Mason Dixon Outfarm

01/20/2025

So excited to be joining their wonderful Lavender festival this year😘
I’ll be bringing you fresh flowers, eucalyptus and my unique tea cup arrangements 💐🪴☕️
Hope to see you there whether you’re a vendor or just enjoying a day in her beautiful lavender fields💜

01/18/2025

🙋🏻‍♀️Be the first to visit the farm by camping with me for a Girl’s weekend this spring, May 2nd - 4th!!! Bring one of your BFF’s and a tent for the two of you as we learn, laugh and fall in love with nature.

💭In the past, I’ve only dreamed of a place like this that I could go, interact with a small group and afford to do it! I am happy to finally welcome you to such a place after months of planning.

Included in the cost of $165.00pp is the following:

🏕️Your stay Friday PM until Sunday AM

🍽️Meals included for Sat.- Sun

Workshops with three professional instructors:

✔️Make & Take your own pollinator pot as you will learn all about native plants. Beth Wasden of Nanticoke Watershed Alliance will share how you too can incorporate them in your own backyard.🐝🦋

✔️Learn to journal a different way.
Artist Kelly Sverduk will show you a different way to record the world around you, as it happens. This will be a journal you will want everyone to read, for generations to come!! Pen & Journal included📝

✔️Experience ways to instantly fade stress out of your life simply through sounds. Dr. Michelle Boulden-Hammond will share her talents with us during one of her soothing Sound Bath sessions👂
No tub involved🚫🛀😉

You will also join me as I host a Woodland Tea Party. We will share appetizers, tea and conversations on how getting lost in nature can help you found yourself again. Speaking of lost, we have a short history hike planned for you to enjoy too. 🌳🫖🥾

Want to take some time for yourself?

🫣🏕️There is only 3 double occupancy spots left (you & your bff) for a total of 10 people to also include myself. Contact me to reserve your spot today🏕️

***Please note, we have made this space for you ‘off the grid’ on purpose hence the name Unplugged Forest. However, there will be access to charge your phones for safety purposes. There is also a port-o-potty located on the farm***

☀️☔️This event is Rain or Shine☀️☔️

01/08/2025

❄️Of course is snows 12+ inches back home while I’m on winter vacation!

🔨I told Shane Marvel when we picked the design for him to build, the Gothic style house would work best in case we ever did get big snow. I just never thought it would be 9 months later.

📸My niece sent me this photo yesterday the day after big event. The design naturally did its job.

❄️Did I hear correctly, there’s more snow on the way for this weekend too?

12/24/2024

Do you love the vintage, larger Christmas bulbs too?

This blurred by speed, shot of the Nashville’s skyline instantly reminded me of them on the river’s reflection.

Hope your holidays are bright & merry🎄

12/16/2024

As I’m about to take a much needed break, I thought it be a good time to introduce myself to those just following me.

🙋🏻‍♀️My name is Shayne, I am 52 yrs old.
Truth be known-
Everyone thinks it’s a boy’s name.

🙋🏻‍♂️My husband’s name is Greg. We’ve been together for 21 years.
Truth be known-
I call him Gregory when I upset and Baby all the rest of the days.

🏡We were both raised in Federalsburg, MD but have enjoyed calling Bridgeville, DE our hometown too. Perks of living on the Mason Dixon line.
Truth be known-
We both are middle children raised in a five sibling home. Our families were close growing up.

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒We finished raising our 🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️ children here on the farm for the last 20 years and enjoy making memories with our 🧒🏻🧒🏻🧒🏻🧒🏻🧒🏻 grandsons.
Truth be known-
I am a better Nana than I was a Mom. For one has more patience in their later years.

🎩I wear many career hats giving me a perfect balance of each season.
🧾 Bookkeeper of a Trucking Company
👩🏻‍💻 Secretary for a CPA office
👩🏻‍🌾Farmer of Cut & Native flowers
Truth be known-
I started planting flowers just 7 years ago. Tragically losing my father to su***de at the age of 9 severely affected my life in many aspects. Silly as it may seem, planting flowers wasn’t something I was interested in for they too die. Having healed as an older adult, I now enjoy growing flowers that I can preserve after death.

🙋🏻‍♀️I have just as many hobbies, too mention a few.
📸 📲photography
🏕️🥾getting lost in the forest
👚🪑thrifting
🕵🏻‍♀️📺true crime ju**ie
👩🏻‍🍳🍛foodie
🚢🚐traveling by roads & sea
♻️🛋️ repurposing antiques
Truth be known-
I gained more hobbies when I finally stopped the habit of smoking ci******es. Celebrating 7 years at the end of this month.

⏰I find time to volunteer where and when needed in both States. I have just put on two more hats with the Friends of the Bridgeville Library earlier this year.
🎬 Director
🧁 Hospitality chairperson
Truth be known-
I have fundraised for others half my life. The very first one was a local boy that had lost his ear to a dog bite. I feel volunteering my time is the most affordable way to help many.

