My fav is Starlit Quilts in Washington State. She’s a shop owner full of wonderful fabrics (including a new line of yours coming soon) and does custom and machine quilting!

My favorite woman-run business is Meadowlark Heritage Farm! She sells amazing goats milk soap!

Anna from Sisu Designs Yarn Shop!! My favorite place to shop!!!

Mermaid Attic in Amherst Ohio has every thing woman. As you walk in you are always greeted with a smile and conversation. Most likely you run into someone you know and walk out with a smile and a glow.

I love the junk gypsies, they are so inspiring and empowering to women with their unique creations and inspirational messages !

Well, obviously, it is Mary Jane’s Farms! I also love Susan Branch and Mary Engelbreit.

My favorite woman run business is “Vintage Me” in Yakima WA.

Women Farmers

One of my favorite women owned business is Buttercup in Nehalem Oregon.She makes some of the best soups around and her homemade ice cream is a surprise treat

My favorite women-run business is Farmhouse Frocks from the Oct/Nov issue of Mary Jane’s Farm! I absolutely love their adorable products! They are a great example of female independent and self-suffiency.

My favorite woman run and operated business is Thistle Farms, survivors of prostitution, trafficking and addiction who hand make skincare products from natural ingredients. Every product bears witness that love is the most powerful force for change in the world.

My favorite woman run business is Goat Boy Soaps, the owner operated business in New Milford, Connecticut has the most fantastic goat’s milk soap.

Lisa Streett-Liebetrau who founded Camp Koala, a non-profit who provides support for grieving children through day camps, 3-day camps, workshops, etc., located in Central Pennsylvania.

Bunnies – Children’s Clothing. 100% Cotton overalls and dresses for kids and babies. Sold at craft faires and quilt shows. No web site yet but you can always call or email. But it’s the most fun to see all the fabrics in person

I am not exactly sure how I got my first issue. I think I got a free trial for it in the mail…. either that or I bought a issue at my local tractor supply.
Either way I Love getting my magazine every other month!! Been about 2 years now

I discovered Mary Jane’s farm in my quest to find the perfect camping trailer. I had settled on a T@B trailer and when I saw the T@Bitha model that Mary Jane designed, I knew it was the one!

I was looking through the Giant Eagle magazines aisle for Mother Earth News when I saw this lovely magazine just sitting there all by her lonesome! Of course, I picked it up and read it to my mom while she shopped, and she bought me a subscription for an early Christmas present!

It’s been awhile ago–I think I got a promotional in the mail. So glad I was introduced to the magazine.

My mom purchased a subscription to Mary Jane’s Farm for my sister and I several years ago. I’ve been enjoying each issue, cover to cover, ever since!!

Brand new to this site just picked up Farmgirl DIY. Have seen Maryjane farm a time or two but only browsed them.

I was in a bookstore a few years back and spotted your magazine cover. In a heartbeat it was grabbed and drooled over with a latte. In fact I was so messy, it had to come home with me. Your Farmgirl groups fascinated me and I have enjoyed my subscription ever since. Thank you!

I was introduced to the magazine by a friend that is very crafty. Just an all around good women’s magazine.

I had to think way back…my mom got me your 1st book for my birthday; she said, I saw this, and knew you’d love it. and I was hooked. I have most of your books (someone borrowed the stitching book, and I forgot who…) and have most of your magazines too, even back when it was more a catalogue for your products. love it!

Was taken by your magazine about three years ago when I was searching for a fun magazine to peruse with a cup of something hot and a cozy spot to relax!

I saw your magazine peaking out from a bunch of others at the grocery store one day (years ago!). I bought it, read it and subscribed immediately. 🙂

I worked at an apple cannery in Sebastopol, CA. My boss went every year to a food show in the Los Angeles area. One year about 7 (?) years ago, he came back with one of your magazines. I immediately fell in love with it and subscribed… Since then I have given numerous gift subscriptions and most of those ladies have subscribed. As long as I can afford your subscription, I will get MJF!!! I usually read every word and still have every issue. I just cant part with them… Thanx soooo much!!

I think I received a free issue, I was hooked. I look forward to each and every issue

I was visiting in Texas when I discovered Mary Jane’s Farm in a quilt shop. They had copies of several back issues as well. I bought 3, and returned for the rest before I left town. That was 3 years ago and I’m a subscriber now!

