I like how the magazine celebrates and nourishes the farmgirl soul. You can take the girl out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the girl. Our roots run deep.

I love the creativity of Mary Jane’s Farm! And the reminder that I can be a country farm girl even in the city taking care of an elderly parent – I treasure every issue of your magazine! Thanks, Mary Jane )))))HUGS(((((

You know how magazines are “supposed to be” just a tempting vehicle for advertisers to get their message out to people??? Well, your MaryJanesFarm is all about a community of women (some men like it too) finding a new voice as well as a “party line” (like the old phone system used to be years and years ago). Even the advertisers who hold up the cost of the issues are there in the interest of the women (and men) who are reading and exchanging ideas. Some of these advertisers are not even found in the other “regular” news-stand “typical” girlie mags. I love that we are not being blown away by ads for makeup (are we not beautiful enough???) and diet tricks and all the other products targeting a woman’s supposed insecurity and weakness. Your MaryJanesFarm celebrates true strong resilient creative functioning members of these Earthly tribes of humans……not just past and present, but taking out our long-view binoculars and projecting into the future what we will be capable of accomplishing.

MaryJane has been an inspiration to me for years, I have saved so many of the recipes and crafting/repurposing ideas over the years in a special notebook, as well as tips and decorating ideas! I <3 MaryJane

I love the recipes, crafts, sewing and gardening tips this magazine shares. I’m always excited to see the newest edition! I grew up on a farm and I’m still a country girl at heart!

Thanks for the opportunity MaryJane! There are so many things about MaryJane’s Farm, I think overall the encouragement from MaryJane’s Farm and the gals on the chatroom. I have learned to step out of my comfort zone and tackle jobs I never thought I could. The farmgirl sisters always have an encouraging word no matter what advice one seeks. <3

I love the recipes, but I also enjoy the essays and stories written by the readers. It’s fun to see what craft or crafter you focus on, too. It’s is my most favorite magazine and I savor it each time it arrives.

It is very hard to choose just one thing I like about MaryJanesFarm magazine, but I think it would have to be the crafts that are presented in each issue. I quilt, sew general items, knit, crochet, and love finding new projects that use my existing skills and learning new craft skills. I started a MJFG swap using one of the projects (Origami Snack Bag) presented in a magazine this year. I made the quilted Dish Drainer Quilt for another swap a number of years ago.

I agree it’s hard to choose one thing, ever article feeds my farmer heart and my soul. Reading it takes me to my happy place. I guess if I had to pick one thing it would be the crafts, as I love to create . Thanks for all you do especially love to read the articles about other women entrepreneurs, it encourages me to continue to follow my dreams.

I like how the simple, the domestic, the low tech, is appreciated, celebrated, and elevated.

I love your magazine because it affirms and encourages me to continue on my souls desire to provide healthy food for my family and contentment in utilizing what The Lord has provided us to recognize and praise Him on a daily basis in even the simple things we do.

I have enjoyed reading all of the comments posted before me almost as much as I have enjoyed (re)reading the years of issues of the magazine! They certainly echo my sentiments! Mary Jane (and staff) know that you are a positive force, fully appreciated and have extreme value. Choosing one thing for me is celebrating the possibility of creativity – making your way with a sashay. Thank you! I am proud to be a FarmGirl.

I’m new to your magazine-I found a copy of it at my mom’s house. She is 91 years old and still a FarmGirl. I have since subscribed myself and am finding all sorts of things I remember as a child. We had a Santa Fe trailer and went camping every summer with another family in the early 60’s-including the station wagon, dogs, ice blocks and no seat belts. I have also found a couple of your books at the local library and am reading them cover to cover. I have gotten my old Singer out and am going fabric shopping tomorrow to make new kitchen curtains. Thank you so much for all you do.

I love the connection to others with the same likes and the chance to talk with them. You have founded a way for us all to connect. Thank you Mary Jane, Meg, Carol, Brian,and all the others involved. Your photos are top notch.

I enjoy Mary Jane’s Farm for the simplicity of recipes, style, crafts, etc. I feel like I can do almost anything I see with ease and a sense of accomplishment. Also love your little store in Coeur d’Alene, ID.

I don’t have anything in particular that i like about the magazine, I just love everything about it. I check it out cover-to-cover and can’t wait until the next issue comes around. I have learned so much since I started reading MJF. Love it, keep up the good work.

I admire Todd of Forks Farm, here in PA. She has worked side by side with her husband and 3 daughters to develop and expand their farm into a fabulous and lovely, welcoming spot. From farm visits by local schools, therapy based visits for patients, supportive services for many organic vendors in the area, twice monthly Farm Markets with vendors, musicians, providers and special activities for kids– she is always looking for ways to positively impact her local community and expand the services available at the farm. Worked with her for a number of years to process grass-raised chickens for sale at the Farm Markets and for CSA groups and am always blown away by her level of expertise and energy. She is always on the go.

