I love the cosmic purple carrots! The unexpected color is fun!

We like the rainbow carrots, red, orange, purple etc. not sure of their varieties.

Nantes, or if we can get the seeds, Scarlet Nantes.

We grow any and all carrots. My grandbabies love to plant the tiny seeds, watch the fernlike leaves mature, but most of all the little girls absolutely love to pull them up. Even if they are so skinny they’re hardly a mouth full. But our carrots are sweet and my girls claim that every one is the best carrot ever!!!

I don’t grow carrots, but I want to. My favorite kind of carrot is any kind of carrot. I love carrot salad and carrot souffle.

A few years ago I grew carrots and they tasted earthy. i’d love to try another variety since I love carrots raw and use them to cook with often.
Any advice?

Nantes

I have not planted carrots, but I have fond memories of a very robust garden my dad used to plant. Along with memories of having to wake up way before I was ready to help tend to it. 🙂 I am attempting to carry on this tradition with my own family.

Baby carrots were grown for healthy snacks for our yellow Lab, Manny. He loved them and relished every chew. They cleaned his teeth, gave him a little sweetness and he crunched away

A few years back I grew Red Dragon – absolutely fabulous. It is on the list to go in the garden this year

I likr rainbow carrots. So much color to everything.

So for I don’t have a ‘favorite’ carrot to grow. I have tried a few different varieties over the past few summers, but they all seem to have a metallic taste to them. Is it the carrots, or am I doing something to cause this?

I haven’t grown any yet. This will be my first year! I do love watching the cut tops of the carrots resprout! The soft, feathery greens make me feel happy and hopeful! I can’t wait to experience pulling an entire carrot from the ground and tasting it!!

I haven’t grown carrots yet – but as my clay soil continues to become better and suitable for carrots I hope to try this spring.

I haven’t had much success growing carrots. Would love to learn what I’m doing wrong!

Hi thank you for your fun educational encouraging drawing!!
I’d have to say my favorite would be danvers half long..from homesteading in west Virginia and storing them in a root cellar until the next spring, growing them in longer light days in Quebec where they became very large, to Ohio clay soils..I’d have to say danvers..saving seed was from these was my maiden voyage in saving seed!!….i owe them alot..they taught me about the earth..gardening…bunnies..alot of things..

I recently moved from Dallas to the mountains of NC and have not grown a garden yet. I hope to this year. My goats love carrots and I love to garden.

growing Danvers and Tendersweet

Scarlet Nantes in the raised bed!

Last year I grew basic Earl May short length carrots in a raised bed. They were fairly good – but I would have liked to grow more than I did.

I have always had good luck with Danvers Half Long carrots. One year I did a circle garden for the fun of it and it was the best garden ever. I got teased a lot but had a lot of fun with it and showing those skeptics how great it was.

Ive grown the Atlas( parisian type) and Caracas from Johnny’s

Well, to be quit honest I haven’t grown any. I’ve tried to grow some vegetables in a little side garden beside my house but it doesn’t get adequate sun. However, we just bought 10 acres of land and I have a HUGE area where I can grow all I could possibly dream of. It’s already plowed and ready to plant. I can’t wait!!! My husband got this magazine for me and I love it. What little growing I have had success with is in pots around my house or in the greenhouse. So I am excited for the new adventures of growing straight from the earth.

My five kiddos and I LOVE the rainbow carrots we plant every year!

I always plant a big garden with the help of a neighbor and my husband. I enjoy the “Scarlet Nantes” carrot–so sweet. Every year I try a new variety of something, as well as the tried and true favorites–Contender green beans are lovely, and I stick with Yukon Gold potatoes for summer eating.

I love the bulb flowers that date to bloom this time of year. So give me crocuses, daffodils, narcissus, and maybe for fun through in some prim roses even though they’re not from bulbs.

I love most flowers, but the peony would be my all time favorite, the ones with the great fragrance. Would love to add your Iris to my garden too!

I love peach colored roses! Right now I have some yellow iris. I think the purple would look great with them.