I was introduced to your magazine by my MIL several years ago. She’s 89 now and in poor health, but until 2 years ago she was still gardening, cooking, and decorating from nature. We have shared over 25 years of crafting and making. She and I made baskets, knitted, quilted, and baked together.

I found my first magazine at my local farmers supply store when I was purchasing dog and cat food for my pets. I had seen Mary Jane’s products in a department store but that was the first time I had seen the magazine.

I was looking for craft ideas magazines and discovered Mary Janes Farm and purchased one and loved, then subscribed.

I friend gave me a copy to look at one day on a road trip to quilt shops. I found it very interesting and got my own subscription

During the Recession as I was closing my shop I got a phone call asking if I would like to carry Mary Janes Farm. Well, that wasn’t going to work out but the magazine sounded like fun. So I started to read it and now I subscribe.

HUGE supporter of Tractor Supply Co and spend my personal time off browsing the store. My sister and I are crafters, quilters and homesteaders. Mary Janes Farm is AWESOME!!! A great deal of info, insight and inspiration. WOOOOO HOOOO!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it Mary Jane!

Please keep up all the good Chicken (and the egg) stuff/info/recipes. Oh YEAH!

I believe I got an ad in the mail it Mother Earth News.

I received a card in the mail for a trial issue. When it arrived, I enjoyed it so much that I ordered a subscription. I love the variety of articles and ideas.

My mother in law would buy MJF magazine and I would read them when she was finished. Not wanting to miss one I got a subscription. I still have every issue! They’re too good to give up LOL!!!

I was at a ladies group meeting and one of the ladies introduced us all to Mary Janes Farm. I subscribed, my sister subscribed and I bought my mother in law a subscription!

I saw my first issue of Mary Janes Farm in a Tractor Supply Store. Let’s just say that I’ve been hooked ever since.

I am interested in what they are interested in. As a grandmother, I see how confident they seem when they show me how to do something. They know they are smart & very cool when we get done!

The only way that has worked in my life filled with 9 sisters, friends and neighbors
is to be strong, smart, fierce, brave, courageous and confident within my self. What we see is what we copy. My beloved mother was all those attributes. I have a young neighbor who whines a lot. I believe a copy of ‘Kazoo’ magazine would fill a spot within her tiny heart. Julie has only been on earth for 7 years and has a lot to learn, discover and embrace. Sometimes I put fun items in her mailbox and sign, “From the Shopping Angel”.

what an awesome giveaway 🙂 I am the grand mother of a 7 y/o precious little girl. Its so important today to teach to be strong and confident while focusing on education. But then theres compassion, understanding and even humiliation. Theres always that outside influence that you have to counter act. Positive loving reinforcement is my number one lesson to her 🙂

My inspiration to young girls is when they look up to me while doing something with passion, courage, confidence whether it be at home, farm, homeschool, and social events in which they participate and be a part of whatever that empowers them with the right set of life skills being passed on through combination of traditions and experiences.

Hopefully I am surrounding my girls with strong women. Then again knowing they are watching me makes me strive to be stronger

I am one of freestore ct. We glean from farms and take throw aways from markets restaurants and farmers markets and create usable food. My grandDaughter came up with compost jelly. We took apples pears peaches and berries and turned them into a mixed fruit jam. It is our most requested jam. I am so pround of her efforts to make sure no family ever goes hungry

I am the proud grama of three wonderful grand-daughters and I enjoy getting them excited about gardening, sewing and reading by doing related activities with them. We have a history of strong women in our family and I will keep on showing these girls how to become and remain so.

My granddaughter loves to read, she is homeschooled by her mom, who takes her to the library every two weeks for 35 new books. She is small and strong. , learning gymnastics and
Krav Mgrav. She loves to make a fairy garden in the woods by her house.where thousands of wild flowers she planted are blooming from seed. She helped pick 90 pounds of strawberries last summer for jam. She is interested in plays, and told me she loves going to the” theatre”. She gives many hugs, and stands up for herself with her two older brothers. She is awesome. She would love this magazine.

I have a great granddaughter soon to be 5 and also having 2 great grandsons that I found
it easy to find all kinds of things for them to have and learn from. So I went shopping, like you, looking for some magazine for my little girl to have for her own and all through I haven’t seen the magazine I know it will be wonderful. I was in the Capital of our State and went into a very popular book store only to find they did not carry it so I am bound and determined that this magazine is going to find its way into my city and little girls I
hope will have a chance to see it and they will know that anything is possible if you read, dream big, and now she has a baby sister that she can lead into into a better world.

