Illinois Farm Girl

a mother's perspective on farm life & farm kids

Flat Aggie: All About Sunflowers

With each Flat Aggie report, I’ll be putting together a list additional resources, websites, recipes, books, and activities.  Use this and farmer math from A Kansas Farm Mom to bring Flat Aggie’s Agmazing Adventures to life! Flat Aggie Visits Toews Farm in Manitoba Canada.  His full report can be found at My Everyday Chaos. ...

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The Popcorn Stand Is Open

Last year when the kids wanted to open a popcorn stand at the end of the drive, I gently suggested we look to our virtual community for buyers.  Have you ever manned a lemonade stand down a country road? Mine were never successful, and I didn't want the kids to be disappointed. So, virtual community it was and our inventory sold out in a day. ...

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Field Meals: Menu 9

The first week of November is Book Fair Week at the kids' school.  As co-chair, I hang out at the fair steering kids to books and away from those annoying erasers that smell like chocolate.  But just because I'm "working" all day, doesn't excuse me from feeding My Farmer and friends.  Ironically, the week I don't have time to make a great meal is the week that we've added four additional people to ...

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Field Meals: Menu 8

This past weekend, when the temperature nose-dived and the clock fell back, this focused farm wife was strategically considering the coming challenge.  Serving meals in a field in the dark in the cold.  What could I offer to keep everyone warm?  Soup.   And so a big pot hit the stove Sunday afternoon, ready for slurping tonight. ...

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