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!”
Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …
For this week’s Merit Badge, I decided to tackle cross-stitching! Why, you ask? Well, that’s easy. I started a book club.
Huh?
Let me explain.
Cathy R says: MBA Janes entries are a hoot! Chuckles & grins! My one question ~ where are you shopping ~ your clothes are fabulous? Keep earning those badges and telling us about them! C:
Cathy in ID to the East
To celebrate National Sewing Month, I asked if you’d send in the projects you’ve been working on. Here they are, and ladies, they are just Sew Wonderful …
It is so good to read about one of my favorite things. I’m so glad others are getting to enjoy it.
Too Fun MJ! Love sewing….:) Thanks for sharing the link for the sewing merit badge requirements… I think I’ve got beginner and intermediate licked!
I’ve got my hand in the paint bucket now.. Is October National Paint month ? LOL!
Love,
Deb ( your BEACH farmgirl )
MaryJane says: If it isn’t, you better declare it! Are you using the colors of your gorgeous dahlias?
Consider it DONE! Believe it or not I’ve painted over my apricot walls with a fresh creamy off-white… It makes a lovely backdrop for all of the ‘ other colors’ I have in our house… The kitchen is RED, BLACK and OFF WHITE and My kitchen curtains remind me a lot of my dahlias. I fell head over heels in love with them this summer!
I’m going to frame some of the dahlias and a few of the ” cottage hens” for some farmgirl artwork too!
Would I be taking things too far if I spray painted my almond colored stove ‘ stove red ‘ ? Nah, I didn’t think so!
MaryJane says: No wonder. You are like a dahlia. Many shades of HAPPY.
Gifts galore!!!!!
This, this, THIS came!!!! A newfangled chicken waterer (with handy winterizing heater) made and sold by a most adorable family in Florida. Called a Chicken Kooler, it’s a must have (watch the video on their website, Cheery Chicks showcasing 4-day old baby chicks using one). She also made a darling …
Candice Buerer says: Cucumbers. It seems so ordinary and unexceptionable, but there is something unique in the flavor of a homegrown cuke. I’ve known for decades that homegrown tomatoes are sweeter and more flavorful than their store bought counterpart. But the difference in cucumbers I only discovered last year after growing my own for the first time. It is subtle and more of a refreshing feeling than a distinct easily described flavor.
Last year I grew the usual green variety of cukes and this year lemon cucumbers. Both kinds I find pleasantly satisfying and no where near ordinary.
A couple of years ago, a poem about aprons caught fire on the Internet. Here’s a newer version (well, new to me). I thought (or rather, I knew) you’d enjoy reading it along with a collection of our apron photos.
Remember making an apron in Home Ec? Remember Home Ec?
The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few and because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons required less material. But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
Many decades ago, when I was in jr. high school, I took a class in sewing. Our first project was to make an apron and it looked very much like a couple of these. I also took a class in home economics. These were required classes for girls…not electives. Do they even teach these things in schools today?
Siobhan McBride says: Those aprons are so beautiful!! Thank you for sharing the nostalgia!!
Barbara Sanders says: Love these aprons! Have to celebrate the one my cousin made for me for Christmas. I asked for an old fashioned one, similar to these. Wonderful, frilly & floral. We trade skills: I take help care of her computer issues, she sews for me when I can’t. (flunked sewing in Hume ec, too busy playin with computers!)
Well, you know me . . the “apronista” from southwest Colorado. Make ’em, lots of them! Sell them at Farmers Market, on my blogspot and give them as gifts! I believe you might have a couple that came from my “apron shop”.
THANKS for singing the praises of aprons!
CJ
Rick Hill says: These aprons are great.
May they never be used to prepare GM foods.
Char Clark says: Did I read you sell some of these? They are gorgeous! I have scoured second-hand stores looking for ‘grandmas’ aprons’. I love love love your photos and the aprons. Please email me with prices. Very interested in an apron to do most of the things listed in the poem. (We don’t have chickens, yet.) Do have apples, pears, plums, apricots, walnuts, strawberries, rhubarb, grapes, and 15 or so flower beds. I have two granddaughters, two daughters, and a daughter-in-law. Wouldn’t it be grand to have similar aprons – matching yet different. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to hear from you.
Sandra Flammia says: Hi my name is Sandra I love aprons I sew aprons myself all kinds I sell my aprons at craft fairs and such I am very proud of my aprons I make my own patterans . I love what you have done.
Last week, I shared two decked-out trailers that the ladies of Glampers on the Loose revamped and stayed in during our trip to South Dakota. How adorable was Shery’s “Cabin in a Can” and Jennie’s “Little Black Dress”? This week, we’re sharing “Primitive,” the “Holy Roller,” and “The Bunkhouse.”
Here’s Michele’s dreamboat, “Primitive.”
