The Minnesota Farm Woman

Those of you who are not on a social networking site may not understand what folks are talking about when someone says, “I’ll friend you later today!”.  Some of you may think it is a waste of time. Some of you may think that those of us who are fans spend too much time clicking away at the computer. (A certain “some of you” could be married to a Farm Woman).  I am admittedly, hopelessly addicted to Facebook. Not for reasons that you might think, however.  I love being able to communicate with my nine nieces and nephews, all of whom are on Facebook. The cousins can keep up with each other, too, even though they are spread from Florida to California and everywhere in between. I enjoy being able to catch up with old classmates, coworkers and relatives, even those from overseas. If they don’t write in English, I add a translator and it magically comes across my screen, sometimes translating hilariously wrong, such as a Swedish-speaking relative’s recent blog about a garden plant that somehow translated  into something about coffee and an ass.  Recently, I added “The Minnesota Farm Woman” to Facebook and found a network of cooks, gardeners, bloggers and chicken lovers who are a wealth of information and friendship, something like cyber pen pals.   We are from different cultures, religions, states and countries.  Questions are asked and answered, recipes, photographs and thoughts are shared.  Yes, I probably spend too much time there, but it is much more interesting than watching reruns of “House Hunters International”.  I can see how a real person in France or New Zealand lives, and believe me, they don’t all have stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, and three bathrooms.  I don’t have stainless steel or granite here, either, but I do have  plenty of dust bunnies, which is why I will probably never show pictures of the inside of my house.  It is  not clean enough for the world to see.  I spend too much of my free time in my garden, with my chickens or on the computer.  I do have three bathrooms, though, two inside plus an outhouse in the back yard.  You can find “The Minnesota Farm Woman” on Facebook, along with pictures of the garden, chickens and an occasional recipe. There are links to my favorite sites, but I’m sure you will find plenty of your own. If you enjoy it, click “like”. If you’d rather not, I think “House Hunters” is having a marathon next week.