Is this where we enter for the free issue?

I have tried to show my girls to be strong and independent through my own actions. We have a small farm, and my hisband isnt aleays home, so when something needs to be done, we ususally figure out a way to do it, like unloading huge bails of feed from the truck, or fixing animal hitches with what we have laying around. I try to involve them, by using their ideas or their muscle!

Finally moving to an acreage w/baby on the way, my now 5-yr old daughter has had the beautiful opportunity to lean how to garden, can & preserve food, raise chickens, & learn about a more sustainable life. I’m thrilled to give her this chance to enjoy God’s beauty around us in nature~

I have a friend Michelle who I used to play roller derby with. She took it upon herself to take her personal time and dedicate it to a group of young girls to create a Jr. Roller derby league. She brought these same strengths to teach these girl to be strong, smart, true to themselves and others and boy did she teach them to be fierce. She gave and taught these girls confidence that some of them never had an ounce of. I admire this strong woman for the time she dedicated to these young girls to help them develop some great strong characteristics desperately needed in today’s world. A mission to empower these young women, an absolute success!

I would love to give this gift to sisters that live here on Isle au Haut. They were in my Sunday School class and would simply love this magazine. These girls are grounded and were home-schooled for one year but now are attending a one room school house. The eight year old (Gabby) is a lobstergirl with her Dad. Thanks so much for offering this one-year subscription. Best Holiday Wishes and lots of hugs!

I have always tried to teach the girls in my life to be “smart” in doing with and for others as well as in books or mechanics or farming or whatever they were interested in. there are many kinds of smarts, and no one can be top notch at ALL of them, so just do your best to be the best YOU you can and want to be. My seven year old granddaughter still believes she can do anything and is willing to try almost anything. Many of my junior high students had lost that confidence in their own abilities. It was my job to give them opportunities to be successful and amazing! Our young women need the examples of successful women from an early age, and the opportunity to find things they can be successful at. Hopefully this magazine will provide both. Hugs and loves to all of you.

I have a young daughter who is smart and pretty shy. This magazine sounds like a good quality magazine that would be good for her. I don’t buy any other kid magazines besides the kids national geographic because there is so much trash in other magazines that send the wrong messages to our young ladies. This magazine looks very nice! I would love to check it out!

I would love to try this magazine with my 14 year old granddaughter. She is developmentally delayed and is on about an 8 year level. She is very artistic and also loves her chickens. I think this mag will be very good for her.

Being a Girl Scout leader gives me a chance to show girls how to be courageous and strong individuals. As women and girls, we need to build each other up instead of tearing each other down.

It sounds like a great magazine, that my active independent Grand Daughter would really enjoy!!

I ha e a 8 year old grand daughter that I am teaching to be grounded cooking crafting gardening and car of animals.

Several times during the year I try & have my 3 nieces & 2 granddaughters in to my home to sew, cook & craft. God blessed me with 2 grandmother’s in my life that taught me to cook, sew, & alot of different crafts so it is very important to me to pass that on. I feel that it is my responsibility to help keep these life’s lessons along with putting God first in our families. These precious little gals are where it all starts. I know that each one of them will grow up to be responsible young women who continue to put God & their families first in their lives. They are beautiful young women inside & out. Thank you Lord for our sweet family!! Thank you all at Mary Jane Magazine for all the great info in your magazine.

One of my granddaughters, age 9, has been brought up to tell the truth, about everything. Even if it means she will be reprimanded, truth is always the best policy. When she hangs out with me, I try to tell stories of how wonderful it is to tell the truth, but being careful to keep others feelings in mind. She can be too honestly brutal, I’m attempting to help her keep truth and feelings in check. Helping her is helping me, everyday on our farm. She loves it. Truthfully!

I’m sure my niece would love it. I like to teach girls skills in 4-H to give them confidence.

We back my daughter 100% in ANY interest that she has. Girls are no long set onto a single path and their skill sets should reflect that. Now my daughter climbs trees, hikes and camps, plays with make up, paints and helps in the garden. She talks about going to the moon and being a doctor. I remind her that as long as she is happy, I will be there to help her with what she tries for.

I work in an special education program in our local middle school. The teacher and I have a young lady that was originally ‘labeled’ at a lower IQ level. This is our third year with her and the teacher and I have encouraged her to never let anyone take away her power and to do the very best she can. She has had that ‘label’ removed and is such a joy. She is a very confident young lady!!

Congratulations to all the winners! Enjoy your fantastic goodies from MJF.

