MaryJane’sFarm inspires me to try things that I’ve always wanted to do but was afraid to do. I’ve come to know & do more than I thought possible. I had a good start before I “met” MJF but now I go the extra mile! Thanks for all the encouragement!

MaryJane’s Farm has encouraged me to be kind and loving toward other human beings and animals! I have always endeavored to be such a person, but your magazine helps enforce that even more!

MaryJanesFarm tells me that I am doing fine right at the level of Farmgirl that I am at, and this inspires me to do better and learn and try more!

I am often inspired by the lovely items others make. It gives me ideas of the things I might make myself. It is so nice to have people who think like I do.

Mary Jane’s Farm helps me to remember simpler is better. Not in a derogatory sense, but simple pleasures, simple and fresh ingredients in our food choices, family time, etc. Thank you!

Mary Janes Farm, inspires me to get up and do. Each time I have done that and gone on to complete a long-delayed project, I feel 10 feet tall! This has special meaning for me as I approach my 74th birthday later this week. Eacj issue has an idea or a quote that motivates me and I bless you for it. It would be easier to sit back and watch the world go by, but if I did that I would accomplish nothing. Even if what I do is a ‘little’ thing, it is in the doing that we are helping the world and all who live in it.

I have no idea where to start, I love everything about Mary Jane Farm. Inspires me with projects, gardening and nature. Enjoy the simple things in life.

I am inspired to know that anyone can be a farm girl even if they live in the city.

Mary Janes farm inspires me to look for the beauty in the little things.

Maryjane’s Farm inspires in so many ways…crafting, cooking, health, adventures, camping, cleaning, community, and on and on and on! Thank you!!!

MaryJanesFarm inspires me to stay true to my dream of a life that is slow (or at least slower) and homemade!

Although I am too old to live the way I’ve dreamed of the past fifty years, I can still
dream. Your magazine is one I wish I had when I was younger.

Oh, well, I can still dream of what might have been. (I can still craft and cook, though)

Keep publishing and I will keep subscribing!

Sandy

I am well “over the hill number 70”. My husband of 55 years and I devour every issue of Mary Janes Farm. We are both country/farm raised “oldies” and relive many articles MJ publishes. We are excited by so many young folks that are getting back to basic living and are inspired to encourage our 5 children and 15 grands to embrace the life style we were raised up in (ie: gardening, raising chickens, planting fruit trees, etc.). We still live this “old way”.

We love all the farm girl bloggers. Keep up the wonderful, inspiring blogs.

I feel like Mary Janes Farm magazine was created just for me. I was raised in a city but had a farm girl heart. When my husband and I finally moved to the country, I discovered Mary Jane’s magazine. A magazine full of all that delights me! I am a full blood farm girl now that quilts, takes vegetables and bouquets to farmers market all summer long and have delightful flock of chickens that customers wait in line to purchase their beautiful eggs! Thanks Mary Jane for showing me I was not alone in my farm girl heart! Don’t change a thing about your magazine! It is delightful!!!

This book is amazing. I was so excited when I saw it and got one. We formed a quilting group just to do the projects in this book. Her choice of fabrics is so charming. Was I surprised to see it in our Mary Jane Farm magazine? Nope! It so fits our lifestyle and tastes. And, the projects are so versatile. Anyone who wins this will love it!

How does this magazine and website inspire me ? Well, daily you give me a boost to keep going. To keep trying new things. To stretch myself past just my family and on to others who could just use a hand.

Every issue of MJF leaves me going back again and again to review/ponder issues or ideas brought to the forefront as only you can! Evolving from a city dweller raised near downtown LA, I finally escaped to western NC and found the true mountain farm girl I am. Thank you Mary Jane for sharing your pluck and perseverance, I found out what I can do/be with soooo much help in the pages of your mag. Canning, quilting, sewing, gardening, the list goes on and on. And the news–I first heard about pink slime in our meat in your pages–bravo! Keep up the good work, it is truly magic.

