I support organics whenever I can. I now have a share in a goat herd, just to receive fresh, unpasteurized milk each week, buy at the farmers’ market for the things we don’t grow. I also buy fair trade coffees & teas. I love it all!

I just subscribed to your magazine and I am anxious to get my first issue. Hmmm…how do I support organic agriculture? Well, I support in theory and deed, but I am not sure if that is what you mean. Last spring I became really ill and couldn’t shake it off…even after a round of antibiotic and steroids, which I HATE taking any kind of pharmaceutical. So I took a class on Essential Oils, tossed out all chemicals from my house and started making many of my own products. I try to buy organic whenever possible, but I live on eighty acres outside of a small town in Texas and I don’t have many resources. I wish there was a farmers market closer than sixty miles. I am trying to eat more whole foods. I will confess that I am still working full time and cooking after my work day is difficult to do. I do manage to throw something together quickly most nights and my husband is okay with that, although he would rather have chicken fried steak and fries. He is not into vegetables at all. I will say that one of my “retirement bucket list” items is to garden and have chickens. My daughter had chickens for a couple of years, but last spring, just before the drought ended by the glorious rain, coyotes came in and within two weeks killed them all. She is a full time college student, but hopefully, we can fortify her coop and get more. All of her neighbors lost theirs to coyotes also. I have ordered from Mountain Rose Herbs and would like to learn more about herbs.

I own my own seed company and grow all my own plants organically and save the seeds and sell them on my website : http://www.amishlandseeds.com
I guess since I farm organically year round, that is my biggest way to support organic agriculture.

I buy organic seed for my gardens and buy organic foods, clothes, towels, and bedding, etc.

We grow a lot of our own produce and use organic practices! We also have ducks and use their droppings as natural fertilizer!

My family and I support organic agriculture by shopping at the local farmer’s market instead of the retail chain stores whenever possible. The produce is amazing and often times significantly cheaper too! We also use our egg shells, banana peels, and other bit and pieces to make our own compost at home.

I grow and quite successfully my own organic vegetables all summer long.

I grow my own vegetables and raise backyard chickens!

I buy regularly from local farmers markets in addition to organic vegetable gardening. I don’t use pesticides in my garden and replaced the landscaping shrubs with bee and butterfly loving plants.

I support organic agriculture by maintaining relationships with farmers at my local farmers markets. I particularly love being able to go up to my “Tomato Man” and asking if he’s got a box of mushies for me to sauce and can each week!

Gardening, cooking, and buying locally and organically was instilled in me by my parents. It grew up on a dairy farm in upstate NY, and although I have just a small garden myself right now, I have plans in the works for bees, chickens, and a better garden.

Relationships are just as important as the produce. It feels great to know that your farmer has got a box put aside just for you with both “the usual” and sometimes the unusual!

love your magazine and books. I bought my 1957 Aljo because of you. Then bought your Glamping book

I love going to my local farmer’s market and supporting organic farms in my area and choosing organic when I can at the grocery store.

I love Mountain Rose Herbs. I have been turning to an all organic lifestyle over the past several years myself. I do have a ways to go yet but we feel healthier and happier thus far. I to try making my own herbal remedies but am much newer to that.

I support organic agriculture by growing everything in my garden organically and buying organic pooducts.

Thankfully it is getting easier to find online shops and services that pledge to be organic. We have tried for years to garden organically and now, more and more, local stores are carrying organic items and food. We like to support our small town neighborhood shops committed to healthy living.

I am blessed that I am in an area with many, many, organic farms and stores. I do not eat processed foods and always try to eat locally. I am a new gardener for vegetables and fruits and love getting close to the soil and know I can pick my own fresh vegetables.

I support organic agriculture by having my own garden and living on a farm.

I support all of our local mini farms at the Farmers Market that rotates to a different farm each week-end. Always buy produce in be tween at local fruit stand. grow my own garden with no chemicals and no gmo seeds. very carefully read labels so I know where food products come from before I buy.

We eat homegrown or wild meat, buy heirloom seeds and try to avoid as many chemicals as possible! Still learning and trying to compost. 😄

MaryJane…
Using the wisdom that has come from my dear sisters in this educated organic-savey generation, and from my elder sisters of the vintage generation….I now make intentional choices each day about what I buy and bring into our home to eat or products to use…or, …whatever I plant in my garden soil. It needs to be as pure as nature will allow it to be without any additives, hormones, or harmful substances. We now eat berries, honey, and teas from the forest. We have learned there is new world of food in the forests. Even medicinal cures. I choose organic local dairy, grassfed meat, free range chickens with organic feed. Our earth has offered the purest food and water for our good health so rich and pure, we need to receive this age-old…organic bounty with intentional, determined and grateful hearts, and return the care back to earth. We need to live simple and pure. Organic thinking and organic living on our earth. **** Intentionally Organic ****

I support organic agriculture in many ways. First, my best friend and business partner, Raphael, and I have turned our adjoining urban backyards into raised beds where we grow our own organic veggies. I only purchase organic veggies at the grocery and farmer’s markets in our wonderful city, Kansas City, MO. Additionally, I am a vegan and teach whole nutrition classes, write articles, and post supportive information on social media. And, I support our local CSA’s (Community Supported Agriculture) in our area. Thank you so much for everything, Mary Jane.

