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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Jun 26, 2014 16:42:04 GMT -5
AND STILL PICING, BUT THEY ARE RUNNING OUT. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS WHAT KNOCKS ME OUT EACH DAY. i DO FARM WORK A WHILE, PICK BERRIES A WHILE. DO SOME MORE FARM WORK. THOSE RASBERRY PIES ARE GOING TO TASTE PRETTY GOOD NEXT JAN AND FEB. NEXT UP TO BAT IS BLACK BERRIES, THEN ELDER BERRYS. LAST IS PERSIMMONS ,AND THE PAW PAWS DIDN`T SET THIS YEAR SO WON`T BE HARDLY ANY OF THOSE. CAN`T FOR GET WALNUTS AND HENS AND MAYBE A FEW HAZELNUTS. MY HAZEL NUT PATCH THE DEER RAVAGE EVERY WINTER PLUS IT`S GETTING SHADED OUT BY BIG HARDWOODS NOW. i PLANTED KING NUT HICKORYS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO SO EXPECT ANY YEAR NOW THEY`LL KICK IN. MIGHT EVEN DIG A FEW ROOTS THIS YEAR AND TEST THE MARKET . NATTYS BEES WILL KEEP US IN HONEY ALL WINTER AND YOU KNOW MA WILL BUMP OFF SOME DEER. i`LL GET THE FUR AND IT WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN NEXT YEAR.i DON`T KNOW WHAT i EXPECTED IN LIFE, BUT i THINK WHATEVER IT WAS IT`S WORKING.
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Post by gameboy on Jun 26, 2014 18:58:29 GMT -5
Man, that's great! You've worked hard over the years to be able to do those things. Glad it's all coming back to ya.
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Post by doyleflory on Jun 26, 2014 19:45:45 GMT -5
Yep living the good life I want to pick blackberries tommarro be eating some but there coming on now.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Jun 26, 2014 19:50:07 GMT -5
MAKE THAT 32. PICKED ONE MORE QT. THIS EVENING. IT TAKES ABOUT A 1/2 HR/QT. AS THEY ARE MOSTLY SMALL. i`LL DO AT LEAST 2 MORE QTS. TOMORROW MORNING THEN BACK TO TREE WORK.i ASK KATHY HOW MANY DO WE WANT? SHE SAID HOW MANY PIES CAN YOU AND NATHAN EAT? i SAYS HOW MANY WILL YOU MAKE? i COULD HEAR NATHAN IN THE BACKGROUND JUMPING UP AND DOWN.ALL i HAVE TO SAY IS WHEN i GET BACK FROM MY WESTERN TRAPPING IN JANUARY THERE BETTER BE SOME BERRIES LEFT IN THE FREEZER. IF WE GET RAIN i SHOULD BE GOOD FOR QUITE A FEW BLACKBERRIES TOO. WE DID A REAL HARD TSI ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO AND LET A BUNCH OF SUN IN AND THE BERRIES REALLY TOOK OFF. PLUS i`VE BEEN FACVORING SOME VOLUNTEER ONES IN THE CHRISTMAS TREE ROWS THAT THE BIRDS POOPED OUT. THE UP SIDE TO EMERALD ASH BORER IS THERE ARE GOING TO BE LOTS OF BERRIED EVERYWHERE. AND HORSE WEEDS AND GRAPEVINES. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE GREW PUMPKINS AND CANTALOPE AND WATERMELONS IN THE TREE ROWS. IT WORKED GREAT. WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN. THIS YEAR THINGS JUST GOT AWAY FROM ME AND WE NEVER GOT THE MELONS PLANTED.
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dewey
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Post by dewey on Jun 26, 2014 20:59:23 GMT -5
I would love to see your place Bob, it sounds like you have everything you could possibly want to pick and eat!
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Post by DaveM on Jun 27, 2014 4:24:01 GMT -5
Keep living the dream!!
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Post by mjkluesener on Jun 27, 2014 9:14:42 GMT -5
Bob’s got it going on, it is amazing what 50 years of hard work will produce. The reward, getting to live life on your terms. Kathy and you deserve everything you have. Looks like your raising Nate to do the same, very rare these days. Kudo’s
Mike
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Jun 27, 2014 10:02:39 GMT -5
I need to get a picture of him on here in his bee suit. has the screen hat and the whole works. he can tell you all about bees, their life, how they make honey, the works.
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Post by mjkluesener on Jun 27, 2014 10:43:06 GMT -5
Got this picture in my head of Bob and Nate hi-tailing it down the tree row with a swarm behind them.
My money on’s Nate
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Jun 27, 2014 11:05:29 GMT -5
I can still outrun him. when he gets faster I`ll tell him we`ll make a real contest of it. we each carry a 20lb. water jug in each hand and run the mile out to the mailbox and back. we start and I`ll go like mad for a 100 yards and then I`ll come back and sit in the shade. when he gets back I`ll say you win. now you just learned a win isn`t always a win. kinda like that guy on here posting the liberal stuff thinking he is "winning".
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