My favorite junk find was for my husband. A motor-head, always tinkering with something in the garage, he would complain about all of the towels he had to wash and dry. I found an old style towel wringer for him that he wall-mounted in his garage and still uses to this day. I’m pretty sure that find saved our dryer.

i repurposed mason jars,plumbing clamps and scrap wood into hanging wall storage/vases

Congratulations Melly! Enjoy your new Bright Blooms Quilt. I loved reading your summer memory.

Maybe my favorite Summer memory is one of “freedom”. I was brought up in an extremely strict family.
The summer of my 16th birthday I was allowed to wear a bathing suit and go to the public pool with my friends. This may sound simple to you, but I am 77 years old now and still remember the feel of the sun, the smell of the concession stands and the joy of being free to laugh and swim with my friends.
Please add my name to your list for the quilt drawing. It is lovely.

I love summer☺ Texas summers get pretty hot! My favorite memory is the summer that me and my four sons loaded up the car and drove to padre island beach it was about a two hour drive ( thank God for air conditioning ) as a single mom it was the first time my boys and me traveled anywhere.we love the beach the cool water, the seagulls the shops the cute little restaurants with amazing food. The boys loved staying at the little cottage, they got to swim in the pool and jump on the beds.it was a blast! The best part for me was just watching them have so much fun☺ .

My most favorite summer memory thus far has been the adventures my 5 year old son and I have had over this last summer. This was out last summer together before he headed off to Kindergarten and since I was a stay at home mom and i knew once fall came our lives were going to be different from here on out I cherished every minute I woul have with him. We just bought a place this past fall and started raising chickens. A project Harley (my son) and I quickly fell in love with. It was filled my heart with great joy to see him have such care and tentativeness to their needs. No matter the chore, together it was done with love and laughter. Those moments this summer with him will always be so very special to me. Even though we still have the coop and the ladies to watch after, this last summer was something special and the start of my lil man becoming a man.

This quilt is absolutely beautiful!!! What I wouldn’t give to be the proud owner! Thank you for even giving me a chance!

My favorite summer memory is a week long glamping trip with my daughter in the mountains of southwest Colorado . . . and we didn’t get rained on!

Beautiful quilt . .thanks for the opportunity!
CJ

I have to say one of my very favorite summer memories involves taking my sons to the Lake Erie shore. I have lived only about a city block from the beach so alot of our summer days were spent building sand castles & one time seeing an actual replica pirate ship anchored just off the beach. We still wonder who owned that vessel and where it was going. It arrived out of no where & left the same way. Very Cool!

Thanks for an awesome giveaway! Such a lovely quilt that speaks Summer! My best memory from this summer is the road trip with my Louisiana friend from Spokane to Victoria, BC with stops in Leavenworth and Everett, WA. The highlights were Butchart gardens and all the flowers baskets in Leavenworth! Summer fun at its best! Blessings!

Around our house we always use cotton sheets. They feel so good. I have even made my own in a pinch. They feel so much better than synthetic against our skin. We love them and the floral motif would be perfect for our bedroom. Thanks

My favorite summer memories were up at my Grandparents cottage at Big Diamond Pond in Colebrook NH, almost in Canada. The ice on the pond was still melting in late May early June. very cold to take our “bath” in…yikes!

Hello, MaryJane. Thank you for all that you do to keep us grounded and happy. One of my favorite summer memories was when I was about 8 years old. My sister and I were lying on the green grass in the front yard looking up at the clouds. We were, like so many children, finding pictures in them. Life was simple then, when summers seemed to last forever and childhood wasn’t rushed. Take care, Melissa

I remember carnivals and days at the seashore as a child. It meant good times with best friends and siblings. We were all available for each other. Time was slow and every moment was naturally happy. Today, old friends have come and gone and life seems faster but treasured memories live on as we continue to make new ones. MaryJane, your lovely publication reminds me to slow down and smell the roses!

My favourite summer memory was the summer between junior college and the next one. I was a camp counselor in southern MO. It was a picturesque place. Our campers came on Monday and left on Thursday evening. The girls were all sweeties and had fun coming up with ways to prank the counselor. The weekends were ours to do laundry, swim in the lake, boat. I was fit, tan and even in love with a coast guard that worked on the lake. The mornings were beautiful with the mist rising from the lake. It was the most wonderful time of my life. Probably why I hate for every summer to come to an end.