In Peace,
Kat Bowie

My husband and I always buy organic when available. We have to buy most of our organic food out of town and usually travel every other week to shop for groceries and other items but are starting to find more locally. My journey to buying organic started when I discovered your magazine. I have every copy except the first one. I keep a subscription for my mom and myself.

I support organic by buying my vegetables at the local farmer’s market and promoting the farmers I’ve befriended there.

Hello,
I just received my very first subscribed issue, I love it!!
I support organic by buying every chance I get and going to our local farmers markets…
Thank you!!

I love Mountain Rose Herbs. I recently ordered a ridiculous amount of essential oils. I had been given some by a rep for an MLM, but balked at the price for tiny bottles. I have been a customer for years with Mountain Rose, so I went back to them when needing oils. I’m glad I did. I love their tea, as well. I drank a pregnancy blend the entire pregnancy with my youngest. I wish I had known about it with my oldest of the two.

The pillow in the photo is so pretty..so colorful….color can make one happy, or relaxed…depending on the color…there are so many colors to pick from but my favorite is…”purrrr-ple”….it used to be red…and then there’s yellow…hmm…did you say one color or two or three? ha ha…my youngest daughter puts a lot of color in her home decorating.. this book would be perfect gift for her.

My favorite color is green, too. And, also the same as shawna, I like all shades as well.

I love greens because they remind me of summertime during our hard winters. Last year, I painted some walls in my living room with green, another wall in my dining room with orange sherbet (think Push Pop ice cream) and another wall in my kitchen mustard yellow. Standing in one particular spot in my living room, you can see all colors. My daughter stated “Hey mom, you’ve got peas, carrots, and mac-n-cheese on the walls. Looks like dinner time!”

Greens and yellows, the colors of daisies and sunflowers with a bit of blues and brown dirt thrown in!

Green, burgundy, purple and gold are my favorite colors. I love decorating in any combination of these colors. Green and/or gold accented with burgundy and purple. Love it!!!

Pink will always be my favorite color… but lately I’ve been loving teal and poppy!

I love fushias, hot pink and all shades of purple. But I decorate more serenely, usually in shabby chic rose and sage. But I am also into changing my house by decorating for the seasons. This is my autumn changeover and I have out all my golds ( like my 1850 gold and off white appliqued quilt that I use to cover my couch) umber, yellows and oranges. I collect vintage tablecloths and have several out in fall colors .

I love olive green!

My favorite color? Maybe my email address gives you a hint! Love purple and the softer shades of pink. I love trying different color combinations and step out sometimes with what others would probably say is just “a bit too much.” When I think back to the home I grew up in and to my grandparents’ homes, I really don not remember color. Guess there was color there, but it was so basic and plain! Not an issue in my own home.

When anyone asks me my favorite color I say ‘Fall’!!

I am wanting to change my house up. Want more and brighter colors. I love turquoise, red, lime green and a dark yellow. I am starting to repaint some furniture and maybe some walls. I do change seasons with flower arrangements and foliage.

DIY projects are my new love – that and canning!!! My 1939 home is fun to decorate with color. It “came with” three colorful bathrooms (all tiles original 1939): a bright yellow & black, a pink & gray, a pale yellow, rose, & burgundy! I love to see guests’ reactions :).

Yellow is my favorite its brightness and light just make me feel good. But I also love red and white together in my bedroom. And pops of all colors around me I every room.

I love a country red and yellow color combination and am considering decorating my smallish entry in these tones. Thanks for a great magazine full of advice and ideas!!

Since finding my long awaited red brick bungalow, and painting the exterior doors turquoise, my new favorite combo is red and turquoise! Even used these colors on my chicken coop. 💙❤

I’ve already ordered mine but would love a copy for my creative sister in law who. Is moving back to the lower 48 from.
Alaska!

I lean towards the greens and blues, the colors of the sky, the water, new leaves in the spring or moss in the forest, it’s where I find my relaxation. But throw in a pop of yellow or orange and it’s a whole different feel!

My favorite color is Red. I have a bit of red in every room of my home. But that said I enjoy most of the fall colors.

I like bright dark colors such as red,orange, brown, green, and purple.
I look forward to your magazine. Everything is so happy!!!

Teal & red :)….tourquoise & red…..green & orange. I seem to stay in the same realm, even though Kristin’s house reminds me of mine :).

Purple….sometimes with yellow, sometimes orange, sometimes white… purple really goes good with just about everything!!!

Would be so inspiring whilst trying to finish out my 1880’s farmhouse.

I’m always in search of “colorful” in my life. Sometimes I do feel torn between colorful, and soothing neutrals, but somehow colorful wins out every time. I use a lot of reds, oranges, and yellows throughout my open plan living space, which includes my living room, dining space, sitting area and kitchen, but each of my bedrooms and both the bathrooms have different color schemes of their own inspired by far away places: My Master Bath is bright white with Colbalt Blue Grecian accents; the guest bath is the lovely shade reflecting the inside of a seashell- rather a soothing peachy tone that reminds me of Nantucket… My Tuscany inspired guest bedroom is complete with classic Terra Cotta walls, offset by a shade of a pale bluish green known as Apple Grove (it’s a beautiful combination!) A Mediterranean inspired Master Bedroom with Blue Agave walls (it changes shade throughout the lighting of the day!) complimented with bright white trim… My current “office/library” project is in process. The walls are silvery grey… and who knows what the color scheme will be beyond that- I make things up as I go along, according to the inspirations of the time. ‘Crafting a Colorful Home’ is exactly my cup of tea- or coffee- depending on the day…

I like to put together minty green and cream with a pop of old barn red. I like a neutral background to let the color accents show off.

