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The featured Merit Badge Awardee of the Week is … Rachel Nelson!
Rachel Nelson, (Yart #1081) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning a beginner level Heirlooms Forever! badge.
“I was able to replace 5% of my planting with heirloom seeds. I was finally able to get Gardening with Heirloom Seeds from the library. It was on backorder forever … LOL! It had a ton of great information as well as a lot of varieties for things that I had never heard of before. I’m looking forward to finding Viroflay spinach. It’s considered monster spinach. And I had no idea there are so many different colors of nasturtiums. This book was well worth the time it took to get from the library.
Some know it as the season of light. Others, the season of giving. But for many of you, it’s the season of citrus and fruitcake. You’re probably already compiling ingredient spreadsheets and collecting addresses for the lucky ducks who will get a family fruitcake, right? But what’s that you say? You’re not making the candied citrus peels from scratch? Well, why not?!
Okay, so you might be saying, MaryJane, I’ll be darned if I’m going to give myself one extra project when I can just buy them at the store. But have another look at that candied peel lining store shelves right around now. Doesn’t it look a little bright? Doesn’t it seem a little soggy? Doesn’t it taste a bit … fake? In a blindfolded test, I’ll bet you’d be hard-pressed to distinguish it from a gummy bear …
Our pup, Walker, leads the way with Daddy and me behind him and Mama and Mia bringing up the rear.
We may have thought the hill was a little steep to walk up, but it was a blast coming down!
Friday, the 14th of December 2012, will be remembered by our entire nation forever.
For me … it was joyous … one of those moments that pauses and becomes you … a moment that all else in the world cannot interrupt …
In honor of Bake Cookies Day yesterday, the 18th of December, my Mom and sister and I celebrated!
We enjoyed them with a cold glass of milk fresh from Nanny Jane’s cows. MmmMmm!
P.S. The butter in the cookies was also from Nanny Jane’s cows. So delicious.
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.
