So the last few days my farm life obsession has gone into overdrive. I basically have spent every free second stalking reading the blogs of people who are living my dream and vicariously taking it all in through their posts and pictures:) Aaaaaaaahhhhhh. I have a very vivid imagination so I feel as if I have actually been on vacation! Haha.
In my quest to ‘study for my future’, I have stumbled across some amazing new finds. I thought I’d share these great blogs with you guys too. Maybe they will see that I have written about them and invite me to their farms to ‘live the dream’ for a week. I see it now…..My family will pull up in an RV in their dirt drive way and they will put us right to work. We will cook, share recipes, I’ll learn to can and jar from an expert…they will teach me the ins and outs of running a farm, ways of living off the land. We will sit around a camp fire after the kids crash, tell stories, I’ll make the hubs sing (come on now!! Gotta pay my way!!) We will laugh and cry and by the time our stay is complete we will be life long friends, “No goodbyes new friend. Only see you soon.” Hop in the RV while holding back tears. The kids wave out the back window as we roll away…..
Alas, I am in Los Angeles with the sound of yet another police siren going by….sigh. Damn you farm that calls my name in the night. Hahaha.
So here they are:
Chickens in the Road -my new fav… Suzanne is an amazing writer (books, columns and her amazing blog.) whom I have come to adore… I’m sure you guys will too:)
A Country Farmhouse– Trina lets you follow along as her and her husband completely renovate their gorgeous farmhouse. Great design blog. Plus she has boy/girl twins…how are we not already best friends?
White Flower Farmhouse– This a blog about a store owner in Long Island. When said farm is in possession, I will clear her shelves clean. Get your stock up woman. I’m comin for ya!!!
Nicolelbates– a true day to day life on a farm blog. She answers the questions I had been asking:) Love…
So my sweets… any blogs you recommend? Or any good reading for that matter?
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| My farm girl in the making….aka “the cow whisperer” |
I really enjoy http://www.mommyskitchen.net
It's a woman's recipe blog who likes southern cooking as much as I do. I don't think I've made anything on here that my family didn't enjoy.
And Ree Drummond has lots of neat things that I enjoy reading. http://www.thepioneerwoman.com
Can come here anytime.
Have 15 acres CLYDE would love to see the kids.
ALso cows may be calving in the next few weeks or so.
Haven't had many camp fires been too dry but maybe now that we have had a little rain ha ha
Looking ofrward for you to come visit. SUre you will love live in a small town hardly any sirens out in country and wow so quiet….
Lynn
Aaah, great read while drinking my morning coffee. I was lucky enough to grow up a country girl. HAD to weed gardens, feed animals, collect the eggs, help with canning & freezing, walk a half mile to the end of our lane to catch the bus….thinking of my hard working parents, now gone…I was blessed. Now I'm a grandma…I hope you get your dreams 🙂
Hi Haylie! I saw a pingback this morning from the ranting housewife and had to check it out 🙂 Thanks for the link love and the kind comments. You and your adorable cow whisper (and your RV) are welcome anytime :)She looks about the same age as my chicken-catcher!
Hi Hayley, I work for a publishing company that publishes books by Jenna Wogenrich. Her blog is located at http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/
Jenna's books are "Made From Scratch" and "Barnheart".
I actually saw one of our books in a photo you posted a few months ago when I first saw you had an interest in living the farmlife! The book I saw is The Backyard Homestead!
Nicole- Thanks…careful love I might just show up on your doorstep;) Reading your blog more this morning…thanks for giving the real version of farmlife for us folks just dreamin….
Bobbi- Those chores as a child made you into an amazing adult I'm sure:) Would do our society good to throw their kids some real chores.
Lynn- We love you guys and can't wait to get out there. When we get out with Jon on a tour we will pull through. Maybe we can plan something when the kids get out of school
Cici- Yum just scanned through…gonna try some of these for sure!!!
Kim-Thanks I will check it out for sure. LOOOOOOOOOOVVE Backyard Homestead!
Hi Haylie!
Checked out those blogs and I see what you mean,
they make this city mouse want to be a country mouse too!
But apartment life doesn't stop us from still having a camp fire now and then–
We sit around the bar, each with our own votive candle and toast marshmallows on the ends of chopsticks!
(where there's a will there's a way for s'more lovers!)
Connie
P.S. Cutest cow whisperer ever!
um that is hysterical! I have votives and marshmallows. How did I not think of this…..doing it tonight. The bag of goodies was amazing and sooo thoughtful!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
You're SO welcome! Tried to get my son to relinquish his T-shirt of Abe Lincoln wearing a Batman mask for sister(/son)….next time!
Haylie: I know what you mean. I'm on a quest to live in wide open spaces with my man and future babies. But first…I gots to find a man. Ha.
This is one blog that I love, that allows me to live vicariously…
Ree Drummond's: The Pioneer Woman
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Hi Haylie! You should check out the longest acres blog (http://longestacres.blogspot.com/) It is a beautifully written blog (with wonderful photos) about farming and the struggles of…
Girlfarm outside of Reno, Nv
Haylie, Nothing like working the ground that God gave ya. Thank you for the listings of the blogs…they are great! Your sweet little cow whisperer is a doll!! I grew up around horses, pigs, cows, chickens, rabits, goats, two dogs, a cat and one turtle. We had a big garden every year, one year daddy planted enough corn for the whole county…lol. We had apple trees, cherry trees, peach trees, pear tree, persimmon trees and muscadine vines so my yard was like the garden of eden and if I got hungry while playing or working I just reached out and had my fill. I have spent many a day and night on the proch shucking corn and shelling peas. Working in the garden was hard work, but I can still smell the dirt and feel with my toes the coolness of it under the plants hidden from the sun. I spent hours with mom canning and making homemade krout and pickles. And at the end of the day I felt good about what I had help accomplish….I can remember after a long day of gardening just as the sun went down and a cool breeze of night would flow through, my dad in his overalls and I would lay on the hood of the truck and look up at the stars with a glass of sweet tea in our hands. I will always remember the smell of dirt when it first rains, the smell of the house when we would can, and the look of the old apron my moma had with all the stains of tomato juice on it from year after year. As a child I was the freeiest hardest working kid on my dirt road….free to roam all over our land without fear and hard work that made me feel good and absolutley tuckered out at the end of the day. I lived the dream…and a dream it was. I hope you and your family are able to do the same….I can tell you this…it makes the biggest difference in how you see the world.
Laurie Knight
Cullman Alabama