Mary Jane’s Farm inspires me in a thousand different ways, so it’s next to impossible to whittle it down to one, but I’d have to say that this magazine inspires me to get OUTSIDE more. Get out into nature, whether it’s gardening, camping, hiking, outdoor crafts, or just standing on your own front door step feeling the evening breeze after a long, hot day. It’s truly a magazine that inspires me to appreciate and get out in all of the seasons. Much love!!

MaryJane’s Farm inspires me to find more “ME” time. I am always doing things for others and don’t seem to have time for my own self and “stuff”. I make my own laundry soap, can, quilt, sew, cook, do woodworking, and have two grandsons for the summer.

MJF inspires me to try to live a simpler and better life. More isn’t always better. Ienjoy all the articles.

I enjoy reading how people can make a difference organically and not harm the environment. Learning new recipes love the stories.

MaryJanesFarm is candy for the eyes and soul. Each issue lets me reminisce the old days, gives me ideas for today, and projects to do tomorrow. I’ve learned new things (like making pillow cases) and found many new recipes that will be a part of our family favorites. I get to dream about glamping, get excited about quilting again and feel a kindred spirit with other sisters who enjoy a simpler yet beautiful life. Being a farm girl with my favorite pet chickens is something to crow about!

MaryJanes Farm Inspires me to continue to eat healthy and use natural and organic products. I love living chemical free!!

MaryJanesFarm inspires me to remember the day-to-day activities I watched my grandmother and great grandmother complete and to get back in touch with my country farm girl roots even though I live in a big city. It reminds me that there is beauty and peace in simplicity.

MaryJanesFarm is my secret ally in facing the outside world. When everyone else is too busy texting and emailing to even live an authentic life, I can turn to these pages of beauty and poetry of a life well lived. It keeps me grounded, and reminds me that I too am living my own dream of growing organic heirloom veggies and flowers and saving their seeds and sharing them with so many other fellow gardeners countrywide. When they write me and gush about how those seeds have helped them to get back to land, feed their children healthily and preserve the best of the past, I know I am doing the right thing indeed. MaryJanesfarm gives me the strength to keep at it, and reminds me of all the other women doing the same. Thank you MaryJane for bringing that beauty and simplicity to our homes!

I love the pictures of the cows doing what they love to do best! I like cows and when I visit a farm, if they have them, I head over to see & pet them! I can always see their different personalities. That is fascinating to me.

Beautiful photos and knowing how well cared for they are on your farm. Provides with a sense of all’s right in the world!

My favorite, so far, in Milk Cow Kitchen are the cheese recipes. Trying to perfect them all!

The photographs and recipes! There are no cows on our little bit of earth…just horses and a bunny. 🙂

Love the photos and recipes, such a great book 🙂

Well, I love everything about MaryJanesFarm magazine, and while I don’t have my own copy of Milk Cow Kitchen yet, I know I would love it because all MaryJanesFarm reminds me of the comforts of home, my wonderful grandmother (who introduced me to MaryJanesFarm mag) and taking the time to slow down to enjoy all the things that contain real and true beauty.

I love that milk cow kitchen encourages everyone to live more sustainably…even if you can’t have a cow of your very own! The pictures and recipes are also the highlight of the book, and make it an enjoyable read for even the bovine impaired!

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Thank you for the post and opportunity Mary Jane 🙂 Not a new craft, but new to me is quilting. I am on my third project right now and love it! Thank you for your encouragement and inspiration!
~Sharon

I’d love to try gel-plate printing.

My new-to-me craft is making paper-like cards from flora — mainly leaves, and using the dried flowers for decoration.

Since moving near an ocean I’ve discovered beach crafts, such as collecting sea glass and making mosaics.

My new craft is making quilts. I love learning this old craft, and love all kinds of fabric, want to make each one of my grandchildren a quilt. I think this gel-paint craft will be a lot of fun to learn, can’t wait to get started on it.