What a great time we all had:) We are planning our trip your way next summer. Wonderful company all of you are. Nice pics Ace.
Always Michele
Donna says: How creatively adorable! I wanna do that too!
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Csrol Bercaw says: I am new to the glamping life. Our first trailer that needs to be transformed from Jayco”boring” to a cozy retreat. It’s not as cute as a Shasta but…..it’s a start. I simply love your décor and ideas. How fun. I want to do New England Americana theme. My poor husband is in for quite the transformation. TU for sharing. Newly Inspired, CB
Wondering who I am? I’m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my former life …
Well, the first thing I had to do to earn my Entrepreneurial Spirit Badge was figure out how to spell the dang thing. I like to write down my adventures in badges, you know, and I’ve been trying to better myself by not abusing spell check. (I like to think of spell check as an over-worked, under-paid serf, residing in my laptop). So, anyway, about 10 years later, I got the spelling of entrepreneurial right. And I’ll never forget it.
On to the actual badge. (Would a badge about starting a gardening business be a entremanure badge?)
DeEtta Phelps says: I look forward to each new edition of Mary Jane’s Farm. I was raised on a country road in “Almost Heaven,
West Virginia”! I now live in Bismarck ,ND. I live in the country but have no farm.
Each edition of you magazine takes me back to where I learned to live off the land. My grandfather had a small dairy farm where he taught me the richness of life on the farm. I get in touch with that richness through your magazine!
From your do it yourself projects to the canning and preserving, I enjoy each page!
Tina Frank says: I love Mary Jane’s farm for many reasons: the crafts, the recipes, the wisdom, but I mostly love that my dream of becoming a Farmgirl is coming true. We have begun an organic blueberry farm, with slow, steady progress toward residing there full time.
Edith Tuck says: I find it very difficult to decide on just one thing I love about Mary Jane’s Farm… I love it all!!! I literally read my copy from cover to cover (including the ads!!!) the moment it arrives in my mailbox…the dishes can wait!! 🙂 I learn so much at the turn of every page…from crafts to chickens to organic living…I devour every word and feel sad when the back cover closes. If I’m not the lucky winner of this amazing coloring/activity book, you can bet I’ll be purchasing it! 🙂
Mary F. Zeak says: I have subscribed to magazines, too numerous to mention, and with very few exceptions, I have been dissappointed. An avid recipe collector, I have tried two in particular, that have been out of this world delicious: Homemade Chicken Soup and Homemade Pasta. I have made these recipes in particular many times from other magazines, and they can’t hold a candle to the down home flavor and recipe success as Mary Jane Farm recipes have. I spent my childhood summers at my grandmother’s farm and she ingrained into my life how important homemade and homegrown foods are to our health and how living on a farm is important to the peace and satisfaction in all areas of life. She planted the seeds of good healthy living that I have attempted to follow all of my life, (I’m 68.), no mater where life has taken me.
Lisa Rohr says: I rarely comment online about anything, but I truly am honored to comment on MaryJanesFarm magazine. It is a wonderful read each time I receive it. I enjoy the feel of the paper and the emotion from a honest approach to living. I live in a small town on a half-acre with a small garden. I dream of having a few chickens, some rabbits, a few more fruit trees and a beehive. Your magazine lets me dream it and feel delighted in the knowledge that there are those out there doing it. I am making comment for the Secret Garden giveaway. I purchased from this artist a book of postcards awhile back and enjoyed Ms. Basford’s creativity. Keep the loving magazines coming and I wish all a blessed day
jean Clarkson says: My family moved to the country when I was in grade school. We raised chickens, had a big strawberry patch, and enjoyed roaming the woods and fields. In the winter, we went ice skating on a nearby pond and slid down gentle hills on skis and sleds. I enjoy the “You can do this!” articles in the magazine and have tried new crafts and recipes. I am interested in learning about the dangers of altered foods, and the encroachment of Monsanto into the ate oldmethods of East Indian farmers. So many of the classic women’s magazines seem to follow the pattern of quick decorating fixes and the latest trends. I love Mary Jane’s broad variety of topics to enrich life at home and outside. Every magazine opens new doors!
Dina Hennessey says: I absolutely love Mary Jane’s Farm for all the wonderful recipes and great advice that I wouldn’t normally see in any other magazine. It inspires me to have my own farm…some day!!!!
Talia Buck says: My favorite thing about Mary Jane’s Farm is EVERYTHING!!! And i say that because you don’t find help and info like this anywhere! Literally i have been searching for years for something to help me fulfill my dreams of having my own farm and raising my own crops and animals. I knew i could do it on my own but Mary Jane’s Farm has truly shown me its not just a dream but a reality for a lady to have a farm! Thanks for all your inspiration!
<3 Talia (Lady Farmer)
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
Mmmmmmmmmmm lovley!