My favorite color is green and my favorite shade has been given many names over the years…..celadon, celery, oriental, soft green, faded avocado…..

I keep forgetting about Lehmans as a go to source for all things practical! In today’s Sister Issue, I saw the corn broom and flour sack towels. Both of these items are hard to find where I live so I wrote myself a note to go and look more carefully through the store for more basics I have been needing. A $20 gift card would be a nice plus to have when shopping!

I am familiar with Lehman’s and have shopped from their catalog and, I have been pleased with all my purchases. My favorite non-electric kitchen gadget would be my grandfathers nut chopper…though, a food processor would be quicker..this glass jar with measurements on he side and a small wood block in the bottom with a screw on lid that has the chopper blades attached is my favorite..it has a red wooden handle on top and I collect red wooden handle kitchen gadgets…there are so many! This nut chopper has sentimental value because it was my grandfather’s…he was a landscaper that taught me gardening..but, also a wonderful cook/baker and always made our favorite foods when we visited…

We have a 23 year old Jayco tent trailer. I really don’t think we ever gave it a name, but it has been the absolute best vacation companion for my husband and I and our 4 kids. Kids are all grown and out of the house now, but the memories made while camping will always be a highlight. Retirement is only about 4 years away at which time purchasing a new travel trailer will be a the top of our list of things to do. I will have to start thinking of a name!

We have a tent for camping since spring-fall are busy times for us my husband has a nursery and landscape business. But we do take a few days off for the 4th of July and then we go camping in our tent, I try to bring a little rug with us but they are not a cute as this rug is! If I had one I think I would also use in my craft room for inspiration and to make the room look so much better! I would like to have a little air stream and park it by my pond as my little get away that would be a dream come true. I saw a very small one sitting in someone’s yard once and I would ride by it hoping it would have a for sale sign on it, I even took my husband to see what size I was wanting but so far it has not been for sale.

The throw rug is beautiful. I have enjoyed your books so much. Keep looking for your line of glamping fabric. Thank you for the inspiring ideas.

i would like to say that rug is super cute! I have a matador red and white shasta reissue and unlike most naming their camper a girl name I named mine to be a he and his name is Ruckus. Best fitting name I could come up with lol..

We own a Sprite Caravan. It was gutted by the previous owner and refit with all cabinets, benches and beds constructed from barn wood. The previous owner painted the inside a apricot color and used Mallard Duck wallpaper border around the top. Since the trailer is used by my husband and me, I left the colors intact. Placed lace valances over the mallard curtains and used lots of mallard duck items, ie: lamps, rugs, wall decor. On the table I use a real lacy table cloth to add feminine looks to the inside. named her Suzy – a female Mallard. The bathroom is my place to shine. I used aqua curtains and have shelves where I display my collection of Trailer bird houses, wind chimes and the like. The outside is the typical Sprite Orange stripe. We use lots of green and brown in chairs, tables, and decorations. We love Suzy.

My 1966 Shasta is named “Lila” – pronounced Lee-lah and the Sanskrit name for “Divine Play” which is exactly what she is!

Can I buy one of these rugs for my pink and white 1963 glamper IT WILL BE PERFECT ♡♡♡

Love this cute lil rug!
My 58 Oasis is named Lily, after my daughter…who is also the inspiration for Lilypad Lane Designs!
I think my favorite part of my camper is the original “Princess” crown emblem on the stove…who doesn’t want to feel like a princess in their glamper! 🙂

My 1965 Pathfinder is a rescue. Found her out behind a shed. Took her home and cleaned her up. Her name is Celia Rose. She is named after my Grandmother and Aunt. Two women who I loved. I scrubbed her, made new cushion covers and vurtains. My hubby made a frame for my mirror in the shape of a teapot. I love being in Celia Rose. I find peace when I have her out on an adventure..

Haven’t named it yet, it’s a travel trailer, that is in a permanent spot. I have chandeliers hanging in the trees, and inside. Every bed has quilts. and there is vintage crochet table cloths, doilies and clear crystal glasses to drink from. It’s my slice of heaven!!!

right now I am working on two trailers one is beach named Miss K.T.T. The other one is hunting theme. Haven’t named it yet. Having lots of fun. I don’t sell these they are for my enjoyment. Plus I still have one more coming. It will be girlie and is called Baby Cakes. The Miss K.T.T. Is the first letter of each of my grandkids. One is 1958 Oasis, 1964 Thunderbird and last 1971 Shasta compact. ❤️

I am currently working on my first glam per, a 1967 Kit Companion. Whew,when people say that it always is a lot more work than you initially think,it is so true!. One nightmare after another! But when she is ready to glamp up,it will be so much fun. Doing a turquoise,yellow and coral color palette in a 60s theme. Would love that cute rug for Miss Kitty.

I do not have a glamper yet. But I have been stock piling projects for one in my future. A quilt in progress, vintage tablecloths, a throw pillow made out of some of your fabrics. Reds and Aqua colors are my choice fabrics and I would love to win this rug to add to my stash!

I’m retiring in two years, and couldn’t wait….got a 2015 r pod, 17 feet, named Happy, as in happy the camper (happy camper) get it? Have great grandkids will travel. Going to shop your store asap in person. MJFG # 778. Keep up the good work.

