June 15th, 2006
The Inner Farmer Emerges Triumphant
The Inner Farmer Emerges Triumphant
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on June 15th, 2006 at 10:40 am
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When I grow up I want to be a good farmer like you. We got about a handful of green beans so far. We’re saving up for a meal soon. dfkjfhsdkfjhksj
I hope that there will some other goodies come springing out of that lovely ground too.
Congratulations!
Maria
on June 15th, 2006 at 10:51 am
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Congratulations…you are quite the homesteader! We were anxiously awaiting the taste of our first ripe strawberries. Unfortunately, the robins we’d also been watching on their nest liked the looks of them too. Grrrr!
Angela
on June 15th, 2006 at 10:52 am
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HOORAY!!!
And when that colander runs empty, you just head on over to my place where I have a pantry full of the canned, tasteless, nutrientless variety of green beans.
Love,
Marshie
PS Check out the video I added to the end of my Father’s Day post… I especially liked the “poof” part…
on June 15th, 2006 at 11:21 am
Yay!
Congratulations! And be thankful for your long growing season in the south… our beans (and peas and such) are just emerging from the soil! Okay, they got in a week or so late, but it was still kinda cold here, with danger of frost at night… it’s local conventional wisdom that it’s not really safe to plant until Memorial Day weekend…
Well, our growing season may be shorter, but that also means that our miserable, humid, mosquito infestations don’t last as long either… something for me to be thankful for!
Enjoy those grean beans… I like to sautee them in a little butter and a drop or two of spicy sesame oil, just until really bright green, so they still have some crunch… Mmmm… I can’t wait…
ali
on June 15th, 2006 at 11:30 am
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Yay!! Lovely!!
on June 15th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Awww shucks, no Bushisms?
I guess we can’t say nucular anymore if Hillbillery gets in office. So what will that make Bill, the first man?
on June 15th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
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that’s impressive. if you keep it up you can also feed the rest of us.
on June 15th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
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Well gosh dernit – that beats this homestead wannabe’s 7 strawberries and 2 blackberries (neither edible) hands down! Shoot! Now I’m gonna go water my garden…
Blessings!
Courtney
on June 15th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
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Jen, you are just too funny! I never know what to expect when I visit your blog! :0) Those green beans look ever so delicious! I can understand your excitement since I called my mom last week and exclaimed, “Guess what?! My tomato plants have little baby tomatoes on them!!!” She didn’t quite share my exuberance or understand what all the excitement was for. She quietly said, “Isn’t that what’s supposed to happen?” Hee hee! Oh well, so much for that. Enjoy your harvest, Farmer Jen!
on June 15th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
Nice beans!
I enjoy gardening and I am pleased to see you are doing well with your garden.
Yum!
Di
on June 15th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Looking good!
You go girl – Farmer JeniG!! I remember getting things like this out of our garden in MD. I loved it.
Try drizzzling olive oil on them put them on a cookie sheet, then add salt, pepper and place them in the oven at about 350. Toss them around after 10 minutes then pull them out 10 minutes later. Drizzle balsamic vinegar on them and YUMMY. Almost like French Fri Green Beans…. just a suggestion!
on June 15th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
Well I am VERY
impressed!!! We have 0 that’s right ZERO produce so far….I’m impressed and a little green (which my thumb IS NOT!!!)
I agree with Marsha—thank goodness for the canned food isle!! 🙂
I wont burst your bubble like someone did mine about what will REALLY happen if the bird flu hits…..its a sad story for our chick-eys!!! 🙁
on June 15th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
almost …
almost makes me wish I had any homesteady in me … no … almost makes me wish I was wishing to … wish … to have a little homesteady in me … I mean, your beans look good and all … but I heard gardening involved effort, and that rules it out for me.
I did buy a pot of dirt on clearance. It promised 200 tomatoes. It has a cute picture of a tomato on the pot. Pots don’t lie. But the instructions say 80 days to maturation. And it’s June 15th. In Michigan. So 80 days puts us, what, in the middle of Michigan’s Winter? And my dirt is still in the bag, next to the pot it came in, and the seeds still in their packet.
Although, in my defense, I just bought it on Tuesday.
The days to maturity was on the INside of the package.
Maybe the clearance sticker should’ve warned me.
Hm, are tomato *sprouts* edible? Maybe I’ll make that my farming goal.
on June 15th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
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Hahahahaha funny and cute!
on June 15th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
WOW!
We are still planting our garden. We have 3 plots… 2 are 70′ by 20′ and the next one is 32′ by 20′. We have been planting for the last 3days!!!!! Just got done planting the 7 rows of potatoes!
Hope your garden is plentyful!!!
Sincerely,
Myrtle, a curly head Hobbit from BloggerEarth
Come and visit with me and Galadriel in Lothlorien, Wood of the Lady of Light
on June 15th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
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Good grief you get your produce early. We ahve just barely started out growing season. We will be lucky to have anything edible by August. And by the looks of this cool threaten to be wet weather it just might be September. Ugh. Can you tell I am a bit miffed at our weather?
Susan
on June 15th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
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I am so incredibly impressed and so incredibly proud and so incredibly jealous! How totally cool!!
Are you working on building your Whiz Bang Chicken Plucker yet?