Anything with PINKS that gives hope to spring!

Tulips or any flower! I love decorating for Valentine’s Day because it’s like a little bit of “spring” in winter.

Roses of every color.

Stargazer Lilies!

Daisies are the best anytime!

My favorite flower would be a Tiger Lily. They are near and dear to my heart. So they are perfect for Valentines Day.

My favorite Valentine Flowers are tulips and daffodils because they say spring is just around the corner!

This year it was bright yellow daisies and miniature purple irises!

I have always loved carnations for their sweet, somewhat spicy fragrance!!

My favorite bouquet would be lily of the valley and muscari because I can’t pick one over the other. The smell is intoxicating and I love their tiny bells!

I’m not sure I have a favorite, I love anything that blooms.

I love irises, but my favorite flower is calla lily. I love all the colors and don’t mind that the colored ones are tiny!

The first English hyacinth in the spring

Hi
I really enjoy house and garden flowers. Really appreciate the beauty of African violets and orchids. My grandma had African violets always blooming in her house. My mother also raised African violets. I have been fortunate to be able to raise violets even though my 2 sisters are challenged. They grow other house plants but guess I got the violet growing gene. Have expanded to orchids as roommates for the violets. I do have an expanded Iris bed as well. Would love to add more iris.

I love all flowers, but for valentine’s day, I would have to say a red rose.

I love all flowers, so any received for Valentine’s Day are my favorite!!

For Valentines’ it would be pink or red roses. Very romantic.

I loved to cut forsythia to force by spring. The yellow flowers would lift the spirit.
Love your magazine.

My favorite flowers are whatever my husband gives me because it is filled with his love.

Multicolored daisies

Thank you for your invitation to participate in this ..well I’d have to say that any flower that is deep red…in any form would be my favorite Valentine’s flower….dried in the form of petals for potpourri..or ground into a fragrant rose body powder.. fresh in a vase on a table or bedside..or maybe a heart shaped wreath..

I just moved to idaho… at my husband’s parents ranch..it just so happens that his mom’s name is Iris..and I’d like to create an honor garden for Iris..so these rhizomes would help me begin to root here in the earth and honor my husband’s mother and father..

Cyclamen!

Potato Soup

Tortilla soup!

Oh, my goodness! I’m not sure I have a ‘favorite’ soup. I like all kinds of soups….let me think. My homemade chicken noodle or my homemade potato soup.
As far as recipes go, I just make it up as I go along. I don’t have a recipe. Sorry.

New England clam chowder!

Chicken noodle

I love homemade soups and almost daily have it with my meal. My favorite is a cabbage soup with lots of veggies.

My favorite homemade soup is vegetable beef. I can the soup starter every year using fresh tomatoes, corn, okra, onion and carrots. At mealtime, I saute ground beef, more onion, potatoes, add the canned starter with home- canned tomatoes. I use bought early June peas and beef stock to finish. It’s quite yummy. I freeze any leftovers or share with family and friends..

My Mom’s potato soup nothing like today’s version with all that cheese.

Tortilla soup… http://homeschoolontherange.blogspot.com/2019/02/six-basic-freezer-cooking-recipes.html

All time fave soup would be Split Pea!! Always on the menu after holidays that include Ham – Christmas and Easter.

Butternut or crookneck squash soup. I keep it extremely simple: boil till tender, drain and place in a blender, add salt/pepper and a heaping tablespoon or so of butter and mayo. Our garden squash has been the best and so flavorful that it needs little additives to be yummy!

I always make burgoo for the Kentucky Derby and we have a lot to freeze this would be so handy

Beef barley with whatever veggies I have. Cabbage and diced tomatoes a must.

Any kind of bean soup.

Our household favorite soup is Zuppa Toscana. We sub a few ingredients to make it gluten, dairy and corn free for my daughter and I.

My favorite soup is potato and sausage soup. I made this creation when I had extra canned potatoes from our garden and leftover party sausages from the Super Bowl! I also added fresh chopped parsley from my herb garden along with onion and garlic. It turned out fabulous!