I have an ’64 Comet named the Suga’Shack! I love exploring new places and making lifelong friends! I would really love the little rug! It is just adorable!!

I dont have a glamper yet but would love a 60 Holiday House and would deck it out in pink and aqua with lots of pillows and bunting. Or a shasta would be fun too. Thanks so much for the chance to win.

MaryJane, what a great give away!~ I’ve been thinking of you lately, as my son is moving to Coeur d’alene tomorrow for a new job. I’ve always wanted to visit your farm, and now we have even more of a reason to make the trip from MI!

Our little minnie winnie camper is a 1963 Mini Winnebego 16ft pull behind. It was a surprise garage sale find in 2008. It was cotton ball white when we bought it and the story is that a guy named “Bug” lived in it for a while. We have dolled it up inside and out and now it is a sweet red and cream with a great awning from Marti’s Awnings. We camp in it often. Our favorite times are when we use it along Lake MI, parked beside my mom’s touquoise and white 13ft 1967 Camanche, sharing many laughs and making great memories with family members. This past trip, there were over 50 family members who joined in our fun.

If I happen to win your great rug, I’ll propably give it to my mom. She always dreamed of family camping trips and now in her 70’s, her dreams are reality!

Thanks for offering such a great giveaway. Hope you are faring well in the midst of fire. Prayers and hugs. Ann

We have a Shasta LoFlyte named Lola. She is THE best!!!

I have a new to me 1963 Shasta…. She hasn’t told me her name yet, but she was abused and probably a little shy… I am currently in the process of redoing her. Glamping her up a bit. It is a slow process, I do most the work myself. But little by little she is getting pretty again!

That rug would look awesome in Esther – my 1960 Forester. I have decorated her in the 1960’s style, and absolutely love spending time in her.

I have taken her out several times close to home with my 2 pups (no boys allowed), and love the quiet. One of these days, I will join some of my sisters and get to an event or rally.

Can’t wait to see who the lucky girl is that wins this beautiful rug!

Love love this cute rug and I would love to see it lying on the floor in my 1962 Fireball Rocket named Silver Dimples. She is 12 feet long with an upper berth for sleeping or storage. My chihuahua kids embrace her hail damage and are happy to say…. She’s a fun fun glampy camper.

My fantasy glamper is a Shasta Compact. I drive past one that’s all original but they aren’t ready to sell it. It’s all original, parked many years ago and not moved or used except as a playhouse.
Sigh….

I have a truck camper (1981 Lance 700) that belonged to my best friend and favorite cousin. He passed away a couple of years ago and now his beloved camper is mine. It’s not much to many people but to me it’s priceless. My cousin’s last name was Treat so I have named my camper “Tessa’s Re-Treat”.
We don’t get to go too often but we “camp” in out yard at least once a month. We have a little fire ring and a beautiful view to enjoy. It is truly my personal retreat.
Your rug is absolutely perfect. All the yellow and orange are just my colors. I’ve decorated with a gold & yellow potholder bunting, vintage ice buckets, melmac, and my Momma’s vintage linens and orange letter holder.

My fantasy glamour would be an Airstream! I want to name it after my grandma who loved to take road trips, even well into her 80’s. She would always say it was time to go somewhere because she had “Itchy Feet”! Since Itchy Feet sounds too much like a disease, I want to name it the Olga V for my grandma.

Our camper is an egg …1978 13′ boler we have had it for 10 years enjoy every minute of our outings !!!
Love the carpet!!

MaryJane’sFarm inspires me to try things that I’ve always wanted to do but was afraid to do. I’ve come to know & do more than I thought possible. I had a good start before I “met” MJF but now I go the extra mile! Thanks for all the encouragement!

MaryJane’s Farm has encouraged me to be kind and loving toward other human beings and animals! I have always endeavored to be such a person, but your magazine helps enforce that even more!

MaryJanesFarm tells me that I am doing fine right at the level of Farmgirl that I am at, and this inspires me to do better and learn and try more!

I am often inspired by the lovely items others make. It gives me ideas of the things I might make myself. It is so nice to have people who think like I do.

Mary Jane’s Farm helps me to remember simpler is better. Not in a derogatory sense, but simple pleasures, simple and fresh ingredients in our food choices, family time, etc. Thank you!

Mary Janes Farm, inspires me to get up and do. Each time I have done that and gone on to complete a long-delayed project, I feel 10 feet tall! This has special meaning for me as I approach my 74th birthday later this week. Eacj issue has an idea or a quote that motivates me and I bless you for it. It would be easier to sit back and watch the world go by, but if I did that I would accomplish nothing. Even if what I do is a ‘little’ thing, it is in the doing that we are helping the world and all who live in it.

I have no idea where to start, I love everything about Mary Jane Farm. Inspires me with projects, gardening and nature. Enjoy the simple things in life.

I am inspired to know that anyone can be a farm girl even if they live in the city.

Mary Janes farm inspires me to look for the beauty in the little things.

Maryjane’s Farm inspires in so many ways…crafting, cooking, health, adventures, camping, cleaning, community, and on and on and on! Thank you!!!

MaryJanesFarm inspires me to stay true to my dream of a life that is slow (or at least slower) and homemade!

Although I am too old to live the way I’ve dreamed of the past fifty years, I can still
dream. Your magazine is one I wish I had when I was younger.

Oh, well, I can still dream of what might have been. (I can still craft and cook, though)

Keep publishing and I will keep subscribing!

