Fuzzy's Farm

[Gigiintheforest]

But where do the girls go to find the guys who are into "girls like us", that's what i wanna know!

I wish we weren't all so spread out over MI, because the more i get to know everyone the more i wish we could hang out regularly. I bet it would make for some really great summers! (Crafts, building, birds, ..........conversations about said birds that only a bird-lover could understand.....LOL)

This is just personal experience but I think 2nd marriages when you are older and know what is important and what is not seem to work better. Okay, you can all laugh but I met my soul mate on match.com. (Set up by his sister). And I know a lot of people who have met and married the same way. Oh the joys of technology.

Hey, don't forget Oklahoma. I would love to hang with you guys

 

[RBahmer]

But where do the girls go to find the guys who are into "girls like us", that's what i wanna know!

I wish we weren't all so spread out over MI, because the more i get to know everyone the more i wish we could hang out regularly. I bet it would make for some really great summers! (Crafts, building, birds, ..........conversations about said birds that only a bird-lover could understand.....LOL)

Welllllll ..... In my opinion I don't need a man. They are totally worthless and are good for only one thing and that isn't even half the time so to me they are just a waste of time LOL.

 

[RBahmer]

This is just personal experience but I think 2nd marriages when you are older and know what is important and what is not seem to work better. Okay, you can all laugh but I met my soul mate on match.com. (Set up by his sister). And I know a lot of people who have met and married the same way. Oh the joys of technology.

Hey, don't forget Oklahoma. I would love to hang with you guys

2nd marriage don't work for me. I can tell you there won't be a 3rd !!!!!
I don't know which was worse, my first marriage with a very abusive husband or my second one with a man that's not worth a broke you know what LOL

 

[fuzzybutt love]

well, the flower bed came because i have a tree, and i was looking at that spot since before the chickens and wishing that i could plant something there, since oddly enough only the spots with shade around here grow anything good; all that sand does not hold water so the shade helps the poor things to not need as much; so i planted snapdragon, these little alpine strawberries that put out a few berries here and there for the chickens (and they eat any leaves that breach the fence, good vitamins for them) I also put in foxglove, and roses, and some ferns and moss in the shadiest spot. It is a tiny thing, but full of life. I am trying out ideas for when i get my "real" home! I want to do more herbs and whatnot for the chickens, too. It is nice to be able to reach down literally and get them a treat! There are wild grapes out back, and blackberries too, so different times of year depending on the season and what's out there and in my garden they get all kinds of goodies! Just be sure the fence is a good one, my girls respect a little rabbit fence but had to be taught from very little to not jump it; i think come summer it better be a bit higher this next year though!

My eventual coop design is gonna look like a little cottage house nestled in a "secret garden" complete with fences to keep it all private. THAT will be a ways down the road, though. Right now i have to fix my credit, and may have to make some sacrifices for the long term good. Still having my house chicken though, she will allow me to keep my pet hen's legacy alive. (for down the line, i can breed her later)

 

[Rusty Byrd]

Good morning, everyone else !

BobBry, I see the Golden Feather! Yay, someone finally helped you figure it out how to get it!

Wow! What a discussion last night. No wooses here! I had been a city girl until I was 14 and my parents decided to buy a 40 acre farm. We had to jump right into getting a late 1st cutting of hay in. That is when I started to learn what work was really like! And then I married a farmer.
I had a mom that drilled into my head there was no such word as CAN'T if you put your mind, heart and soul into it.
My Dad drilled into the head it is a money saver (in the long run) if you can do it yourself. And if you want something done right do it yourself.
Life's lessons well learned! With my DH being an over the road driver gone from a week to 3 weeks, I have had to be self sufficient. There are a few times I have had to call him with a um' Houston , we have a problem! And he would walk me through it. But, we didn't have to call a repairman. A lot of things I have figured out on my own and when he gets home, " look what I did". The feeling of accomplishment and the I could pat myself on the back was great. And in the mean time DH knowing I CAN handle things on the home front gives him less to worry about.
We tried to instill the same on our daughters. Our oldest worked on a dairy farm starting at age 15. She had more of an interest in farm shop in school than anything else. She can now cook and can along with tearing a truck engine apart and putting it back together. And how many gals have there own Lincoln welder?
The youngest one was out in the single digit temps last week, bleeding a air lock out of her radiator hoses. I'm glad my DD's can do. We (us ladies) almost have to as we never know what life if going to throw at us.
My 9 year old grandson has a dream of being a dairy farmer, with 100 cows and milk them all by hand

. The idea of milking by hand went away real fast when he went to work with his cousin a couple of times and watched how long it took to milk the herd there, with milkers. But he still wants to be a farmer. He has a brain, that when he grows up he could be an automotive engineer or something. (there was a article of a group of his classmates a couple of weeks ago in the Jackson paper titled "little geniuses'. His pic was on the front page.) But he still wants to be a farmer. Dad is discouraging, Mom is encouraging to go for what ever you want to be.

Fuzzy I have my own tool box also. I sure of a few other here do too. I get very pithed when I have tools are missing.. I also have some of MY own power tools. I know I learned that a few things to have in the tool box or access to was super glue, duct tape bailing wire and binder twine and if some things can't be fixed fixed with that........... Oh and don't forget to keep a few wire coat hangers in the auto. Never know when you can help someone with a lock out or have to wire up part of an exhaust.
Some one should start a new thread..... for gals survival. with how to tips!

 

[Rusty Byrd]

 

[Rusty Byrd]

sorry , double post computer is goofy this morning!

 

[Gigiintheforest]

2nd marriage don't work for me. I can tell you there won't be a 3rd !!!!!
I don't know which was worse, my first marriage with a very abusive husband or my second one with a man that's not worth a broke you know what LOL

I'm laughing so hard, Robin. I know it's not funny for you but you've got a great attitude!

 

[Gigiintheforest]

well, the flower bed came because i have a tree, and i was looking at that spot since before the chickens and wishing that i could plant something there, since oddly enough only the spots with shade around here grow anything good; all that sand does not hold water so the shade helps the poor things to not need as much; so i planted snapdragon, these little alpine strawberries that put out a few berries here and there for the chickens (and they eat any leaves that breach the fence, good vitamins for them) I also put in foxglove, and roses, and some ferns and moss in the shadiest spot. It is a tiny thing, but full of life. I am trying out ideas for when i get my "real" home! I want to do more herbs and whatnot for the chickens, too. It is nice to be able to reach down literally and get them a treat! There are wild grapes out back, and blackberries too, so different times of year depending on the season and what's out there and in my garden they get all kinds of goodies! Just be sure the fence is a good one, my girls respect a little rabbit fence but had to be taught from very little to not jump it; i think come summer it better be a bit higher this next year though!

My eventual coop design is gonna look like a little cottage house nestled in a "secret garden" complete with fences to keep it all private. THAT will be a ways down the road, though. Right now i have to fix my credit, and may have to make some sacrifices for the long term good. Still having my house chicken though, she will allow me to keep my pet hen's legacy alive. (for down the line, i can breed her later)

That sounds really nice. And what a great goal!

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I got a bit "soft" in the last few years; been not wanting to get out and do as much mechanics as i did before, but come spring i'm actually getting excited to get out and mess with fixing up the car. Sounds like you girls have me beat by a long shot! LOL. We totally need a group, i can see it......LOL

Bad butt chicken girls, with our hammers and our wrenches.........carrying our chicks and eggs in the "other pocket" LOL