Chicken corn soup

It may be boring, but I find so much comfort in a bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup.

Cheesy broccoli

Hamburger soup. Something my mother-law gave me. The basics are hamburger and cabbage and pretty much anything else you feel like putting in it.

Split Pea and Ham Soup
Boil ham bone for an hour or so, until meat comes off easily, stirring every so often. You can simmer it longer, but if you do and water evaporates, add more water, so when you are done you have a gallon or so of stock. I do this on the wood burning stove. Take off stove and let cool enough to handle, or wear rubber gloves if you can’t wait that long. Pull bits of ham off bone. (The marrow can go in here, also.)Put in container in the fridge. Strain the juice into a gallon pail. Put in the fridge overnight and skim off the fat the next day. This is your soup stock. Put it back on the stove and while it’s heating, put in a bay leaf, cut up carrots, celery and onion and put in – a cup or two of each. Put split peas in – half of a one pound bag, or a cup. Simmer for a half an hour, or an hour, stirring every so often, until peas are soft. Add in the meat pieces that you took from the bone. Let the whole thing simmer a little longer, 15 or 20 minutes. If the soup is too salty, add some bite sized potato pieces, about a couple cups. Or if you just like potatoes in it like I do, add them anyway. Now your soup is ready to eat. A slice of bread buttered with garlic butter and shredded cheese sprinkled on it, then heated in the oven until the cheeese melts is real good with this. And this can all be done in the wood burning kitchen range. A good skill to know if the power goes out for a while, which doesn’t happen often. When the soup has cooled some put the kettle in the fridge to cool. A big pot will last for many meals, but if you want to freeze some, scoop some into a ziplock bag after it cools. It doesn’t look pretty after it cools, but it will look good again when it is warmed up. And it always tastes good!

I wish i made better soup because I really like about every kind….the best one i have ever made was the chicken noodle soup….. a recipe from your magazine!!!

I like many different soups, mainly vegetable versions. I have a vegetable base of usually corn, okra, onions, tomatoes. Then add any vegetables available: peas, carrots, garlic, beans, potatoes, black-eyed peas, any vegetable that would be great in a soup. Sometimes will add meat if want to or will add quinoa. I have canned at least 70 quarts of soup in a few days, before. I can and freeze a lot. We try to grow as much of what we eat as we can.

Spanish gazpacho

Tomato basil.

Amelia Mae Kirby

I just subscribed! I’m going to name our future milk cow Lorie Darlin’ thank you for such a great magazine, cookbooks, and website!

I’ve heard of naming cows after favorite aunts or other women in the family. I love this so my cow will be named Daisy for my favorite aunt when I was a girl. She was under 5 ft tall and loved sewing and crafts. Thank you!

Mabel Belle :). I love your magazine, my 8 year old daughter and I love to do the crafts together.

Love how easy and convenient these look! I have never tried them but would love to add these to my pantry staples! The recipes look so good!

I’ve never tried these, but the ingredients for the cinnamon and molasses-oat bread look yummy.

I would love to try these mixes, and the recipes that require them in the most recent magazine issue.

Would love to try them and it looks like it would be fun for the kids to help.

I would most likely bake a nice warm bread that I would slice into single serving sizes to be used in our parish soup and cookie brown bag gift we give during the winter months to our shut-in parishioners to let them know they are not forgotten and are still in our prayers. Our parish (Sacred Heart Church) is in a small town with no stoplights called Chazy, NY just 7 miles northeast below the Canadian border. Hope to hear from you all and God Bless you!!!!

I have received your magazine the last year and it’s so interesting with new ideas and products. I am retiring and hope to have time to try new recipe ideas and increase my knowledge of crafting, sewing, and cooking. I’d love to be picked and win your product too try, and give my husband a treat. Thank You for giving so much information out too so many of us! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Your packaged mixes are an easy, convenient way to cook something new. I recently made a bake-over for my daughter and myself, and we really enjoyed it. Just like I really enjoy your magazine!