Sandy

I am well “over the hill number 70”. My husband of 55 years and I devour every issue of Mary Janes Farm. We are both country/farm raised “oldies” and relive many articles MJ publishes. We are excited by so many young folks that are getting back to basic living and are inspired to encourage our 5 children and 15 grands to embrace the life style we were raised up in (ie: gardening, raising chickens, planting fruit trees, etc.). We still live this “old way”.

We love all the farm girl bloggers. Keep up the wonderful, inspiring blogs.

I feel like Mary Janes Farm magazine was created just for me. I was raised in a city but had a farm girl heart. When my husband and I finally moved to the country, I discovered Mary Jane’s magazine. A magazine full of all that delights me! I am a full blood farm girl now that quilts, takes vegetables and bouquets to farmers market all summer long and have delightful flock of chickens that customers wait in line to purchase their beautiful eggs! Thanks Mary Jane for showing me I was not alone in my farm girl heart! Don’t change a thing about your magazine! It is delightful!!!

This book is amazing. I was so excited when I saw it and got one. We formed a quilting group just to do the projects in this book. Her choice of fabrics is so charming. Was I surprised to see it in our Mary Jane Farm magazine? Nope! It so fits our lifestyle and tastes. And, the projects are so versatile. Anyone who wins this will love it!

How does this magazine and website inspire me ? Well, daily you give me a boost to keep going. To keep trying new things. To stretch myself past just my family and on to others who could just use a hand.

Every issue of MJF leaves me going back again and again to review/ponder issues or ideas brought to the forefront as only you can! Evolving from a city dweller raised near downtown LA, I finally escaped to western NC and found the true mountain farm girl I am. Thank you Mary Jane for sharing your pluck and perseverance, I found out what I can do/be with soooo much help in the pages of your mag. Canning, quilting, sewing, gardening, the list goes on and on. And the news–I first heard about pink slime in our meat in your pages–bravo! Keep up the good work, it is truly magic.

Mary Jane’s Farm inspires me in a thousand different ways, so it’s next to impossible to whittle it down to one, but I’d have to say that this magazine inspires me to get OUTSIDE more. Get out into nature, whether it’s gardening, camping, hiking, outdoor crafts, or just standing on your own front door step feeling the evening breeze after a long, hot day. It’s truly a magazine that inspires me to appreciate and get out in all of the seasons. Much love!!

MaryJane’s Farm inspires me to find more “ME” time. I am always doing things for others and don’t seem to have time for my own self and “stuff”. I make my own laundry soap, can, quilt, sew, cook, do woodworking, and have two grandsons for the summer.

MJF inspires me to try to live a simpler and better life. More isn’t always better. Ienjoy all the articles.

I enjoy reading how people can make a difference organically and not harm the environment. Learning new recipes love the stories.

MaryJanesFarm is candy for the eyes and soul. Each issue lets me reminisce the old days, gives me ideas for today, and projects to do tomorrow. I’ve learned new things (like making pillow cases) and found many new recipes that will be a part of our family favorites. I get to dream about glamping, get excited about quilting again and feel a kindred spirit with other sisters who enjoy a simpler yet beautiful life. Being a farm girl with my favorite pet chickens is something to crow about!

MaryJanes Farm Inspires me to continue to eat healthy and use natural and organic products. I love living chemical free!!

MaryJanesFarm inspires me to remember the day-to-day activities I watched my grandmother and great grandmother complete and to get back in touch with my country farm girl roots even though I live in a big city. It reminds me that there is beauty and peace in simplicity.

MaryJanesFarm is my secret ally in facing the outside world. When everyone else is too busy texting and emailing to even live an authentic life, I can turn to these pages of beauty and poetry of a life well lived. It keeps me grounded, and reminds me that I too am living my own dream of growing organic heirloom veggies and flowers and saving their seeds and sharing them with so many other fellow gardeners countrywide. When they write me and gush about how those seeds have helped them to get back to land, feed their children healthily and preserve the best of the past, I know I am doing the right thing indeed. MaryJanesfarm gives me the strength to keep at it, and reminds me of all the other women doing the same. Thank you MaryJane for bringing that beauty and simplicity to our homes!

I love the pictures of the cows doing what they love to do best! I like cows and when I visit a farm, if they have them, I head over to see & pet them! I can always see their different personalities. That is fascinating to me.

Beautiful photos and knowing how well cared for they are on your farm. Provides with a sense of all’s right in the world!

My favorite, so far, in Milk Cow Kitchen are the cheese recipes. Trying to perfect them all!

The photographs and recipes! There are no cows on our little bit of earth…just horses and a bunny. 🙂

Love the photos and recipes, such a great book 🙂

Well, I love everything about MaryJanesFarm magazine, and while I don’t have my own copy of Milk Cow Kitchen yet, I know I would love it because all MaryJanesFarm reminds me of the comforts of home, my wonderful grandmother (who introduced me to MaryJanesFarm mag) and taking the time to slow down to enjoy all the things that contain real and true beauty.

I love that milk cow kitchen encourages everyone to live more sustainably…even if you can’t have a cow of your very own! The pictures and recipes are also the highlight of the book, and make it an enjoyable read for even the bovine impaired!

I ❤ s.

Recipes recipes recipes!

Thank you for the post and opportunity Mary Jane 🙂 Not a new craft, but new to me is quilting. I am on my third project right now and love it! Thank you for your encouragement and inspiration!
~Sharon

I’d love to try gel-plate printing.