Newest craft I’ve indulged in is 3d paper art for our big vacant wall @ nursing home where I work. Pinterest provides many inspirations for seasonal ideas.

Marbling on silk, and batiking are new favorites. I have never gel-plate printed but I would LOVE to try it! If it goes well, I will try it with my 4th and 5th grade students.

Crafts were what my sister always did best! Whether candle making, dress making, macrame, you name, she did it. MaryJanesFarm inspires me now to try those things I never knew I could do! The gel-plate prints will definitely be on my list as well as the mosaic using old dishes to make beautiful tables. I had quite a fun time making pillow cases for Christmas last year! Thanks for the inspiration!

My new found craft is chalk Painting! I’ve finished several pieces of furniture in our bedroom and I had a blast and loved the end result!!

I’ve recently gotten into card making. It’s more personal than store bought and certainly much more affordable given all the birthdays, parties anniversaries, showers and wedding and births we seem to need cards for every year

With my first grandson on the way I took a knitting class. I started making squares to join together into knitted building blocks. My knitted squares were turning up in different sizes, so a crafty friend suggested I join them together into a blanket using crochet to allow give and take between the different sizes. She showed me how to crochet, and it worked! My grandson is now old enough to use his blanket made by his grandma.

A new-to-me craft is making headbands! Also, I’m still fairly new to quilting, and am enjoying that. 🙂

I have always loved crafting. My newest endeavor is making homemade laundry detergent and other household cleaning products..

I am teaching myself spinning… I Adore yarn and made myself a blending board and drop spindle. Once I master the drop… on to my new spinning wheel once it’s sanded and oiled.

My newest craft discovery is papercrafting. I have always loved office supplies, art supplies, etc. Now, I have found a way to make creative gifts for loved ones without breaking the bank. I get so many compliments on taking the time to create something from the heart.

I can’t wait to discover gel printing!

I’ve recently decided to continue a craft/art that my mother used to do when I was a young girl…Ukranian Easter Eggs. I have very fond memories of watching in amazement as she transformed them into something so unique and beautiful, and then sit with her at the art shows where she sold them.

Oh my….I’m always trying something new. I always have numerous projects going at once. My newest craft is paper making. I have a card ministry. I, as well as, my three daughters like to send cards to the shut-ins that are members of our church. We also like to send cards to ailing people that are on our prayer chain, whether they are in our church or not. Making homemade paper adds a nice touch to the cards.

My newest craft, that I started working with last year, was ATCs (Artistic Trading Cards). I joined several MJF swaps last year for ATCs for the Fall/Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and an ATC monster was created. Most of the farmgirls work with decorative/scrapbook paper products to create their ATCs, but since I am a quilter/fabric crafter, and have a huge stash of fabrics, I chose to use fabrics. For the first layer on the ATC design I used iron-on interfacing and added embellishments with glue. I am always seeing a new craft or project that piques my interest in MaryJanesFarm magazine. I would really like to try my hand at Canning, next. Thank you for all the inspiration.

my new craft is paper piecing quilt blocks. It is very addicting!

the newest thing i have done is soap making. but i’ve done card making for a few years and gel plate printing is something i would like to try on that.

New craft I’ve just learned and mastered is crocheting….was given a book and hook for a Christmas gift and off I went! Love the infinite possibilities i can create.

I just discovered how fun it is to make paper. I’d like to try this too! The note cards are beautiful

It’s an oldie, but a goodie…New to me perhaps? I am trying to do full sewing projects with hand stitches. I’ve done plenty of mending and cross-stitching and the like, but I am working on my son’s Halloween costume by hand.