I planted my 1st kitchen garden, with our favorite herbs and veggies, with a lot of help from family- especially my 4yr old grand-baby who does not like Vegs She took her first bite of a still warm from the sun tomato and fell in love, now she eats peas and tomatoes, we create “food” with herbs and its delicious. It is such a joy to open the world for a child. We have the big garden in front, but this is ours and we are out there every day to see what new butterflies/worms flowers are blooming and thriving. Nature is amazing.

My favorite summer memories are of when I was growing up. We didn’t have AC so we slept with the windows up. I loved listening to the bull frogs in the pond near our house and the crickets chirping. Also star gazing out my bedroom window. Although it’s nice to have the AC during an Alabama summer now, I still miss those times.

My favorite summer memory , for over 30 years, is watching our small herd of Jersey cows walk up the grassy hill to get milked and hearing the sweet low moo’s of the calves.

I think I would like a dark pink Dahlia tucked behind my ear. This Farm to Girl skin care products has me intrigued. I am looking forward to learning more in our upcoming issue.

These products are right up my alley! I’m brunette and brown eyed and RED is my color. Thank you!

Definitely a red rose in full bloom.

The Hibiscus flower with splashes of red color across its white petals would be my best choice for tucking behind my ear to look natural, just like the Farm to Girl skin-care products would also give a more natural look and feel that is good for the skin.

I think a orange/Coral gerbra daisy wouldl ook just peachy behind my ear!!!!!

A white rose! I love them!

I would choose a Texas Bluebonnet one of my favorites, can’t wait each year to see the first Bluebonnet of the season!

I think a Beautiful big white Peony would be beautiful behind my ear. Smells heavenly and looks so Beautiful might bring out the Beautiful spirit around me.

A pink peony-my mother’s favorite flower.

A multi plumeria!

How awesome is this new skincare stuff ! I just love the label that is adorable ! My favorite flower would be the sweet spicy smell of the small pink carnations I could just sniff them all day an to have on tucked in my hair would allow me to sniff all day ! When I got married almost 40 yrs ago I so wanted to have those spicy carnations not only in my hair but at my wedding , but alas my mother thought the hair thing was way out there,, an it was a January wedding an so none of them could be found for even my bouquet..Piddle SO i settled for reg dusty rose & cream colored carnations which are my fav too.

I think a posy of white daisies would look bonny tucked into my brown hair. My Hunky Hubbie calls me his Brown Haired Lass. Daisies are my favorite flower. I’m not sure why, they just call my name.

oh, but to choose just one…the Peony is my favorite, the old fashioned one with lots of fragrance. ahhh

I love the older fragrant peonies. I’d have to shake off the ants first!

Some burgundy snapdragons would be lovely!

Lavender with some dusty miller. What a lovely look!

Lily of the valley. Sweet simplicity!

A pink carnation, my Nana’s favorite and mine….

My favorite color is red but since my hair is red, I think a yellow Black Eyed Susan would look nice behind my ear.

Any purple flower! Purple is my favorite color and I would go for any shade of purple and any flower! 🙂

Red poppy!

Me too on the orange zinnia tucked behind my ear. That or a barely pink almost white rose. These products look amazing.

Flaming Red — any flower in flaming red — would be fabulous with my dark hair and skin. It’s a natural fit!

I would love to wear a white gardenia tucked behind my ear. The fragrance of these flowers lasts for days.

Pink zinnia would be perfect.

I like Bob’s Red Mill products. They support sourcing non-GMO ingredients in their products and they produce good, nutritious, wholegrain food. I buy many of their products, but my favorite is Nutritional Yeast. It’s great on popcorn!

I knit and crochet, I also believe in supporting local business. My favorite yarn shop is the Yarn Garden in Charlotte,Michigan. Lyndsey the owner has a wonderful yarn store full of luscious yarns, patterns and a very comfortable place to sit and knit. She offers fun and adventure for all of her knitting customers.

