Meet the Farm Chicks
Blog Authors are employed or involved with Polyface. However, posts will cover a large genre of topics. Statements, ideas and opinions may differ somewhat from practices, beliefs and vision of Polyface.Monday’s Chick
Jill enjoys traveling, road trips, camping, photography, cooking, and spending time with her friends and family.
Tuesday’s Chick
Brie enjoys farming, gardening, photography, and cooking.
Wednesday’s Chick
Grace appreciates good music, gardening, silence, sunshine, dancing, and following her bliss! Laughter is her medicine! She has great affection for living in rural Virginia.
Thursday’s Chick
Leanna enjoys farming, gardening, knitting, spinning, baking, and anything that has to do with the homesteading lifestyle.
Friday’s Chick
Sheri enjoys family, reading, writing, baking, sewing, scrapbooking, knitting, gardening, canning, and is very active in her church.
Saturday’s Chick
Wendy enjoys farming, cooking, making pies & homemade preserves, gardening, knitting and having fun with her daughter Madelyn.
Sunday’s Chick
Erin enjoys cooking, gardening, knitting, sewing, housework, spinning, being outdoors and spending time with family and friends.
Started Oct 3, 2011
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Made from Scratch Final Discussion – Changing plans to embrace a dream
Jenna’s move from Idaho to Vermont is chronicled in her new chapter “Moving On.” In it she explains her decision to move to the East Coast, leaving her friends, in order to make a new life in a new state. Homesteading was a major part of her new life. What changes could you make to … Read the Rest
Joel: Producing an Audio Book
Note from Sheri: When Joel came to dinner the other night and started talking about his experience with audio recording, I asked him to write it out for us to share. We hope that you might enjoy it as much as we did. Wednesday Evening, August July 27, 2011 I have a new book coming … Read the Rest
Intern-views: Meet Michelle
This is the first of three posts about the gals interning here this summer. Michelle, Tarah, and Leanna are some of the sweetest and hard-working people, and it is a pleasure to have them at Polyface. Here is the first “intern-view” where you will meet Michelle. Kristen: Michelle, what got you interested in farming? Michelle: … Read the Rest
On Apprenticeships
Grace’s power pole was struck by lightning earlier this week and she has been without power, so you get me (Sheri) today. We have been blessed with an absolutely awesome team this year. Haling from all over the United States, these guys and gals are dependable, hard working and tough. I have to admit though, … Read the Rest
Pleasant Thoughts
It’s difficult to think of anything but pleasant thoughts when eating a homegrown tomato. -Lewis Grizzard
Made from Scratch Discussion 5 – Work dogs
A working dog is quite different from a pet. Working dogs need to do their job or their temperament suffers. Can you transform a pet into a working dog? What are your expectations for your animals on your homestead? Jenna describes in beautiful, horrible detail the trauma she suffered when one of her rabbits was … Read the Rest
It’s hot here, how about there?
I don’t know about where you live, but it’s HOT, with all capital letters, here in Swoope, Virginia. The farmers are hot, the animals are hot and the days are plain old miserable. I have to admit that I’m envious of city folks with air conditioning these days. None of our homes here on the … Read the Rest
Made from Scratch discussion 4 – Work!
While Jenna manages to work a demanding full-time job as a web designer, she acknowledges that her homesteading takes almost all of her nonwork time. Discuss the basic facts of life working in the 9-5 world and maintaining a homestead as well. Is it freedom, or another form of work?
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