Pepin, Wisconsin & Burr Oak, Iowa

After a long drive of farmgirl vehicles (the wagon train) made it's way into Pepin, Wisconsin.
What a small quaint harbor town. The museum located on the busy highway made farmgirls very visible for passers by. A few honks and others stopping by to say hello made the day go by fast.

After a "toad strangler" rain storm in the morning it cleared off for a wonderful day of cleaning up the flowerbed in front of the museum. Daine (fiddlehead farm) made a stepping stone for the gardens. It was a little farmgirl graffiti for the town of Pepin to remember us by.

Photosbucket to follow. We had major photo ops with Jim McIntaosh, a local farmer, and his International tractor. We were also met by the secretray/treasurer of the historical society Mary Fayerweather. She is also the city clerk.

The other photo op was all the farmgirls on thier own small scale tractors. Dave Klein of Countryside Cooperative and Midge allowed us the experience of Farmgirls on the Loose getting loose.

The flower gardens beamed with new day lilies planted, new mulch and a stiking new stepping stone. A great day was had by all and we met so many new farmgirl friends.
Thank you Pepin for being a gracious host to the Farmgirls on the Loose tour.
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Saturday afternoon we were off to Burr Oak, Iowa for another LIW Museum.


The farmgirls had the pleasure of a farm stay, in Elgin, Iowa, for the weekend. Staying at Scenic Ridge Brown Swiss Dairy Farm was quite an experince, Sunday morning a bull calf was born.

We have met so many women interested in MaryJanes Farm, such as those in two quilt shops. One was "One Block Over " in West Union and the other was " Pine Needles" in Decorah. They carry the magazine, but unfortunately/or fortunately run out fast.

The tour started in the old bank building across from the museum where we met Barb our tour guide. Photos galore and passed out the gift magazines, scrolls and chocolate to the guests.

One to Seed Savers Exchange Seed Company. The gift shop was filled with seeds of every variety one coult think of and then some. The fragrance of homemade soaps and the eclectic kitchen specialty items made the shop even more interesting. But, not as interesting as the ladies we met.
Lisa is a birth doula and had great conversations with our farmgirl Carol McElroy who is a labor and delivery nurse in Kansas City.
Up the path the cattle waited for Carol and her camera. Great photos will be included in photobucket. They raise and breed a very rare breed of cattle called Ancient White Park . They are the Mickey Mouse of the cattle world because they are white with black ears and noses.

Sorry the blogs are not posted everyday as promised. Had no idea we would be without wi-fi and sometimes phone service. Please accept the apologies, but will try to keep up with the commentary.