They are super easy peasy and great for those long hikes in the mountains.

Something I really want to experiment with. Give me a try!

I would like to try the budget mixes. I was thinking how handy they would be for a quick preparation of a yummy treat.

Love that they’re organic

I would love to try your mixes,especially since they’re organic,they all look delicious.

I love the simplicity of the recipes! My favorite thing would have to be the quality of the ingredients, organic!

I haven’t bought any yet. Each issue of your magazine inspires me to “get going” on my journey to get back to my farm roots. So I want to start baking again, like I did when my kids were little.
I’m 75 and live in a small mobile home in a mobile home park so my yard is small.
I’m planning my garden for my hillside spot that worked so well 2 years ago.

Whike I haven’t tried any of your budget mixes yet, I look forward to trying them in the future. Your recipes in your magazine not only look yummy, they remind me of true comfort food.

I love that they are organic. All your recipes using the Budget mix look like they took a long time to make!

I have bought your Chillover powder for making jam. It makes the flavor of my strawberry rhubarb jam stand out without the flavor I usually get from using sure jel.

This one is still my favorite & most referred to:MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook: For the Farmgirl in All of Us

Maryjane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook. A life affirming and encouraging book!

The Lifebook is still my all time favorite, but love the Glamping Book as well.

I love all the books so it’s really hard to choose one. Glamping led me to the farm girls, but I think my favorite is Maryjane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook. It includes a little of all the books in one, and is so inspiring.

I have never tried any of your books but i am excited to try and win one

I have admired your books advertised each month in your magazine but haven’t had a chance to read one … yet.

Maryjane Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook is my favorite. It is full of ideas and stories. I’ve learned so much from it.

I love baking homemade

I have not read your books, but love the magazine and read it from cover to cover!

The Idea Book is the best

I’m just getting back to my farm roots. Baking bread would be a great start.

Iseabool is my go to! Thank you for this giveaway, I recently tried to harvest my own yeast but have since killed it twice! I need help 🙂

I haven’t read any of your books yet. I’m hoping to simplify my life, so I can find more times to do the things I truly enjoy, like reading, baking, and spending time with family.

I love to cook, bake, and preserve things from the garden. Sourdough bread is someting I haven’t tried yet. Every time I see a picture of “WILD BREAD” I think, I need to order that book. I would love to win one. I read each addition of your magazine from cover to cover, but I don’t have any if your books yet.

I didn’t even know that store-bought yeast has a negative health aspect so would love to have a copy of Wild Bread.
Thanks so much!

I am new to Mary Janes farm and have enjoyed it immensely. I had bought the magazine initially at our local store and enjoyed it so much I then subscribed. When I received my first issue it was the same as the one I had just bought so I shared and gave it to my sister. She loves cast iron cooking so I knew she would like this magazine as much as I did. For Christmas I also shared with her a package of Budget Mix. Thank you

I haven’t read any of your books YET but since I’ve just been introduced to you I plan to check them out!

I’ve really enjoyed MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook. Flipping through its pages leaves me feeling like I’ve had a conversation with a like-minded friend!

Mary Jane,

I fell in love with your magazine several years ago with copies that were gifted, (and I say “gifted” because that is what I felt they were), from an old family friend. I have since gotten my issues every month and I am so excited when they show up in the mailbox!

This wonderful book you are giving away did not end up under the Christmas Tree this past season so I am hoping to win one. This will be my first Mary Jane book but there are several I intend acquire.

I am a brand new subscriber. How did I not know you?! I do not have any of your books but I have made bread a couple times and this book would heighten my passion to serve my family off the land! My newly married daughter’s neighbor told her he wanted to bring a loaf of bread to her a welcome to the neighborhood. What a beautiful gift! I began to look for a homemade bread book. This would be wonderful.

I can honestly say I have just found Mary Jane magazine and web sites a few months ago and I am in LOVE! I’m a city girl (more suburbs) but country at heart. I love to cook and can’t wait to try all the new recipes in your new book! I love the mixes and recommend them to anyone!

