tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post3727279570266532446..comments2023-10-24T08:01:49.981-04:00Comments on Ramping Up the Garden: Independence Challenge - Week 13Matriarchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11626790347402266263noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post-50933848718775531012008-07-30T00:52:00.000-04:002008-07-30T00:52:00.000-04:00Cool, Marnie! I have the flannel, just haven't go...Cool, Marnie! I have the flannel, just haven't gotten around to it, yet. My poor elderly sewing machine needs a new bobbin, and it's from about 1917! So, I have to go looking on eBay. I would love to get a serger. I have carpel tunnel syndrome that keeps me from sewing by hand - maybe a button, but then my hand starts to hurt.<BR/><BR/>I love the fabric show in your post about Lillian's gift. I could SO easily become a fabric addict.Matriarchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626790347402266263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post-89813766374452560792008-07-29T20:44:00.000-04:002008-07-29T20:44:00.000-04:00Hi there - found you through the comments on Sharo...Hi there - found you through the comments on Sharon's site - nice comprehensive post, and something that i'm going to reference for inspiration :-) i'm just starting the food security journey, myself.<BR/><BR/>I saw you mention sewing reusable pads - it's easy-peasy, and i wrote a post a little while back on that, if you'd like some resources:<BR/><BR/>http://girlnumbertwenty.blogspot.<BR/>com/2008/05/liberation.html<BR/><BR/>looking forward to reading more of your journey...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09139324024103918923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post-78448388605366945812008-07-27T20:28:00.000-04:002008-07-27T20:28:00.000-04:00Upon re-reading, it sounds like I was saying I wan...Upon re-reading, it sounds like I was saying I wanted a more material life after being poor for years. That wasn't quite it. I wanted a life where we had enough. Enough to pay the rent, the utilities, and the grocery bill without the constant juggling. Enough to feel sure my kids would go to college. I didn't want them saddled with the student loans that have plagued me for 20 years. I wanted us to travel. I wanted to wake up and not immediately begin to think about money. I do know how to count my blessings, but I also know how to count my pennies and see that I don't have enough for everyone to get new shoes at the same time. I was tired of that, and I was hoping it would be over soon.Matriarchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626790347402266263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post-23890731985082494312008-07-27T19:33:00.000-04:002008-07-27T19:33:00.000-04:00I am going to participate in her "Adapting in Plac...I am going to participate in her "Adapting in Place" class that starts soon. But I've been following the notes and posts from the other classes on her blog.<BR/><BR/>I've been "functionally poor" since my kids were born - I became a single parent almost immediately. So I have a lot of practice eating cheap, making do, and working the yard sales.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, my biggest problem is the mental part. I spent years telling myself that our poverty was "just temporary" and that things would improve. Things were just starting to get better - and now it looks like my poverty expertise is about to become a career! I'm having trouble re-adjusting my expectations.Matriarchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626790347402266263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post-72048914342945408662008-07-27T16:20:00.000-04:002008-07-27T16:20:00.000-04:00Wow, you have really been productive. Are you tak...Wow, you have really been productive. Are you taking one of Sharon's classes?<BR/><BR/>I loved what you said about the lady who canned each night. That's an awesome way to look at this whole thing.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717388726735528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post-49372531300050758262008-07-26T19:00:00.000-04:002008-07-26T19:00:00.000-04:00Thanks, but I think I'm just a good note-taker. Wh...Thanks, but I think I'm just a good note-taker. When I post a challenge update, I immediately open a new draft for the next update, and use it to make notes during the week. We had a busy day today, and I already have several paragraphs for next week. This updates really help me organize my activities and my thinking. Thirteen weeks is the longest I have EVER kept up any challenge or themed journaling.<BR/><BR/>I bet if everyone else took running notes, they would also have lots to list. A lot of Independence bloggers run farms, and don't list the daily chores. I have no livestock and only a 10x40 garden. <BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, we have peaches in PA! Loads of stone fruits - we already had apricots and cherries, and the peaches, nectatines, and plums are starting. Next Saturday, we are heading to a Peach Festival at a u-pick farm. We'll be driving to a part of our county that we seldom visit, so we will also be visiting a new producer-only market and a huge old market/auction/flea. I plan to come back with a carload of peaches, zucchini, beans, and corn.Matriarchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626790347402266263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573115152567675253.post-55497510194965550792008-07-26T16:20:00.000-04:002008-07-26T16:20:00.000-04:00Your updates are so well done and impressive! I a...Your updates are so well done and impressive! I am extremely jealous of the freebie peaches. I didn't even know peaches grew in PA.<BR/><BR/>LisaLisa Zahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491596171533559615noreply@blogger.com