My newest interest is making soap. I have always wanted to try it and just never seemed to take the time, but I finally did and I have made three batches of goats milk soap. I can’t wait to try it out, but it has to cure for 24 days…

i STUMbled on a copy of your magazine after the gel contest came around, but I have seen demonstrations on this process. Will you offer a discount? say for teachers who want to do a workshop on gel printing?
I have an interest in trying your gel substitute to conduct a workshop in my community?
If this request isn’t possible: How much glycerine would be used anyway?
{I just retired as an art teacher for 15 years, but can’t quit making art, and this process has me making alist of all the possibilities I could experiments with}

I ordered a batch of sturdy American made clothes pins this past Fall and what a difference they make. Heavy clothing stays in place when you clip it to the line and they don’t just suddenly break for no good reason. They do cost more but will obviously last for generations. Please add my name to this opportunity because I would like to replace all those cheap ones once and for all!!

When I was growing up on the farm we had to haul water for domestic use so my mom always did laundry in town at a laundromat that had wringer washers. Then we hauled them home and hung them out, no matter the weather. I did NOT like that in the winter because it was cold and they just froze. Then we had to bring them in and hang them in the house.
For many years after I was married I had no interest in hanging clothes on a clothesline but we lived in the city and air quality wasn’t conducive to that anyway.
Since we’ve been back in the country in Colorado, right back where I started, I’ve been hanging my clothes out. I love the smell of our freshly dried laundry after it’s been out in the fresh Colorado air and sunshine. Makes me remember, with fondness, my mom, our home and farm and the wonderful smell of laundry dried outside!

Hanging clothes on the clothes line in the back yard always takes me back to childhood when i helped my mom hang the clothes and then took them off the line for her. That clean smell of sunshine fresh clothes and linens was the scent of home in the 1950s and 1960s.

I love, love, love the smell of laundry that has dried on the line! I am going straight to the All American website to order some sturdy clothes pins! Thanks Mary Jane!

Hanging clothes out on the clothesline brings back the memory of when I was 2 yrs.old, gleefully running and hiding on my Mom in and out of flapping crisp white sheets.

Hanging clothes on the line gives me such a warm feeling knowing that my ancestor pioneer women performed this daily ritual. The clothes on the line appeal to my need of having everything lined up and in a row also. Yeah clothespins!

I just got a clothesline put up earlier this summer after dropping hints for 3 years. 🙂 I bounced around all day smiling and so happy to finally have it. I think my husband realized how much it meant to me. I feel good not running/relying on the dryer. I love the smell the laundry has after drying outside in the sun. It also reminds me of when I was a little girl and my sister and I would run through the sheets on our mom’s clothesline enjoying the feel and smell…aahhhh.

I love hanging out clothes. It makes me feel like I am taking as good of care of our clothes as possible. I have to have all the groups of clothes hung together…all the shirts together, pants, etc. lol! I feel like a real pioneer woman when I’m with my clothesline!

I love hanging laundry outside because it saves money not running the dryer and because sheets and pillowcases smell so fresh. It also reminds me of hanging clothes out with my Mom on my grandfather’s farm when I was young.

Hanging laundry on the line makes me feel like I’m providing for my family without stressing the environment and our electric bill.

I love the smell and feel of the clothes hanging on the line. I want to wrap mysel up in the sheets! Lol.

Reminds me of home, before there were dryers! You cannot imitate the fresh smell of the outdoors!

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Hanging laundry takes me back to memories of my mom when I was young. The smell of sheets that have hung outside is heavenly.

I LOVE hanging my clothes on the line! Something I never thought I would enjoy doing! It makes me feel so good to know that I am saving electricity, and making my laundry smell so good at the same time!

Nostalgic!! That’s what I feel when I tie my homemade apron (from MaryJane’s pattern) full of clothes pins, around my waist and carry my basket of freshly laundered clothes to the clothes line. Everyday I do laundry I think of my Gram. Reminiscent of helping do the laundry on the back porch. Using Gram’s homemade soap, watching her as she grated it into the wringer washer and adding the sorted clothes, sheets, etc. After every load was washed, put through the wringer and into the rinse tub, then through the wringer again and off to the clothes line I went with my apron full of clothes pins and basket of freshly washed clothes. The clothes were always so clean and left smelling like the summer breeze. Crawling into the fresh sheets at night was something we all looked forward to (and still do!!). There was a time, after I got a bit older, I thought we were so poor. After I became a wife and mother, I realized we were far from poor back then. I’m very thankful to my Gram. Life’s lessons. 🙂

I feel like I’m doing laundry the way it was intended to be done! I especially love to hang my rainbow of cloth diapers on the line for all to see!