~Jo’s Boys
🙂
on June 15th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
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Hey! That is wonderful news! You have enough green beans in that basket for our whole family to have……….one bean each.
We’re going to starve; I can feel it already. Perhaps I should have a burger.
on June 15th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
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yay, Jen. Much better than us. We didn’t get nuttin. Not nuttin. I guess all those May rains washed it down the hill. We may try to replant this week and see what happens.
Anybody know of a good farmer’s market around here?!
Letitia
on June 16th, 2006 at 3:26 am
Congratulations Farmer Jen!
That is a very impressive first harvest! Well done. You have every right to feel proud. Thanks for sharing your sucess with us! My garden was just planted about two weeks ago, so I think it will be a little while before we get many edibles.
on June 16th, 2006 at 7:31 am
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Congratulations! They look so healthy!
You know….That is a pretty still life picture, too…just plain natural artistry you have going there,too. The shape and pigmentation of the yellow squash compliments the shape of the chair to come together for a visual effect that I don’t believe has yet to be accomplished in the natural still life genre of modern artists post dating the abstract movement but capturing the essence of ..
Let me know when ya’ gotta batch of collards….
on June 16th, 2006 at 8:17 am
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You should be so proud! There’s nothing better than knowing that your family will be taken care of in the face of imminent disaster. :o)
on June 16th, 2006 at 9:26 am
LMBO!
Great… now help me out will you?
on June 16th, 2006 at 10:14 am
The Little Yellow Thing
Oh, you crack me up. Slice and saute the little yellow thing in butter with salt and pepper and sweet onions!
Come on over and take my summer homeschooling poll….I guess I need to add “Watching your garden grow” !
on June 16th, 2006 at 11:20 am
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Wow, having a garden is kinda like being Dr. Frankenstein, isn’t it? Purdy amazin’ how things grow when you stick seeds into the ground! Just be sure to pick them thar beans before they grow into giant mutant praying mantis pods, then they’re like chewing on bitter tree bark.
So how come people like homesteaders yearn for the Good Old Days when everyone lived off the land and were self-sufficient, but how come the same people don’t yearn for the days of smallpox and yellow fever, high infant mortality, an average life span of 45, and fresh vegetables once a year in the fall, eating perserves out of a jar for the rest of the year? There are definite advantages to having a Safeway at the strip mall down the road!
on June 17th, 2006 at 12:09 am
Oh the joy of the first harvest
There is nothing quite like it, is there! I have those feelings when I pluck the first tomato or cuccumber each year! Happy Summer Days.
Jennifer
on June 17th, 2006 at 1:47 am
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Good for you! That’s the sense of wonder I had the other day when we didn’t really have cash for the store and didn’t really have a good meal in the house. My daughter and I found some potatoes, peas, and turnip greens that we took to the house and added to some leftover meat to make stew…not bad. I think God know I needed some motivation to persevere in my haphazard garden of experiments and weeds. Seeing my three year old all proud with her skirt full of veggies was some good nourishment for my soul! Jenette.
on June 18th, 2006 at 1:08 am
garden bounty
I just erased my previous message on accident!
Hello Jen, I feel like I know you already. I have been wanting to write and tell you how much I appreciate your articles in the magazine. My first magazine completely overwhelmed me, “Whoa! Too much information!” I felt like such a lost in the dark dinosaur. I stumbled upon one of your articles and suddenly felt at peace, realizing there’s a more personal side to the magazine. I re-read the rest of the magazine with renewed interest, too. I have to say, though, your articles are the most precious to me, because they’re so real, down to earth, humble, unveiled, and relatable. I really appreciate your style and encouragement.
I wanted to write earlier, but didn’t know how to contact you. Then I remembered the blogger thing, and decided to give it a try. 2 hours later, I finally found a way to contact you. (I know I’m a dinosaur!)
Please keep up the good work, sister!
love, Jami
on June 18th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
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Great job! If I had to raise my own food, I’d starve. I am the worst gardener ever.
on June 20th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
LOL!
Too funny Jen! You sound like you took gardening lessons from ME!!
I appreciate your political satire! That's one for the quote book fer sure! Great job on the beans! I sure hope there's more. You might lose a few family members to Mc Donald's (or starvation) if you don't crank out more of 'em! Oh, I see Gena is already headed over there!
Blessings (and my prayers are with your 'crops'),
Traci 🙂
Edited by mamatc on Jun. 20, 2006 at 1:43 PM
on June 24th, 2006 at 10:58 am
Ode To The Inner Farmer
I was so moved by this, that I entered a post entitled “Ode To The Inner Farmer”. It is in your honor, Jen!
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/seekingtheoldpaths/156253/
Admiringly,
Julie-The-Gardener-Wannabe
on June 24th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
E'llo! (our version)
Nah. You’re not one yet! You have to grow a pumpkin for Cinderella’s god-mother, a watermelon with big tasty seeds for your chickens, Indian corn for Thanksgiving, and some cocoa beans that you can grind up and smush down the telephone wire for us to eat on the other end.
Then! and only then, will I agree that you are a full-fledged farmer! So get crackin’ ! I’m coming with the examination papers in a month! Hahahahahaha!
Love you Mrs. Ig!
Mariel