I do not have any of your books but I love the magazine and would love to have this cookbook!

I am brand new to all this wonderful Farm Girl world. ..would love to win all of it! 😊😊😊

I love Cast Iron, I have learned so much. Thank you.

I am new to MaryJane, but very impressed with my magazine subscription. I am a brea baker and would love to learn a better method for sourdough. By the way the Bacon and Corn Chowder is to die for.

I would take these on hikes in my woods…..but mostly I would take them for my lunches when I sub-teach at the local high school. Especially, when I am called in last minute and have nothing in the fridge or pantry that would be ready to go in a pinch. Thanks for the opportunity to win your meals on the go….P.S. I love Mary Jane Farm magazine. I scour it from front to back as soon as I get it…then do it again! LOL

I would probably use it most Lunch when I don’t have anything else to fix quick. I haven’t tried the ones in the bowls yet… all I have tried so far are the stand up packages.

Camping, of course! And work lunches.

Perfect for on the go eating! I’d take mine to the drag strip.

I would us them on canoe trips and when we go camping. It’s always nice to have quick and easy meals on hand.

Hello Mary Jane,
I just had surgery that will change the way I have to eat for the rest of my life. It was the 2nd surgery this year to repair a hernia in the diaphragm. The first surgery also included a Nissen procedure to protect my esophagus from pre-cancerous cell changes.
I eat small amounts of very soft foods multiple times a day and these new meals would be perfect for me. I would take them everywhere. .So please put my name in the hat and pull it out a winner winner! lol
Thank you so much!
Ellen Rodhe

I would use them for a quick meal since I’m alone. Or for my grandsons when they put in many hours for school band. A healthy meal instead of the snacks they get. A great healthy idea.

I have not tried these but I would love to give them a go. They would be good to have on hand for a quick meal on a busy day.

Can’t wait to try these on my day hikes with my fur babies!

Oh heck, if they’re good I’d eat them everyday till I got tired of them. For last two months been obsessed with Kimmy’s Krakkers from triplegreenjadefarm.com (sold at local Village Meat Market, Willsboro, NY). She sells 3 different types-ALL filled with lots of seeds, figs, olives, lots of organic stuff-SO, SO DELICIOUS! Expensive-$6 for 4oz, but just love them. Would sure like to try these. Thanks.

I’m blessed to live on a lake. These quick meals would be perfect to take out on the pontoon!

I would take them camping. Easy serve for the grands.

These meals would be a wonderful healthy addition to my quest to be a healthiest me.

I would give them to my wonderful niece who lives in Washington DC. She needs good food and would appreciate better nutrition. Love your magazine. Each issue lifts my spirits. Thank you.

I’m 74 and help out in my daughter’s thrift store, this would bptasse perfect for me!!

I think these would be perfect for my gardening days, eliminating the need to stop, clean up, go in the house and prepare lunch. I’d keep a stash in my greenhouse and be good to keep on hoeing!

I would love to try the On the go foods. It sounds like a delicious guick meal for one. I usually make big pots of homemade soups and chili, then freeze 3/4th of them in individual servings. It would be great to have a nutrious meal that didn’t have to be thawed first.
I enjoy your magazine very much, gaining much insight at the ripe age of 71.

I would use them while chasing my 4 year old granddaughter on all of her adventures

Hello Mary Jane! I would enjoy your ON THE GO MEALS while camping in my vintage trailer. I am all organic and these sound delicious.

My husband and I commercial fish in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Once fishing really starts, eating becomes second only to sleeping. Quick, healthy meals are hard to come by. These organic quick meals would be PERFECT!

I would pop a meal to go in my bag on a hiking trip with my three dogs or even at work for in between haircuts.

Since I no longer work and am a widow, but still very active and am not home quite often, I would have them on hand to fix and enjoy when I don’t have time (or the energy) to make a full meal.