My new-to-me craft is making paper-like cards from flora — mainly leaves, and using the dried flowers for decoration.

Since moving near an ocean I’ve discovered beach crafts, such as collecting sea glass and making mosaics.

My new craft is making quilts. I love learning this old craft, and love all kinds of fabric, want to make each one of my grandchildren a quilt. I think this gel-paint craft will be a lot of fun to learn, can’t wait to get started on it.

Newest craft I’ve indulged in is 3d paper art for our big vacant wall @ nursing home where I work. Pinterest provides many inspirations for seasonal ideas.

Marbling on silk, and batiking are new favorites. I have never gel-plate printed but I would LOVE to try it! If it goes well, I will try it with my 4th and 5th grade students.

Crafts were what my sister always did best! Whether candle making, dress making, macrame, you name, she did it. MaryJanesFarm inspires me now to try those things I never knew I could do! The gel-plate prints will definitely be on my list as well as the mosaic using old dishes to make beautiful tables. I had quite a fun time making pillow cases for Christmas last year! Thanks for the inspiration!

My new found craft is chalk Painting! I’ve finished several pieces of furniture in our bedroom and I had a blast and loved the end result!!

I’ve recently gotten into card making. It’s more personal than store bought and certainly much more affordable given all the birthdays, parties anniversaries, showers and wedding and births we seem to need cards for every year

With my first grandson on the way I took a knitting class. I started making squares to join together into knitted building blocks. My knitted squares were turning up in different sizes, so a crafty friend suggested I join them together into a blanket using crochet to allow give and take between the different sizes. She showed me how to crochet, and it worked! My grandson is now old enough to use his blanket made by his grandma.

A new-to-me craft is making headbands! Also, I’m still fairly new to quilting, and am enjoying that. 🙂

I have always loved crafting. My newest endeavor is making homemade laundry detergent and other household cleaning products..

I am teaching myself spinning… I Adore yarn and made myself a blending board and drop spindle. Once I master the drop… on to my new spinning wheel once it’s sanded and oiled.

My newest craft discovery is papercrafting. I have always loved office supplies, art supplies, etc. Now, I have found a way to make creative gifts for loved ones without breaking the bank. I get so many compliments on taking the time to create something from the heart.

I can’t wait to discover gel printing!

I’ve recently decided to continue a craft/art that my mother used to do when I was a young girl…Ukranian Easter Eggs. I have very fond memories of watching in amazement as she transformed them into something so unique and beautiful, and then sit with her at the art shows where she sold them.

Oh my….I’m always trying something new. I always have numerous projects going at once. My newest craft is paper making. I have a card ministry. I, as well as, my three daughters like to send cards to the shut-ins that are members of our church. We also like to send cards to ailing people that are on our prayer chain, whether they are in our church or not. Making homemade paper adds a nice touch to the cards.

My newest craft, that I started working with last year, was ATCs (Artistic Trading Cards). I joined several MJF swaps last year for ATCs for the Fall/Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and an ATC monster was created. Most of the farmgirls work with decorative/scrapbook paper products to create their ATCs, but since I am a quilter/fabric crafter, and have a huge stash of fabrics, I chose to use fabrics. For the first layer on the ATC design I used iron-on interfacing and added embellishments with glue. I am always seeing a new craft or project that piques my interest in MaryJanesFarm magazine. I would really like to try my hand at Canning, next. Thank you for all the inspiration.

my new craft is paper piecing quilt blocks. It is very addicting!

the newest thing i have done is soap making. but i’ve done card making for a few years and gel plate printing is something i would like to try on that.

New craft I’ve just learned and mastered is crocheting….was given a book and hook for a Christmas gift and off I went! Love the infinite possibilities i can create.

I just discovered how fun it is to make paper. I’d like to try this too! The note cards are beautiful

It’s an oldie, but a goodie…New to me perhaps? I am trying to do full sewing projects with hand stitches. I’ve done plenty of mending and cross-stitching and the like, but I am working on my son’s Halloween costume by hand.

My newest interest is making soap. I have always wanted to try it and just never seemed to take the time, but I finally did and I have made three batches of goats milk soap. I can’t wait to try it out, but it has to cure for 24 days…

i STUMbled on a copy of your magazine after the gel contest came around, but I have seen demonstrations on this process. Will you offer a discount? say for teachers who want to do a workshop on gel printing?
I have an interest in trying your gel substitute to conduct a workshop in my community?
If this request isn’t possible: How much glycerine would be used anyway?
{I just retired as an art teacher for 15 years, but can’t quit making art, and this process has me making alist of all the possibilities I could experiments with}

I ordered a batch of sturdy American made clothes pins this past Fall and what a difference they make. Heavy clothing stays in place when you clip it to the line and they don’t just suddenly break for no good reason. They do cost more but will obviously last for generations. Please add my name to this opportunity because I would like to replace all those cheap ones once and for all!!

When I was growing up on the farm we had to haul water for domestic use so my mom always did laundry in town at a laundromat that had wringer washers. Then we hauled them home and hung them out, no matter the weather. I did NOT like that in the winter because it was cold and they just froze. Then we had to bring them in and hang them in the house.
For many years after I was married I had no interest in hanging clothes on a clothesline but we lived in the city and air quality wasn’t conducive to that anyway.
Since we’ve been back in the country in Colorado, right back where I started, I’ve been hanging my clothes out. I love the smell of our freshly dried laundry after it’s been out in the fresh Colorado air and sunshine. Makes me remember, with fondness, my mom, our home and farm and the wonderful smell of laundry dried outside!