My favorite company for makeup is 100% Pure! They use no chemicals, everything is fruit pigmented! So that means no dyes:) they use organic ingredients, there products are vegan, the list goes on and on. They also support many good causes and have sales to benefit them:) plus 100% Pure makes you look beautiful:)

Thanks Mary Jane again for a fun giveaway ! Never have tried Jackson’s Honest brand before but would love to…I’m a firm believer that snacks are important to one’s soul, but that when you eat the GOOD ones without all the stuff you don’t know what is or can’t pronounce your body doesn’t like..When you actually eat what i call the junk chips you have to eat a ton your body dosen’t get the signal that it got nutrients, when you eat the wholesome ones you don’t get that I have to eat the whole bag feeling..This is really true…thanks again

I love San Francisco Bay coffee. I use their coffee machine which makes the best coffee. Their K cup pods are biodegradable and their coffee is raised on small farms in South America and Hawaii, where organic growing practices reigns supreme. I appreciate companies who respect the earth, help small farmers and produce outstanding products. Costco sells this brand and you can order direct from the company. Buying a box of 80 pods, shipping free, you get a biodegradable storage container, and you’re set for a month or two. Can’t beat that. You just have to figure which of their coffees are your favorite.

Although it’s a nonprofit and not a company, Sprout Urban Farms, where I live is one of my favorite places to buy from. I usually frequent them at our local farmers market, but they also have a building that was just donated to them, so they can have a regular store. This np grows their own veggies to sell. But beyond that, they have been educating the whole community regarding growing your own food and even participating in local city government meetings to help push towards changes in law in regards to in-city small farming (think a couple of chickens, a goat, etc). Also, they collaborated with the local schools and helped them start school gardens. The schools have embraced the whole fresh food concept and include the goodies in the school lunches. I love the people that run Sprout because they have such passion for their mission!

First I want to say I love MaryJane and her products. She is an inspiration to women every where. Also I would like to give kudos to Westrock Coffee for offering great tasting coffees and purchasing from small farmers like Ernest N and paying him and farmers like him a decent prices for their beans. So far my favorites are Rwanda Select and Meza Morning Blend.

I support Serengetee, a clothing company that purchases fabric from over 25 countries, supporting artisans, their families, and ancient fabric making traditions. They give back 10% of profits to a diverse range of grassroots causes, improving lives in their communities. You can always feel good about online shopping at Serengetee.

I’ve been a longtime fan and supporter of Real Goods. They have not only been wonderfully helpful with off-the grid systems, but I really appreciate their educational efforts and offerings.

Cucina Antica is an inspiring company that I support! Their delicious products are made with fresh, high quality ingredients: pasta sauces, Italian artisan pasta, extra virgin olive oil, organic salad dressings and organic ketchup. Cucina Antica believes in giving back to the community. For example in August 10% of their online sales went to Mary’s Meals Crisis in Malawi campaign!

I support Seventh Generation because it’s safe products that are good for my family and the environment. Seventh Generation makes its easy for me to buy all the regular convient products my uses for our household and in a environmentally friendly way.

I support company use organic natural ingredients, no chemicals, and products are safe for my family and the enviroment.

I live in CT and support Paul Newman Co. He has a hole in the wall gang camp for children with cancer & other illnesses where they go free and just be a kid among other kids who have illnesses. His products are very healthy, and the company makes many good donations as well to other groups they want to support. Check out many of the products and you will see what I am talking about. What a wonderful man Paul was to think of others in this world especially children who have a severe illness and many may not be around for a long time because of what they have. I love to see how the children are so happy to be at this camp and many look forward to making new or seeing the old friends from years of going to this camp. He has set up this camp in the State he lived in to be remembered by. I just love it!!!!! Winnie Jackson of Mansfield Ctr., Ct.

OK, not exactly a company…but I totally support the League for Animal Welfare. This no-kill shelter recently initiated a mobile vet service (made available through private funding and fundraising) that will benefit the entire community. My husband and I were longtime volunteers at the League. Since his passing, I’ve kept up that tradition as much as I’m able.

When I can find them I buy Eden Foods. I also try to get to Aldi’s grocery store because they bring in a lot of organic produce.

I support our local yarn store. Vulcans Rest fibers is not just a shop but a place to learn and be with ladies who care about creating things with care and have fun at the same time

I support Wood Prairie Organic Farm in Maine. It is family owned and they grow and sell the best potatoes, seed potatoes and many other vegetables, seeds and gardening tools. They ship their products too. In addition, they work hard to support other organic businesses and keep their customers informed on how they can help fight Monsanto and
promote labeling of GMO foods. I believe it is important to know what is in the food we eat.

Sweet potato and sea salt

My favorite store I support is our local Mennonite Sommers market. It is a discounted, deli and grocery outlet that provides produce and meats, and cheeses at a cheap price and changes its discounts weekly.

