I'm in love;
...in love with MaryJane Butters! She and I are kindred spirits.
She's an older woman who bought 5 acres at the end of a road out of Moscow, Idaho. She supports herself by making good things to sell. She's written a book I'm reading and taking notes from called:
MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook
for the farmgirl in all of us
I'd been bemoaning the fact that I don't have a farm yet, a goat to milk, chickens that give me eggs. Then in dawned on me the other day as I was putting 4 gallon jars of home-made granola away, making and canning a load of applepie filling for the winter, and rustling up some applesauce in small jars for Christmas gifts that: I AM a farmgirl. 
Oh, the bread machine was going while I canned too. It was making a loaf of whole wheat bread from wheat I'd ground myself. After all that my sweet daughter-in-law gave me a plate of sushi, which I usually make myself too. Don't you love the little orchid she placedfor presentation?
Just before dinner I went out and harvested my garlic, for I am a farmgirl.
The Martha Stewart part of the farmgirl in me planted red zinnias to complement the green squash plants with the yellow blossoms. 
And what about the presentation of purple salvia and this new yellow plant for the farmgirl in all of us?
I think I am living the farmgirl routine pretty well.
I've subscribed to MaryJane's magazine and given a gift subscription to my little sisty who introduced us.
Rachel, my dear friend, and I will visit MaryJane's farm next month.
For the farmgirls in all of us, stay tuned; I'll fill you in.
AND! Rachel has even written an article for MaryJane's magazine!