Hanging clothes on the clothes line in the back yard always takes me back to childhood when i helped my mom hang the clothes and then took them off the line for her. That clean smell of sunshine fresh clothes and linens was the scent of home in the 1950s and 1960s.

I love, love, love the smell of laundry that has dried on the line! I am going straight to the All American website to order some sturdy clothes pins! Thanks Mary Jane!

Hanging clothes out on the clothesline brings back the memory of when I was 2 yrs.old, gleefully running and hiding on my Mom in and out of flapping crisp white sheets.

Hanging clothes on the line gives me such a warm feeling knowing that my ancestor pioneer women performed this daily ritual. The clothes on the line appeal to my need of having everything lined up and in a row also. Yeah clothespins!

I just got a clothesline put up earlier this summer after dropping hints for 3 years. 🙂 I bounced around all day smiling and so happy to finally have it. I think my husband realized how much it meant to me. I feel good not running/relying on the dryer. I love the smell the laundry has after drying outside in the sun. It also reminds me of when I was a little girl and my sister and I would run through the sheets on our mom’s clothesline enjoying the feel and smell…aahhhh.

I love hanging out clothes. It makes me feel like I am taking as good of care of our clothes as possible. I have to have all the groups of clothes hung together…all the shirts together, pants, etc. lol! I feel like a real pioneer woman when I’m with my clothesline!

I love hanging laundry outside because it saves money not running the dryer and because sheets and pillowcases smell so fresh. It also reminds me of hanging clothes out with my Mom on my grandfather’s farm when I was young.

Hanging laundry on the line makes me feel like I’m providing for my family without stressing the environment and our electric bill.

I love the smell and feel of the clothes hanging on the line. I want to wrap mysel up in the sheets! Lol.

Reminds me of home, before there were dryers! You cannot imitate the fresh smell of the outdoors!

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Hanging laundry takes me back to memories of my mom when I was young. The smell of sheets that have hung outside is heavenly.

I LOVE hanging my clothes on the line! Something I never thought I would enjoy doing! It makes me feel so good to know that I am saving electricity, and making my laundry smell so good at the same time!

Nostalgic!! That’s what I feel when I tie my homemade apron (from MaryJane’s pattern) full of clothes pins, around my waist and carry my basket of freshly laundered clothes to the clothes line. Everyday I do laundry I think of my Gram. Reminiscent of helping do the laundry on the back porch. Using Gram’s homemade soap, watching her as she grated it into the wringer washer and adding the sorted clothes, sheets, etc. After every load was washed, put through the wringer and into the rinse tub, then through the wringer again and off to the clothes line I went with my apron full of clothes pins and basket of freshly washed clothes. The clothes were always so clean and left smelling like the summer breeze. Crawling into the fresh sheets at night was something we all looked forward to (and still do!!). There was a time, after I got a bit older, I thought we were so poor. After I became a wife and mother, I realized we were far from poor back then. I’m very thankful to my Gram. Life’s lessons. 🙂

I feel like I’m doing laundry the way it was intended to be done! I especially love to hang my rainbow of cloth diapers on the line for all to see!

I use clothespins for a variety of things and finding ones that are well made and hold up can be challenging. Hanging out the laundry where a gentle breeze is blowing is the best way to go. Love you, Mary Jane!

Hanging laundry always makes me feel connected to my grandma Nellie. (She) and I hang clothes with love and care for our family. So I would say I am feeling love for my family when I hang clothes out to dry.

By helping cool the earth’s surface. Plus love the fresh air of my sheets being on the line. Nothing compares

I work in an office 3 days a week so hanging laundry on the clothesline is sometimes the only outside activity I get. I enjoy watching and listening to the birds in the yard and looking beyond the barn out into the nearby pasture to watch the cattle graze. There is nothing else that compares to getting into a bed of freshly washed sheets that were line dried!

Line drying brings the scent of the outdoors in and I love the way the sheets feel and the fresh scent that lingers on, its like napping on the sleeping porch! I am so happy I live without restrictions as so many people are not allowed to hang their laundry due to HOA rules.

Hanging clothes on my clothesline make me feel (and know) that I’m saving MONEY – I live in Florida and clothes dry in an hour. “Sun Power” is as powerful as “Girl Power”.

Hanging laundry on a perfect hanging day makes me feel like my great grama. She was always my roll model and I still have a problem with not having perfectly organized wash on the line. Heaven forbid I should miss a sock and have to rearrange everything! How fun to hang laundry with those wonderful clothespins.

When I was a child, I was given little books with happy pictures of families doing daily tasks, all with smiles on their faces. The moms were always happily hanging their wash on the line, admiring the pretty colors all dancing in the breeze. When I grew up, my electric washer and dryer was taken for granted as necessary, but a piece of true happiness was stuck in my imagination as laundry on the line, drying in the sunshine with the help of a light breeze. We finally moved to a city that allowed clotheslines and I had a line strung between the back shed and a tree. Seeing my laundry dancing on the line gave me a sense of completed joy. A bit silly, maybe, but my laundry on the line never ceased to bring a smile to my face.

That is fascinating!! So many years since the first vehicle rolled off the assembly line and the automobile industry still continues to blaze new trails!