🐕‍🦺🐓🐐 I am also a keeper of animals in my spare time. Having my side kick Josey Wales always by my side🐕‍🦺🐾
He thinks his career hat is to chase the rest of the crew 🐕‍🦺🐓🐓🐓🐐🐐🐐
Truth be known-
Chickens ARE the gateway to other farm animals.

Lastly, the expansion of our farm this year to include a small public area has added a few more hats to be wore by me in 2025.
🏕️Camp Host
🌷🧑‍🎨Workshop Host
🎩🫖🐰Tea Party Host
🌳👰‍♀️🤵🦶Wedding Host
Truth be known-
I have found so much peace being outside whether surrounded by flowers, wildlife or forest. I thank my husband for this gift often. I look forward to sharing these feeling with you but keeping it affordable and intimately small.

Hope we can meet one another in person in 2025!!
~shayne❤️

Have a safe holiday season🎄

11/22/2024

That will work🪴

11/19/2024

💁🏻‍♀️Went from ✂️💐 to✂️🎄

The Eastern Red Cedar naturally grows here in our forest. They have a wonderful smell and the most perfect tree shape🎄

At 40”, she makes the perfect size to travel with us this holiday season🎄🚐

🎄Is your tree up already?

11/17/2024

Only thing missing is keeping up with social media! Do your thing and never compare where you are compared to others. Lesson learned😎
👏📚👏📚👏📚👏📚👏📚👏📚👏

5 BOOKS TO READ IN A LIFETIME

1. Atomic Habits by James Clear
Why: This book offers a practical approach to building good habits and breaking bad ones. Clear’s concept of small changes leading to significant results teaches readers how to harness the power of consistency and growth over time. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to make meaningful, lasting changes.

2. Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Why: Sinek explores the power of purpose and how understanding your "why" can transform leadership, motivation, and personal fulfillment. This book encourages readers to focus on their deeper reasons for actions, sparking passion, and commitment in life and work.

3. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Why: Using his own story, Kiyosaki reveals key lessons about wealth and financial independence. This book emphasizes financial literacy, asset-building, and the mindset shifts needed to build wealth, making it an essential read for anyone aiming to master personal finance.

4. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Why: Duhigg delves into the science of habit formation and how habits shape our lives. By understanding and altering our routines, readers can gain control over their choices and environments, leading to a more productive and intentional life.

5. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Why: This classic book is based on interviews with some of the world’s most successful people, unveiling principles for achieving success. It emphasizes the power of desire, persistence, and mental discipline, making it invaluable for anyone aspiring to reach their fullest potential.

11/14/2024

Consider shopping with me as I wrap up my 2024’s harvest season🛍️🎄🙏🏻

Chose from recycled, dried, vintage, fresh and handcrafted🍽️🦃🎄🌿🧼🧽🫧

Details in the captions, read by touching each photo📸🙏🏻 📲 To claim put SOLD in comments. Can meet locally this weekend or ship at buyers cost 🛻📬

11/02/2024

Is there an age limit on teaching farm chores? 🐐🐓🌱🌷👦🏼

Nah~Hendrix is obsessed with helping me take care of the 🐐&🐓 during his East Coast visit. He even enjoyed planting 🌷 bulbs. And don’t even think about touching the High Tunnel windows, that’s HIS job too. 👏👦🏼🐐🌱🐓🌷👏

10/31/2024

How can your favorite & least favorite day fall on the SAME DAY😊☹️

🤷🏻‍♀️😊Favorite:
Halloween, a day when you can be anyone you wish and feel like a kid again👻🦹🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♂️
~Are you dressing up this year? 📸⬇️

🤷🏻‍♀️☹️Least Favorite:
Halloween, darkness always follows 🌌
~Do you enjoy the shorter days?

🦇🧒🏻Batman aka my grandson visiting from Seattle, screams Happy Halloween!

10/20/2024

She guided me through cutting a very old Jade plant that belonged to my brother in law, who passed away 30 years ago😬 She sure knows her stuff!

Follow her here 👉House of Plants for you never know when your plants might need her help 🪴🪴Bonus
she also sells some cool plants too.

I am excited to announce that I have started a new helpful hobby! Do you have a plant that's not doing so well and you can't seem to help it? Maybe it's a plant handed down from your grandmother that you just can't let die. Or a rare and expensive plant that you don't want to have to spend the money on to replace. Bring it to me and I will do everything in my power to bring it back to its green life! I will have a set price no matter the species so no need to worry about spending more because it's a rare baby. These are the plants I am about to start working on 😊 pink princess, white wizard and an albo monstera. I will of course post before and after pics.