Leeza Perry
Hartville, Ohio
New Subscriber 2016

About 4 miles from me is a the wonderful little Adams Farm Market. They have all kinds of vegetables, fruits, spices, jams, jellies and honey etc. I have shopped there for years. Each spring I can count on them having a couple of flats of State Fair Zinnias ready for me and each fall I can count on them to have 2 bushels of Yukon Gold Potatoes for me. Those are standing orders every year. The zinnias are planted along the fence in front of our vegetable garden along with tall marigolds and morning glories. We have found that the Yukon Gold Potatoes hold the best and longest for storage. On year the owners of the market decided to keep some of all the different kinds of potatoes they have and told me I was right the Yukon kept the best. Anything we don’t grow here we can get there.

I support A-Z Apiaries a very small local honey farm. Also Brush Hill Dairy for fresh raw milk, grass fed beef and eggs.

I support my friend’s business Kingsley Street Soaps. He is local to NYS, and I have a lot of allergies, and his soaps do not give me any issues.

I love supporting local businesses. In our small town there is a shop called Sozo Market that sell handmade products with a purpose. They sale products to provide resources to the broken and needy of the world. From their website their mission is providing resources and education to create unique handcrafted goods to enable impoverished communities to change their lives.

I wholeheartedly support Soap Hope. This is a company that empowers women all around the world. Every sale that is made is allowing women to stand on their own two feet and succeed. Love this!

I like Bakery on Main. They are a company based in Hartford, CT whose mission is to save the world from boring and tasteless gluten free products. They make incredibly delicious foods that my family can have on their limited diets. I hope to win some chips to add to our diet plan. Thank you so very much.

Although my kids are grown, this book looks like it would be fun to have for any family that has children who are interested in working with their hands. My kids learned simple knitting when they were 7 & 9 and we have a few of their knitted animals packed away in their childhood memory boxes.

this is a fantastic book for teaching grandchildren. Mine wanted to learn how to crochet.
Great examples, projects, colored photo’s & explains in detail just what to do. A follow along book for kids. Adults can make the projects right along with them. I love to teach children how to make a scarf for their first project. They pick out the color yarn, we get their first hook and go step by step. This book has a scarf project and many more. I would love to have this book in my home. I did get it once at my local library. I would prefer to have my own copy instead of having to photograph the pattern. Perhaps this will happen for me with any luck. Glad to see this book being offered. Winnie Jackson

This book looks like so much fun! I would love to use this book to make crafts with my kids! I would have to say my favorite project to do with kids is making 3D animals. Every year during preschool time I would give the children an assignment to create any animal they wanted out of anything they had sitting around their home. Of course they needed some help from parents, but I felt that gave them a bonding opportunity. It was amazing how these animals turned out and the kids had so much fun. It helped expand their imagination!

I work at a school for children with special needs. We have students from Preschool to 21 years old. We have an art teacher that works with the students doing adapted art projects. They are my absolute favorite! ❤

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O those wonderful grands who came to my door with all their school goblins every Halloween. I would also call out to the adults passing by to come & get candy. One couple was new to our neighborhood and could not understand English. I walked to them with bowl in hand and they smiled and we used our own language and they accepted my treats. PTL

Candy corn is my all time favorite! Those orange and yellow candies are one of my many favorite things I love about fall.

Halloween traditions include serving pumpkin pie and hot apple cider or coffee to the adults and popcorn and hot chocolate to the trick or treaters. My mom started doing this at our house when we were kids, Aunts and Uncles would come to our house and we cousins would go out trick or treating by ourselves, no less, eager to get back home where we could eat some of our candy and sit around a campfire to listen to all the stories told by the adults of past Halloween pranks and activities. There was always a new story to be heard and enjoyed and laughed about. We still do this when we can, our families are spread out and don’t live so close together but my siblings and I invite our friends to our own homes and continue the tradition of camp fires and story telling.

my favorite Halloween tradition is to decorate with wonderful things for the children & adults to enjoy. I have made so many over the years, from pumpkins out of wool, mice that I use double stick tape for them along my molding close to the floor, to witches clothing hanging on a clothesline under the mantel, to orange candles that flicker, to ghosts out of fabric, hay, scarecrow, gourds, mums, fall leaves, fall ribbons and it all comes together. I always leave it up for a couple of months. Starting in Sept 1 and takes about one week to finish it all inside and out. Don’t forget the candy purchased to give to all those wonderful kids each Halloween. I just love it and here I am a senior!!! Wow does time fly by. I would be a “HOOT” to win this prize. thank you for all you do. Winnie Jackson

My Grandma Taylor used to make homemade popcorn balls for all the kids in my dad’s neighborhood every Halloween when he was a kid and now my dad makes popcorn balls every Halloween for me and my friends (no mater how old we are). It’s always a treat and it has become a Taylor family tradition!