Simply amazing!! To repurpose, to manipulate waste into something beautiful is simply amazing!! It’s a win win. No waste for the landfill. Beautiful and unique jewelry made due to one person with a vision. How beautiful!! 🙂
Thank you for sharing this article. I totally enjoyed it.

That’s amazing.

Never heard of it, but it’s stunning!

I swear by my RV list app on my phone for packing my camper. A good app will let you add or take away items and this way I never forget items when I camp.

Would love to share this with my husband, bet he could learn a thing or two. Lol
Thanks for the opportunity.
Happy Fourth of July.

Remember to relax and have fun! Isn’t that the point after all?

I love camping!

Reuseable Ball jars for everything… No waste.

Relax, explore, communicate and breathe!

Was glamping before I had ever heard the term. People laughed at me because I took tablecloths and napkins, a cheese board, a vase for wild flowers, and sparkly things to hang around our campsites. When I started to glamp alone here in PA and was able to rent rustic cabins for a weekend, continued with lacy curtains for the windows and little figurines on the window sills.

My suggestion would be to make your camper your own…with what you love to have around you. And include the people you love to be with! A little heaven on earth!

Part of the joy of glamping is creating a creative and inspiring environment without spending a lot of money. I haunt garage sales, flea markets and auctions for special vintage finds. If the color doesn’t match, I paint it or cover it in fabric. I keep a stock of matching spray paint and vintage fabrics on hand to beautify my finds.

One of my favorite things about glamping is taking the time to view the beautiful skies at night. Bring a picnic blanket so that you can lay down and look up — awesome!!

Lace and antique linens; treadle sewing machine, hydrangas and sweet peas. soft lavender paint. and cookies of course. my Tear Drop is going to be my back yard escape.

I haven’t been camping since I was a child, but have always loved it. I married an Eagle Scout which I thought meant that he enjoys camping, oh how wrong I was! On my bucket list is to rent a small camper and travel across the US with my wonderful mother, who also enjoys camping and can handle just about anything that life gives her.
My tip would be to try something new every day. Get out of your comfort zone and live a little!

Have not camped for a few years but would definitely take a good book and comfy chair. the glamping thing looks so fun. Might have to give it a try.

My husband will retire in a few years and we have hopes of getting some sort of camper…I would love to win this book so I could “glamp” up our camper…but, not too much as I want the hubby to feel at home…and, when I reviewed the book at amazon it has so much info..wow…this is all I need to get ready for the experience..plus, the camper, of course! right now we enjoy road trips and staying in cabins and cottages..but, to have our own camper..that to me would be the best ever camping experience…make it your own..and, enjoy it with family…

Hey, maybe I’m not too old to go glamping.

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I want to glamp with my girlfriends, sort of like a traveling wine tour! The laughter would be endless!

I think Glamping is a great idea and can not wait to find my dream trailer to fix and beautify. One idea would be to pack a projector and bed sheet for a outdoor movie night! Don’t forget vintage quilts and pillows to bundle up in and Popcorn!

My dad built a box that housed everything we might use for camping that fit conveniently in our car or camper. I would love to build something like that for myself with a glamping flair to it!

I absolutely love the idea of making a camping trip glamorous! Taking along my best china and a picnic basket just in case I decide on a glamorous picnic feast!

Never camped much in years past. Bought a “vintage” Scottie about four years ago. My best friend and I have been glamping several times – loved it!! had a ball!! Would love to win this book. The Scottie is still a work in progress and we need all the help we can get to make it really glamorous. ( Can you imagine two crazy girls stating to camp at age 65? I always heard it is never to late to try something new! How true it is.

Well I have been a camper since about fourth grade or about sixty years. Now instead of sleeping on the ground, we have a nice fifth wheel travel trailer that I am fixing up just for us. Needless to say, sleeping in a good bed makes it easier to get up in the morning than was the case when we slept on the ground, AND, the slugs don’t walk all over you.
I try to keep the trailer ready to roll in case we have a few days off on short notice. The fridge has some things stocked in the freezer. We have canning jars of main courses on the shelves and all the regular necessities in containers in the pantry, including my own homemade baking mix for waffles, pancakes, muffins, and biscuits while on the road. I guess my advise would be be ready to leave on a whim and sleep tight in a comfortable bed.

I have not yet gone “Glamping” Im saving up for that perfect little camper to glam up! But I think it’s important to bring beauty with you wherever you go. Fresh wildflowers in a vintage coffee mug or ball canning jar are a must!

Recently, we were 1/2 gifted and 1/2 purchased a semi-old camp trailer! Oh boy does it need some TLC! Our first mission was to find the proper BATHTUB! We found a small water trough that should work out great!! It’s too shiny because it’s new, so I think I’ll water the sheep with it for a couple of weeks while we test the trailers water storage tank and clean up the seat cushions and cupboards! My advice…..use a small stock tank water trough as a bathtub in your trailer!

If you tent glamp and don’t have a cot or bed to sleep on (which we don’t, we sleep on the ground) bring some of those rubber play mats or bed egg crates to put down first. That way you don’t have to sleep on the cold, hard ground especially if there are trees roots around. LOL! Oh, and totes are your friends. Keeps the bugs out when you are tent camping.

Retro, retro, retro… Old those funky old pink, turquoise and avocado colors are in again! Shop at the thrift stores to decorate for Glamping! Re-use, re-purpose, re-cycle and re-store!