Monthly Archives: July 2015

My Farmers Market Debut

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Dear sisters,

Accomplished. Relieved. Satisfied. Useful. Happy. Tickled. Motivated. Inspired. Fulfilled. Refreshed. Relieved. Just a few words ( OK, more than a few) to describe how I felt AFTER our debut at the Farmers Market Last Week. Why was I so darned nervous anyway? Continue reading

CSA Day: Inside Scoop

Hello lovely readers!  I’m writing this on Wednesday evening, which means I’ve just gotten home from a big day on the farm.  Wednesday is our CSA day–it’s the day the subscribers to our Community Supported Agriculture shares get to take home their weekly bins of freshly picked and cleaned veggies.  The best day of the week!

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Peace, Man, Peace

Farmlife has provided me with more opportunities to think about things. I spend a considerable amount of time using the muscles in my arms or legs, rather than my head. That leaves my head muscle “available.” Available to ponder and contemplate and think things through. Like, when I shovel the manure out of the barn-thinking time! Or when I drive the tractor through the hayfield-thinking time! Or when I weed-eat-thinking time! If you’ve hung out with me for any period of time here, you know that PEACE is one of my quests. For me, for the tiny corner of my world, and for the whole world.

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My Back Porch Is My Canning Kitchen!

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Fresh picked corn in my old washtub. 

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One of my favorite things about having a big garden is putting up the produce for the winter.

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Just Bloom

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Plant your wildest dream seeds and grow a patch of wonderful. Deb Bosworth

Dear sisters,

I think you’ll agree we farmgirls are constantly looking for fun ways to do new things with an old-fashioned farmgirl twist!  Whether it’s making totes bags from reusable feed-sacks, re-vamping your glamper-camper, building your first chicken coop or dairy barn or starting your own farmgirl enterprise, Mary Jane has us covered. With a fearless farmgirl leader like Sister #1 at the helm, how can you NOT just bloom? And I mean B.L.O.O.M! Continue reading

Beauties and Beasts

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Since January, I’ve been training to become a Certified Master Gardener. Currently a “Master Gardener Intern”, I’m amazed how much more I’ve learned, gardening since age seven. Learning about the diagnostic aspect has been my favorite – like “plant CSI”, identifying diseases, bugs and other issues.

Gardening’s long been in my blood – a need to be outside and in earth. As any gardener can attest, sometimes things aren’t always perfect. We’ve had a late season, a wet spring, and a ‘buggy’ summer. I’ve noticed more, ahem, “imperfections” in my garden, appreciated more breathtaking beauty outside than inside any art museum, and also considered that invaders from outer space had landed on some of my plants.

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Mystery Vegetables

Kohlrabi? Broccoli Raab? Asian what’s that? And what the heck is that thing that kind of looks like a miniature purple cabbage?

Vibrant kohlrabi! Delicious raw or cooked!

Vibrant kohlrabi! Delicious raw or cooked!

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Three Bucks

I’m wondering about YOUR best three dollar purchase? A cup of coffee can cost $3 these days, you know. So, what’s YOURS? What is your most favorite thing you’ve gotten for three hundred pennies?

Who, me? Well, the other day I’m at a thrift store.

And I see something that I simply must have.

“How much is IT?”

“Three bucks,” the clerk answered.

“Sold!”

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What's Your Sign?

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My Fresh Eggs sign hanging in my kitchen is still my very favorite.

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I’m in love with vintage wooden signs.  The problem is that the ones I’ve seen that I really, really want I can’t afford.  There is a very large wooden sign that hangs in a cafe on the square of our little local town and I’ve eyed it for years.  One day I thought, “Why can’t I just make one”?  So I did.  Since then, I’ve made numerous signs, a few for myself and a few for gifts.

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What’s Your Sign?

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My Fresh Eggs sign hanging in my kitchen is still my very favorite.

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I’m in love with vintage wooden signs.  The problem is that the ones I’ve seen that I really, really want I can’t afford.  There is a very large wooden sign that hangs in a cafe on the square of our little local town and I’ve eyed it for years.  One day I thought, “Why can’t I just make one”?  So I did.  Since then, I’ve made numerous signs, a few for myself and a few for gifts.

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