I would take these meals right in the kitchen or on the sun porch. I usually eat alone, and would look forward to an upgrade on my daily routine. Thanks for the opportunity!

We have some medical traveling scheduled for the year–these would be a great alternative to motel snacking!

I’m 76 years old, have been planning and preparing meals for almost 58 years and need some healthier quick fixes for the (frequent) days I just can’t face the kitchen. Eating out is nice but expensive and does not generally offer the best choices. I’d love to try your sample meals — they sound like just what I need!

One Pan To Rule Them All is a new-to-me book about cooking with cast iron. I’m trying to clean up and season some vintage finds so I can learn to use them.
I’d Love to read the Honeybee book!

I love the MaryJane magazine.Best magazine out there. My last read wasn’t a “new” book, but a reading suggestion from a previous issue.” The long Winter” by Wilder was a book I had never read.I am glad I read it. It put my life into perspective. I am also currently reading,” The Snow Child” by Ivey. Thank you so much for the suggested reading.

Unlocking Greatness by Charles Harary. I’m a methodical, list person, and this book gives you great tips to unlock your own greatness with practical, do this first, then this organization. He talks about the use of mindfulness in determining what to do with your life. We all have a mission in life, and finding your own unlocks your own greatness.

I have been delighted to be reading with my son a young reader series called Dragon Boy. Adventure awaits!

Last year my grandson and daughter-in-law set up a hive in my yard but I did not get involved except for planting flowers. Well, the bees all died, so I would like to get involved now and try to get a new hive going with the help of my grandson. However, I don’t know anything about it so I think this book would help me.

I have been reading The Heirloom Life Gardener by Jere and Emileee Gettle. I am putting in a small orchard this spring and plan on installing a couple beehives so this should be an interesting read.

One of my favorite reads has been Heartmender by Andy Andrews. Truly an incredible story and message. In line with that era, WWII, I recently read The Gown, by Jennifer Robson–historical fiction on the making of Princess Elizabeth’s wedding gown. Would enjoy the bee book; I love reading after British authors.

I recently read a cute little novel called “The Secret Life Of Sarah Hollenbeck” by a new writer name Bethany Turner. A wholesome story about love with a couple twists and turns. Hope I win this book by Helen Jukes as it sparks my interesting in beekeeping and it appears to have an interesting true storyline!

All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss is a wonderful educational book of animals in winter.

I just finished “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens. It was beautifully written and a wonderful book. I also love the series by Laurie R. King, starting with the first book “The Beekeepers Apprentice”.

Love Heals… favorite new book💚

I was able to purchase a copy of a book written by an extended cousin of mine (several generations removed), of stories passed on by our ancestors before us! I am SO thrilled to be able to pass on to my children the stories of my heritage! The Crooked Tree: Indian Legends of Northern Michigan by John C. Wright. What an exciting find!

After subscribing to Mary Jane’s farm magazine I immediately started reading curious what it had to offer. Fell in love and immediately ordered “Wild Bread”. I have Celiac so I was super excited about the amount of gluten free recipes. I grow organic and buy organic whenever possible. So you see how much I would love to try this product. It would be great for a quick meal while gardening or quilting when I tend to skip meals. Love the outdoors and would sure be nice to walk around the yard eating something nutritious while checking my flowers and so forth. I am a widow so cooking for one is sometimes a task more than a enjoyable experience. God bless!

My favorite new book was given to me by my sister. It is called The Prayer Box. It is Christian fiction and very charming.

To be more creative, you have so many creative ideas that inspires me to be more creative.
Love the outdoor bath i also had to do one.
I love cast iron and love the recipes. Thank you so much!

“Farmgirl” is not where you live, it is how you live.

I love learning all your tips you put in “Simple Solutions: MaryJanes Seven Wonders.”, the “Newsroom”, and all the recipes!! Those are my 3 favorite things to look at each time I open your magazine. The recipes that recreate healthy alternatives to unhealthy recipes are my favorite!