10/11/2024

In the middle of our Unplugged Forest🏕️

If you haven’t went outside yet there’s still time. Find north and use your 📲 to see the Northern Lights. For you can barely see it with your 👀!!!

10/09/2024

Remember making mud pies?

Today I invited Gina from House of Plants over to make a Kokedama aka ‘plants without a pot, that live in a ball of moss’
🌱🚫🪴

Insert ‘feeling like a kid again’ here👧🏻👧🏻

Couple things I’ll do different the next time but so very cool to make.

10/06/2024

On a personal note that could be powerful if you can make it to the end❤️

Imagine a weekend surrounded by like minded women, learning all things outdoors. 🏕️

Since 2017, I’ve been participating with
B.O.W. aka becoming an outdoor woman.
I’ve learned how to use a pressure cooker, ‘safely’ drive a tractor and a boat, cook over a fire with in a cast iron Dutch Oven all while on top of the mountains in WV.

In the beautiful State of Delaware for the second time now, I’ve learned to identify trees by their bark & leaves, how to shoot a bow, how to survive in the wilderness, how to build a fire to cook over and how to kayak.

These programs and more were chosen by me, for me! This weekend’s trip, the programs I chose were with you in mind. Something I could gift to you in the Unplugged Forest here at Mason Dixon Farm.

Now before I share with you what I chose, don’t laugh, let your mind wonder or stop reading. It’s long but you got this📖☺️

~ Nature Journaling📔✍🏻
Honestly, the diary has been replaced now of days with photos & words to post daily on a Social Media platform, hasn’t it?

Kelly, an incredible watercolor artist led this class of both novice & experienced participants. After only 5 minutes of flipping through her journals, I requested she come led a class in our Unplugged Forest with you!

We now live in a fast pace world.
Everyone needs a quick read and has little patience’s to get to the end ~ kudos to you if you’re still reading this👏

Who would have thought that holding someone’s journal in your hands that consisted of drawings, paintings and minimal words, would actually allow the viewer to become part of one’s special day that has long now past.

Just look at the drawings of her journal I captured on my phone and you will taste her Thanksgiving dinner with her family and actually find yourself helping her set up her camp site! You’ll then have a better understanding of this Journaling process I hope to have you experience 🌃

I am so excited about sharing this with you here. In hopes of leaving such treasures for the next generation to experience our past.

~Forest bathing🌲🛁
NO, we didn’t take our clothes off!

NO, this bath didn’t include any water or any of Mason Dixon Outfarm’s soap!

I won’t elaborate too much here for I want you to experience the feeling without judging whether or not you’d even enjoy such a weirdly named activity.

I will say this though, on a very personal level. It’s simply forest therapy that doesn’t involve your credit card or a couch.

One part of our journey with our beautiful leader Shelly was to take a few minutes and search through the forest trail for a gift from nature.

It wasn’t long before I found it, a single leaf that found its death recently.🍁🖕🏼

For you see my ‘joker’ husband Greg has taught all five of our children to give me the middle finger with each family photo. As the children turned to adults, they all got pretty creative with ‘where’s Waldo’ hiding their 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼 inside the photo.🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒😭

Finding this leaf made me instantly remember the non-material gift my husband gave me the first time he led me into the forest. The peace I recieved that day wasn’t at the bottom of a bottle or at the end of a cigarette. 🥃🚬

It was simply under my feet, in the breeze that touched my skin, in the warmth of sunshine that speckled my face, in the reality of how small I was next to a pine tree or in the conversions that were taking place around me, even though I didn’t speak any animal language.

So my true gift from nature in finding this leaf was to always remember that each day I am given an opportunity to inspire someone in a positive way. Plant a seed if you will. It’s then up to the receiver to water and nourish said gift. The end game, to gift it to someone else so it may live on.

Even 20 yrs later, Greg & I are the most connected when wonder into the forest together! 🌲☺️

One day I hope to share such gifts with you in person but for now I hope you enjoy all the other gifts I captured this weekend provided by nature herself 📸

~Shayne❤️

10/02/2024

This makes my heart happy👩🏻‍🌾
Way to GrOw ROOTS Youth Development Program👏

🌱 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 🌱

Get ready for an exciting season of hands-on learning! Our Spring series will cover everything from starting garden seeds and bushcraft skills to duck egg incubation and natural art projects. Stay tuned for more details and mark your calendars for a fun-filled journey into self-sufficiency this March through May!

10/01/2024

Now it’s YOUR chance to VOTE for the latest handcrafted “🐝” soap bar!

Here’s the TOP 3 🐝 name picks:
(Numbered only to Vote)

1. Queen Bee 👸🏻🐝

2. Oh Bay Bee 👶🏻🐝

3. Bubble Bee 🫧🐝

Simply choose your favorite by commenting it’s number⬇️📲

Most picked number will WIN🏆🐝🧼
Ends Thursday 10/3

Thanks for all the creative names🥰