I’ll have to mention one I know of. I don’t remember her name, but she and her female friend owned an organic farm back in the early ’90s. They planted and harvested according to the moon, which I thought would be a lot of extra effort. She raised pigs, and visiting her farm was the first time I realized just how big pigs are! I admired her for her sticking to her planting beliefs, working the farm with only females, and her belief in her ability to expand and be successful (she was putting in an orchard last time I was there).

I admire any woman farmer……the one I’d like to mention is the lady who runs Hawk Hill Blueberry Farm in our area — she dedicates so much of her time and life to make sure that we have the best blueberries and best experiences come summer. I really respect her.

Letitia Wheeler Shumaker currently of Blackfoot, ID. I admire her because she took me under her wing during our college years in Rexburg, ID when I was a brand new transplant from MD who was experiencing major family problems. She invited me to spend holidays & other special occasions with her on her parents’ potato farm in Grace, ID. Her kindness helped inspire my husband & I to become the pecan farmers we currently are in San Antonio, TX & a 23 year+ friendship that survived her divorce.

I don’t know any one woman show farmers, but I have a friend who’s name is Tamara, and they’re farm Chandler Pond Farm is very impressive. Not only are they active farmers, visiting farmer’s markets, taking on interns, but she is also a homeschooler. She is vivacious and fun, and just a great all around person.

Your the shining example of a female farmer as far as I am concerned.

The woman farmer I admire the most doesn’t have acres of garden, doesn’t have farm animals but she does have a can do attitude and a backyard in the city that feeds her family and friends during the year. My daughter, Holly, has several garden beds, a compost pile, knows how to can, freeze and dry the produce. She is a very talented gal!

Teresa Bedtelyon -her willingness to give so many children from other mothers a farm life childhood with unconditional love.

My mom and dad bought a farm after Dad worked for the government for 35 years and “retired”…for 19 years..till Dad’s death..they farmed…they raised sheep and baby lambs which my girls…their granddaughters..got to bottle feed at times…and, they cut over 96 acres of hay each year…and, donated a lot to farmers further south when they were hit by droughts…mom once put up over 100 bales of hay that had been cut by herself..dad was ill and it was going to rain, and all farmers know once the hay is cut and has dried it has to be baled and not get wet..so, mom got the tracker out..the baler..and went to work…and even loaded them into the barn by herself..a woman of strength…mom loves her coffee so this would make a nice surprise gift for her… mom now resides in a little cabin in the Virginia woods…and still gardens and helps the neighbors…at age 85!

My farmgirl hero is my friend Shelley. She is a single mom of three teenagers, working an 8-5 day job, and gardening in her off-time. She loves to put together pretty little baskets of her fresh produce — tomatoes, peppers, squash, whatever is ripe at the time — and top if off with a flower and maybe a jar of jelly, and present it to friends on their birthdays. She has taught her children to respect the earth and each other. She has supported and encouraged them as they raised chickens and goats for school projects, and they have willingly worked long hours in the hot Texas sun to help her in her garden. Shelley is the one who introduced me to Mary Jane’s Farm magazine.

I live in the city and the closest farmer I know keeps bees. I helped harvest the honey once and it was an eye opening experience. The honey was amazing and my friend truly knows her way around managing all those bees!

There is a farm gal in Indiana that I admire because of her and perseverance. Sheena was raised in a dairy farm family. On the farm she learned to work hard. At home her mother instilled her with the knowledge of how important an education was.
She showed great control early when her mother developed breast cancer and pasted away while Sheena was in high school. She continued to help raise her younger sister and brother while attending school, being active in 4H and readying herself for collage.
Sheena graduated from college, married and has 3 beautiful child today and overlooks the operations of the farm. She is an inspection to us all.

The lady farmer I most admire is the lady from whom we buy our raw milk. She continues to farm on her family’s farm with her husband and children. They raise milk and beef cows as well as fruits and vegetables. She works tirelessly all year long.

My friend Ann Diaz. She worked tirelessly to turn 12 acres if leased land into an organic farm. She grew beautiful vegetables and wonderful flowers for ourocsl farmer’s market. She is beautiful, inside and out. She recently list most of her lease to the ever expanding subdivisions in our area. She has taken this in stride and continues her quest for healthier food by hand mixing an organic mineral fertilizer. She is an amazing woman!!!!

I was lucky enough to inherit a similar coffee pot that was passed down from my great grandma, to my grandma, and then to me. It’s a lighter blue-color speckle finish, with an emerald green glass knob on the lid (which I’m guessing was added later when the original lid handle came off). I remember as a little girl admiring the knob on that coffee pot, which is why I’m guessing Grandma gifted it to me. I remember Grandma making egg coffee, and bringing this big pot full of coffee, and a basket full of sandwiches, out to the fields where my Dad, Grandpa, Great-Uncle, and older brothers were baling hay.