I use clothespins for a variety of things and finding ones that are well made and hold up can be challenging. Hanging out the laundry where a gentle breeze is blowing is the best way to go. Love you, Mary Jane!

Hanging laundry always makes me feel connected to my grandma Nellie. (She) and I hang clothes with love and care for our family. So I would say I am feeling love for my family when I hang clothes out to dry.

By helping cool the earth’s surface. Plus love the fresh air of my sheets being on the line. Nothing compares

I work in an office 3 days a week so hanging laundry on the clothesline is sometimes the only outside activity I get. I enjoy watching and listening to the birds in the yard and looking beyond the barn out into the nearby pasture to watch the cattle graze. There is nothing else that compares to getting into a bed of freshly washed sheets that were line dried!

Line drying brings the scent of the outdoors in and I love the way the sheets feel and the fresh scent that lingers on, its like napping on the sleeping porch! I am so happy I live without restrictions as so many people are not allowed to hang their laundry due to HOA rules.

Hanging clothes on my clothesline make me feel (and know) that I’m saving MONEY – I live in Florida and clothes dry in an hour. “Sun Power” is as powerful as “Girl Power”.

Hanging laundry on a perfect hanging day makes me feel like my great grama. She was always my roll model and I still have a problem with not having perfectly organized wash on the line. Heaven forbid I should miss a sock and have to rearrange everything! How fun to hang laundry with those wonderful clothespins.

When I was a child, I was given little books with happy pictures of families doing daily tasks, all with smiles on their faces. The moms were always happily hanging their wash on the line, admiring the pretty colors all dancing in the breeze. When I grew up, my electric washer and dryer was taken for granted as necessary, but a piece of true happiness was stuck in my imagination as laundry on the line, drying in the sunshine with the help of a light breeze. We finally moved to a city that allowed clotheslines and I had a line strung between the back shed and a tree. Seeing my laundry dancing on the line gave me a sense of completed joy. A bit silly, maybe, but my laundry on the line never ceased to bring a smile to my face.

That is fascinating!! So many years since the first vehicle rolled off the assembly line and the automobile industry still continues to blaze new trails!

Simply amazing!! To repurpose, to manipulate waste into something beautiful is simply amazing!! It’s a win win. No waste for the landfill. Beautiful and unique jewelry made due to one person with a vision. How beautiful!! 🙂
Thank you for sharing this article. I totally enjoyed it.

That’s amazing.

Never heard of it, but it’s stunning!

I swear by my RV list app on my phone for packing my camper. A good app will let you add or take away items and this way I never forget items when I camp.

Would love to share this with my husband, bet he could learn a thing or two. Lol
Thanks for the opportunity.
Happy Fourth of July.

Remember to relax and have fun! Isn’t that the point after all?

I love camping!

Reuseable Ball jars for everything… No waste.

Relax, explore, communicate and breathe!

Was glamping before I had ever heard the term. People laughed at me because I took tablecloths and napkins, a cheese board, a vase for wild flowers, and sparkly things to hang around our campsites. When I started to glamp alone here in PA and was able to rent rustic cabins for a weekend, continued with lacy curtains for the windows and little figurines on the window sills.

My suggestion would be to make your camper your own…with what you love to have around you. And include the people you love to be with! A little heaven on earth!

Part of the joy of glamping is creating a creative and inspiring environment without spending a lot of money. I haunt garage sales, flea markets and auctions for special vintage finds. If the color doesn’t match, I paint it or cover it in fabric. I keep a stock of matching spray paint and vintage fabrics on hand to beautify my finds.

