After I made several pages of some of my favorite farm-related blogs, it occurred to me I had very likely missed a few. So, they must not have fallen so clearly in one category or another but I really love them. There are no rules I have to go by so I may as well just put whatever I want here!
- Beyond the Rows – The Monsanto Company blog… I sometimes write stuff for it.
- Dairy Goddess’s Blog — If you want to know about dairy farming from a great source, check out what Barbara’s been up to! She’s either out walking the barn taking care of Chica and others, making cheese or something fun!
- Dove Farm Diaries — One of the folks I’ve talked to through Twitter for over a year is located in the UK… I love getting their perspective on things and with the start of 2011 came a new farm blog! They have several different types of livestock, grow crops to feed them and have facilities for guests & small meetings.
- Kim’s County Line — Kim puts her commentary and photos about life on a Kansas farm on her blog. She’s a farm wife who writes about farm life, photos, recipes and life in general. She said having checked out several of the blogs listed here, she truly appreciates the resource & would enjoy being added.
- PAfarmgirl — I love the great photos Genny posts here.
- Proud to be a Farmers Daughter — Mary Ellen Fricke is a friend I met at a conference — she’s a bit outgoing too… Yep, we hit it right off. But she also has a great story and to start 2011, she decided to start a blog. The name comes from the first “big girl t-shirt” she remembers having. I love it!
- Twins’ Farm in Spain — The Twins’ Farm is a small farm in Cuenca, near Madrid (La Alberca de Záncara, Cuenca, Spain). They followed me on Twitter & I didn’t catch them for a bit. Sure glad I did! Great to see photos from a very different farm & crop mix than I have locally. (And I love Spanish olives!)
- Two Generations from the Farm — A college student from Alabama turned me onto this blog and I have been following it since. “Not a farmer, but not clueless” — we need a lot more folks in this category.
Oh, and how self-serving is it to put my own? Come on, give me a break, I work hard on it!
- ag – a colorful adventure for this city girl – I read my own blog but not in a self congratulatory way… usually looking for something I have forgotten. LOL
Hey Janice,
I so appreciated your comments on my Auntie Mame post. My Aunt Sissy was & will always be one of the most beloved people in my life, She was beautiful ( model); tough (from blue-collar Brooklyn,NY); self-made and, most of all, the kindest and most loving person I was blessed to have in my life. Yes, she doted on me & spoiled me but it was her great heart , support and belief in me that made our relationship unique and treasured. She was the one person that never said, “You can’t do that” or tell me that I needed to grow up, get married & have a man to take care of me. Quite the opposite, she told me to always keep my own counsel, my own “stash” of cash and my independence, even within a relationship. Thank God! As it turns out, the came a s***storm in my life when I was entering my teens that changed my whole world and for my 16th birthday, I hit the road for my own travels…and never looked back. It was, however, the ’60′s and the world was different and I had many amazing adventures….including being a Brooklyn, NY girl who livede on a commune/working farm in Canada foor 3 years.Talk about “Green Acres”! I wasn’t a priviliged girl but i was, by no stretch a farmer…noone of us were and it was great entertainment for the multi-generational farm families around us…lol!
Anyway, I did see Auntie Mame as a little girl, thought she was modeled after Aunt Sissy & who I aspired to be as I grew older. To some degree, I succeeded, sans the money. So, it is a great gift that you are giving those nieces and nephews. I assure you that it will keep moving forward as they grow and have their own families. I’ve never had children…too busy with my Forrest Gump-like life, but I love spoiling the kids of those close to me and being an “Auntie Mame” in my own fashion and in accordance with my fortunes, as they rise , fall and rise again.
Sorry, got a little talk-y there. I did say I was from Brooklyn right? With a large Scot-Irish clan in which we all hold our own? Anyway, thank you again, keep up the good work and I’m excited to have another great blog to read and meet another sister in the ‘sphere. I am a newbie, fumbling my way through (eingineering degree but hardware, not websites or software) and sharing whatever comes to me. Look forward to hearing from you…
Kat-Alex
I love how you started writing and couldn’t stop! My nieces are quite a bit older — Georgia is 30, Corey is 28 and Alicia actually came to live with me during grad school! We all know we are lucky to have each other. My nephew seems to get it too….. the deal is much more about togetherness than money. Saving up is tough but frequent flyer mileage and other things is a help. But I have been lucky in choosing a career that lines up with my passion early and have had a chance to get education and experience to open the right doors. Just wish I had an Auntie Mame myself!