This book looks amazing:) I feel like every single article in MaryJane’s Farm is relevant and useful!! Balancing on one leg is important for brain health!? Another great reason to start up my yoga practice again!! I got up while reading the magazine to see if i can balance on one leg with eyes closed for 10 seconds. Very wobbily- but i did it:)

Something I learned is the great variety of food that can be prepared in cast iron. I have used cast iron for years but there is always something new to learn. Many years ago I dug up a cast iron pan that previous owners had buried, cleaned it up, re-seasoned it, and thirty years later I am still using it! Cast iron pans last forever!

Having friends and sharing the simple things in life. I grew up making do with what I had. Still do. It’s amazing what a person can come up with if they just try.

Opening my mailbox and finding your magazine immediately puts a smile on my face.
From DIY projects, healthy recipes, book suggestions, Newsroom, Seven Wonders and
much more, I always learn many new things. I’ve been subscribing for quite a few years and at one point decided I needed to focus on quilting magazines and stop MaryJane’s.
BIG mistake, I missed it greatly and shortly started my subscription back up. Your two for the price of one subscription is something you can’t pass up! I love everything about this magazine! Thank you

I learned about grounding, how to take a 7 day vacation from criticism, how to make candied ginger and elderberry syrup. These are just a few of the myriad of things I have learned since my subscription started in 2015!

Great magazine that takes more than 15 minutes to read!! Always picking up some new tidbit!

Being “Me” is a beautiful blessing.

I’ve learned to make several delicious recipes. My favorite is Spaghetti Casserole from the April/May 2011 issue!

MaryJanes Farm is the only magazine I think I have ever read cover-to-cover – even the ads. It is so — what is the word? — satisfying, comforting, validating? — to connect with like-minded women. Some of Dr. Laura Koniver’s tips on wellness and grounding really make good sense, and I have shared them with others. Keep up the good work!

Being a former farm girl, your magazine just reminds me of simpler times as a girl on the farm. Frugality was a way of life for us, our routine, which is deeply embedded into my brain. “Waste not want not” is my favorite quote. Thank you for all of your articles, advice and just plain fun reading

I have learned to embrace the farm girl in me again. Since becoming a Sister, I am always looking for new adventures to earn a new badge! I joined the bookclub. I’ve searched and found my cast iron ware and revel in their beauty and ability to cook evenly, not to mention the history of each piece. My parents would be so proud! I look at life with wonder and excitement just like I did when I was a young woman. Kiddies to Mary Jane

I have learned to use herbs for health and healing. I am amazed at how many there are that I never knew were useful!

I have learned so much but I especially appreciate the “how-to’s” for sustaining. They give me confidence that I really can do it! I keep every issue for reference.

I love your magazine for all the craft ideas as well as the natural heath and wellness section. Reading your magazine makes me feel like I’m recapturing old forgotten ways of doing things that never should have been cast aside. I’ve learned new cast iron recipes and am looking forward to making my own wool dryer balls.

That more food is wasted at home then at stores and restaurants combined. I’m sure guilty of this and would love for this book to teach me ways to reduce my impact on the earth.

I’ve learned that even though I moved back to the city after living in the country for 25 years, I will always be a country girl!

I have learned to enjoy all the simple things in life, it’s okay to just relax, watching the birds or insects.

I’ve learned that with a little inspiration I can make my home a cozy haven.

There is much to be learned in every issue! I’ve shared articles, tips, books, the magazine itself–but only on loan. One of the most used ideas over the years is the DIY fabric dish drainer. I’ve made them for gifts, given them to friends and daughters, helped my sister make some to do the same. My MaryJane’s is read cover to cover, and re-read. Thanks for an outstanding periodical.

Who knew you could make sour dough starter with gluten-free flour? I do now since I read about it in your magazine featuring an article about your book Wild Bread.

Due to the area I live, I get your magazine quicker if I buy it off the shelf rather than subscribe, and I look forward to every issue! There are so many interesting tips that I have come to realize you can always do something with what you have. More memories, less waste!

I sure could use some help in that department.. Thank you.