I’m calling you out!!!! On a roll … call, here’s where you can read about the amazing accomplishments of Sisters who earn Merit Badges. “Hear YE!”
(From Karen in Southern California.)
Last fall, your son Brian gave me a head of heirloom garlic to plant that he said you are trying to bring back from near extinction, and I wanted to report how it is going here in Southern California. I put the head of garlic in the fridge for a few months because I do not have a yearly chill to the extent that you have in Idaho. Once the days started to get longer (daylight savings time), I planted them …
Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …
In order to earn this Lend a Hand to Farm Families Merit Badge (helping a farm family by donating six hours of my time, either in feeding their animals or cleaning up around the farm), I first had to find a farm family. Driving around slowly through the countryside is nice and all, but at the price of gas these days, not conducive to a girl’s budget. Why, just the other day, I had to hang out the window at the pump and shout at the gas station attendant to shut it off before he spent my unborn children’s college fund. Also, driving around in slow motion staring at country houses made me feel like I was an escaped lunatic, casing the joint.
So, I switched tactics and started …
Tassels!! TASSELS! Gotta have tassels that flip with your floppy skirt as it catches the wind beneath your sails.
From Sister #3995, Tammy Cummings, member of the Farmgirls Southwest Henhouse in California, comes MY summer fun. Thank you Tammy! I’ve started a collection of these books but this will be my first SUMMER FUN edition. How on earth did you know I’d LOVE it:):):):)
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Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …
Some badges are just plain tasty. Homemade potato chips, organic grocery shopping …
Did someone say “icing on the cake?” Count me in, and quickly!
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On our first Farm Stay way back when you were brand new to farm stay, you sent me home with a few heads of a lovely hard neck garlic. I loved it but do not know which variety it was. I am now growing some very nice hard neck garlic but would like to get some of yours to grow as well. Can you put me on the list for this one when there is some available?
I remember it and have not been able to find one as nice.
I’m happy to send you some Eileen. What I will have this year is MaryJane hardneck garlic. That is what I have growing in my trough gardens.
What size are your trough gardens? I have raised bed gardens that are 4 by 8 feet and have trouble with underground creatures eating my garlic, and potatoes. Troughs would eliminate this problem. Do you drill drain holes in yours?
Here are instructions for my horse trough gardens. I LOVE them. I now have my entire greenhouse in these also. If I could afford it, I’d put my entire farm in trough gardens:) No weeding to speak of, hardly any water usage, no bending over, no rabbits, no voles, no gophers. What farmgirl ingenuity can’t accomplish, right?
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/Recipes-Patterns-Instructions/horse-trough-gardening.pdf
MJB – have I told you how much you mean to me lately? Probably not. Let me rectify! Love you.
KLE
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Pardon me MaryJane, but it is “germplasm” not “-plasma”. Anyway, I am the curator of the Phaseolus Germplasm Collection and work at the WRPIS here in Pullman.
I am ALWAYS glad to hear about people who want to help with the preservation of old varieties (as well as wilds & others) of vegetables & grains.
Anyone who is interested in this matter NEVER hesitate to contact us here at WPRIS.
Oh dear, I laughed out loud when I read your comment. Want a job as a proofreader? Will go and fix my blunder immediately! Thank you for your IMPORTANT work Dr. Molly! I am forever grateful.
I would like to begin growing my own garlic. But, I want some of YOUR really good garlic! How can I purchase a few seeds to get started?
Soon seed garlic will be available on our website, maryjanesfarm.org. Stay tuned!
Love your trough planters. And garlic is next on my list to try… I tried the link for your instructions to set them up, but it no longer works. Do you have another updated link that works? Many thanks!
I updated our instructions and put them in my new Milk Cow Kitchen book available here: http://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/Milk-Cow-Kitchen