I decorate with all the normal pumpkins,Indian corn,wreaths,leaves,gourds and more. However, for years I have made cloth stuffed and decorated pumpkins and given them to random people. I put a tag on that says, Be Blessed and Be a Blessing. Many let me know when they have put them out as they decorate each year.

Every year, starting when my kids were about 5 and 7 (they’re 23 and 25 now), we would bring the lighted Jack ‘o Lantern into the house after the trick-or-treaters were gone, turn all the other lights out, and listen to Suspense’s 1945 radio play “House in Cypress Canyon”. Grown and with their own lives now, they still listen annually, and my son insists it still gives him the shivers.

When I was a kid we never went trick or treating, We always would go to a church down the road. Every Halloween they have a event that they call “Hallelujah Night”. We played games and collected candy, bounced in the bouncy house, and rode the hay ride:) it was like a big fall festival.

A new tradition since the granddaughters were born, is to take a trip to the local pumpkin farm to choose their very own. The owners have a small corn maze, games and animals to pet after the hunt is complete. Small town life that’s replicated all over America.

As a child I love sweet tarts, but as an adult chocolate, especially very dark, is my sweet-treat go-to choice!

When I was little every year my mom would throw a Halloween party for the neighborhood. We would spend the week before preparing by carving and painting pumpkins, decorating trees with hanging lanterns, spiders and cobwebs. We would go to an orchard and pick Apple’s for caramel apples and Apple bobbing. And then my favorite.. we would make our own costumes, my mom couldn’t sew so we were very creative with wire and duct tape. Now as an adult, I have no children but seven nieces and nephews and we make caramel apples and carve pumpkins together. I never thought I could get seven kids together age range 12-21 and carve pumpkins and make caramel apples together for hours. I guess you are never too old to enjoy pumpkin carving!

When my kids were small, we lived in a very rural area where there weren’t a lot of homes to get trick or treating to but they, of course, wanted candy. I started doing scavenger hunts for them. They had to use a flashlight. Some years they even did it in the snow.

It has always been a tradition to go to a pumpkin patch and buy several pumpkins that my children pick out. We can’t go without a little candy corn. Love to decorate the house and porch.

Ah, Halloween… in my family, it’s always been a special time. We carry on with the “old” traditions — bobbing for apples, pin the let on the skeleton, homemade candies and treats, homemade costumes — as the next generation has begun to have families of their own, it’s so wonderful to see them carrying on what they’ve learned. Makes it a very satisfying bit of continuity…thanks for asking!

My favorite is the excitement in the eyes of children when they put on their costume! It’s their day to pretend to be someone else. I’m a teacher and you can see and feel their excitement! Fun!

Just moved to small urban farm in Washington State-continuing the tradition of growing our own pumpkins for cooking and decoration- We’re having a bigger harvest this year-it’s exciting!!! Creating new memories in our new home!

Love to see all the children dressed up for Halloween!
My brothers & I would dumped out all the candy and sort it out!
Then……
My Father would take all our gum and lollipops to work!

you never know if it’s going to be sweaty or icy where we live on Halloween, in our small town in Kansas but we trick or treat all over town, all night long, just like ol days 🙂

my fav. is the popcorn balls Mildred (our neighbor and friend in Harpster Idaho) would make to pass out to us trick or treaters. They were so yummy. We have tried and tried but no one can make a popcorn ball like Mildred. She also made carmel corn to die for! Miss you Mildred!

Like to get together with the family and have chili and cornbread and some type apple and or pumpkin desert. Also, cider and hot chocolate. Since we are rural the children visit our rural neighbors to trick or treat.

Carving pumpkins with my Grandson.

Nothing says it’s Halloween like caramel and red hot candy apples. Making them is half the fun and turning them upside down on wax paper to cool. Better have some good teeth for the first bite, and then the succulent apple awaits underneath. Still a favorite of mine!

Leeza Perry
Ohio New Subscriber 2016

Our favority Halloween tradition is going to the local apple farm. Once I get my first bag (and quart of cider), it’s time to put out the decorations!

Our favorite family Halloween tradition was for our son to dress up in his costume and go out to eat. He was always a hit at the restaurant for the employees who were having to work the holiday.

Trick or treating with the kids