! My in-laws kept goats for years until my father-in-law passed a couple of years ago. My neighbor still has plenty and she loves hers! I love to watch the baby goats play!
Sherri
Keepin on the "Son"ny side! |
| LindaCal |
Posted - Sep 15 2010 : 03:30:34 AM
Hi all! I too live in Middle TN. 65 miles southeast of Nashvegas... I'm a new member and Love the whole concept of the Farmgirl image! I grew up in a small town in Illinois and always loved animals... I now live on 2 acres with Farms all around me... I would like to start our with some chickens and possibly add some goats (pygmy) at some point... or maybe some dairy goats... would like to make soap and start a small business selling soaps and body lotions... at least that is my dream... Just wanted to say Hi, to Sherri
In His, service
Linda |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 7:27:16 PM
Hi Sherri. I love the name of the town. How far from Chattanooga? Welcome and have fun here!
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| slreece |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 6:37:46 PM
Hi Karla & Diane
I have been "snoopin' around in your websites. I LOVE them!
Karla - I have a collection of pillow cases that my Great-Great Grandmother and my Great Grandmother embroidered. Your photos of the tea towel embroidery are sooo similar to the ones I have.
Diane - I really think Sarah's vanity is precious and I love the photos.
I can't wait to view your sites and others in more detail. I may even become inspired to blog!
I got my farmgirl sister # today. I'm so exited! Can't wait to start on some badges!
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 5:25:29 PM
A big Wisconsin hay dare to ya Sherri! We are so glad you joined us!
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farmgirl sister #922
Happy to be a "Raggedy Ann" in a Barbie World! |
| karla |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 12:39:54 PM
Welcome Sherri,
We have our hens in an old granary. One half is for the chickens & the other half is for the ducks & rabbits. We are going to try to move the building this week & so if it doesn't hold up we too may be looking for somethng for the chickens!
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
http://rua2j-grammysheirlooms.blogspot.com/ |
