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FreedomAcresFarmGirl
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Brenda
Ogilvie
MN
USA
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 Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 08:43:50 AM
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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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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4876 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 10:02:28 AM
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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 |
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
433 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 10:18:57 AM
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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. |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 12:03:44 PM
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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 |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 1:13:55 PM
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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
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 1:36:02 PM
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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. |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
2552 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 1:43:03 PM
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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' |
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
433 Posts |
Posted - Apr 01 2009 : 2:17:04 PM
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Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
Dressing is Optional. |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3341 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3341 Posts |
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FreedomAcresFarmGirl
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Brenda
Ogilvie
MN
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2009 : 5:47:28 PM
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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 |
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mndreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
191 Posts
Vicky
Popple Creek
MN
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - Apr 02 2009 : 7:54:43 PM
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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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cj6
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
cj
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 11:44:00 AM
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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* |
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knittingmomma
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Tonya
Vermont
106 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 12:33:26 PM
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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 |
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CalicoCat
True Blue Farmgirl
82 Posts
April
Oakland County
MI
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2009 : 09:52:49 AM
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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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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
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KayTea26
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Katie
Minnesota
USA
33 Posts |
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