One of my favorite things about glamping is taking the time to view the beautiful skies at night. Bring a picnic blanket so that you can lay down and look up — awesome!!

Lace and antique linens; treadle sewing machine, hydrangas and sweet peas. soft lavender paint. and cookies of course. my Tear Drop is going to be my back yard escape.

I haven’t been camping since I was a child, but have always loved it. I married an Eagle Scout which I thought meant that he enjoys camping, oh how wrong I was! On my bucket list is to rent a small camper and travel across the US with my wonderful mother, who also enjoys camping and can handle just about anything that life gives her.
My tip would be to try something new every day. Get out of your comfort zone and live a little!

Have not camped for a few years but would definitely take a good book and comfy chair. the glamping thing looks so fun. Might have to give it a try.

My husband will retire in a few years and we have hopes of getting some sort of camper…I would love to win this book so I could “glamp” up our camper…but, not too much as I want the hubby to feel at home…and, when I reviewed the book at amazon it has so much info..wow…this is all I need to get ready for the experience..plus, the camper, of course! right now we enjoy road trips and staying in cabins and cottages..but, to have our own camper..that to me would be the best ever camping experience…make it your own..and, enjoy it with family…

Hey, maybe I’m not too old to go glamping.

Sandy

I want to glamp with my girlfriends, sort of like a traveling wine tour! The laughter would be endless!

I think Glamping is a great idea and can not wait to find my dream trailer to fix and beautify. One idea would be to pack a projector and bed sheet for a outdoor movie night! Don’t forget vintage quilts and pillows to bundle up in and Popcorn!

My dad built a box that housed everything we might use for camping that fit conveniently in our car or camper. I would love to build something like that for myself with a glamping flair to it!

I absolutely love the idea of making a camping trip glamorous! Taking along my best china and a picnic basket just in case I decide on a glamorous picnic feast!

Never camped much in years past. Bought a “vintage” Scottie about four years ago. My best friend and I have been glamping several times – loved it!! had a ball!! Would love to win this book. The Scottie is still a work in progress and we need all the help we can get to make it really glamorous. ( Can you imagine two crazy girls stating to camp at age 65? I always heard it is never to late to try something new! How true it is.

Well I have been a camper since about fourth grade or about sixty years. Now instead of sleeping on the ground, we have a nice fifth wheel travel trailer that I am fixing up just for us. Needless to say, sleeping in a good bed makes it easier to get up in the morning than was the case when we slept on the ground, AND, the slugs don’t walk all over you.
I try to keep the trailer ready to roll in case we have a few days off on short notice. The fridge has some things stocked in the freezer. We have canning jars of main courses on the shelves and all the regular necessities in containers in the pantry, including my own homemade baking mix for waffles, pancakes, muffins, and biscuits while on the road. I guess my advise would be be ready to leave on a whim and sleep tight in a comfortable bed.

I have not yet gone “Glamping” Im saving up for that perfect little camper to glam up! But I think it’s important to bring beauty with you wherever you go. Fresh wildflowers in a vintage coffee mug or ball canning jar are a must!

Recently, we were 1/2 gifted and 1/2 purchased a semi-old camp trailer! Oh boy does it need some TLC! Our first mission was to find the proper BATHTUB! We found a small water trough that should work out great!! It’s too shiny because it’s new, so I think I’ll water the sheep with it for a couple of weeks while we test the trailers water storage tank and clean up the seat cushions and cupboards! My advice…..use a small stock tank water trough as a bathtub in your trailer!

If you tent glamp and don’t have a cot or bed to sleep on (which we don’t, we sleep on the ground) bring some of those rubber play mats or bed egg crates to put down first. That way you don’t have to sleep on the cold, hard ground especially if there are trees roots around. LOL! Oh, and totes are your friends. Keeps the bugs out when you are tent camping.

Retro, retro, retro… Old those funky old pink, turquoise and avocado colors are in again! Shop at the thrift stores to decorate for Glamping! Re-use, re-purpose, re-cycle and re-store!