Members IM4given Posted March 16, 2007 Members Share Posted March 16, 2007 I used to live near a stawberry farm and we would pick a whole flat of fresh strawberries from the field. Then the next morning I always cooked them up into fresh strawberry jam. I canned up the jars and we had jam to last us all through the year - none of that store-bought stuff for us. Fresh strawberry jam on a hot home made biscuit! Nothing tastes better than that! When the blackberries ripened in the cow pasture, I did the same thing. I climbed the barbed wire fence, with a plastic gallon-sized ice cream bucket and picked wild blackberries - the great big juicy sweet kind as big as your thumb! You have to get out there early before the birds eat all of the berries up. I made up a fresh cobbler and the rest went into Blackberry Jam. My sister still teases me - she said she remembers coming to visit and there would not be anything in my kitchen except maybe a coffee can full of flour and some sugar in a jar, and she would complain because there wasn't any food in the house - then the next thing you know I would have a hot meal on the table! I'd go out to the hen house for the eggs, down to the root cellar for the veggies, out to the garden to pick some fresh produce and viola! Mix together some biscuits or cornbread, brew up a pitcher of sweet tea - and there it would be! Hot dinner on the table! I miss living on a farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted March 17, 2007 Members Share Posted March 17, 2007 When I was a child my babysitters husband used to raise strawberries. He had a patch behind his house and a full lot garden down the street. Funny, where that full lot garden used to be, I now own! It's right behind my house. We used to go picking all sorts of berries; raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, YUM! Sadly, all the places the berries used to grow have been bulldozed away. :sad We have our seeds ready for this years garden, but it'll be awhile before planting time. The tulips in front of the house are growing good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IM4given Posted March 17, 2007 Members Share Posted March 17, 2007 Even though we have a warm growing season, I find it is difficult to get anything to grow in this sand - I get the best results when I throw a few layers of leaves, potting soil, and mulch on top of the sand. I have a fine growth of clover across the yard instead of grass. To "mow" the lawn all I have to do is go pull a couple of the taller weeds and it's all done. I planted some morning glories along my lattice fence and they are starting to come up. I also have hibiscus bushes, a couple of shrubs, and I just finished planting some yellow canna bulbs and pink daylilies. I planted some elephant ear bulbs but nothing has come up yet. I want my yard to be really lush and tropical, but it looks kinda bare right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IM4given Posted March 24, 2007 Members Share Posted March 24, 2007 :face: No posts for a week! Does this mean I finally won!!!!????? :jawdrop: :jawdrop: WAY TOO COOL! :sunny: :sunny: Now when will my prize be coming? Do I win a t-shirt or a cup or something? :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IM4given Posted March 24, 2007 Members Share Posted March 24, 2007 :highfive: :truce: Good Morning All! I still can't believe I won this game! :coffee I thought maybe I dreamed it last night, but it is still here! So when will the FedEx truck pull up in my driveway with my prizes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IM4given Posted March 24, 2007 Members Share Posted March 24, 2007 I think I am going to celebrate my victory this morning with a pan of hot home made bisquits and jelly to go with my coffee! :hungry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted March 24, 2007 Members Share Posted March 24, 2007 You did not win I just had a leave of absense and came back and marked all post as read and missed this as one of my normal post spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IM4given Posted March 24, 2007 Members Share Posted March 24, 2007 Aww - that's okay Nodnarb. I will split my prize with you when it comes! I can't wait to see what I get!!!! :cl9: :cl9: :tease: :sunny: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted March 25, 2007 Members Share Posted March 25, 2007 I don't mean to sound selfish but if it is sent to you how can we spilt it there is several states in between. And plus I want it for me!!!!!!!! :wink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hermanj Posted March 25, 2007 Members Share Posted March 25, 2007 Sorry, Janet. You didn't win! I was gone all week to a conference and Annette's modem has been down since Sunday. As for John and the others, I don't know. But what I do know is: :tum :tum :tum I WIN!!! :tum :tum :tum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IM4given Posted March 25, 2007 Members Share Posted March 25, 2007 Nope..... It is all right here on my great big 19 inch flat-screen monitor and it says I WON! I WON! I WON! Please forgive my slow typing, I am still get used to my new Windows Vista program - it's pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nodnarb Posted March 25, 2007 Members Share Posted March 25, 2007 You still have it wrong I WIN I WIN I WIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IM4given Posted March 25, 2007 Members Share Posted March 25, 2007 Your computer must be broken - it is having pronoun trouble I think! :make: :B I WIN !!! :B :make: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vickyjean Posted March 26, 2007 Members Share Posted March 26, 2007 Thats a no brainer game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vickyjean Posted March 26, 2007 Members Share Posted March 26, 2007 Ah........growing things; I used to have a whole hill of strawberries and break my back picking just enough to have for breakfast; Im the one that loves fresh anything in our house, except for my dog Tasha. She will test just about anything if she thinks that I will eventually eat it. My strawberries turned traitor and their little 'trailers' moved under our fence and went to my friend Sandys house next door. God knows she needs things more than I do; So God sent a bird with a seed, or sprung up a root underground and gave me a black berry bush; I had told my husband to dig one up from the woods near by, and when it came up last year, I thought he had planted it. He said no, and thats not a berry bush. Then he saw what grew on it this past spring/summer, and he changed his mind :cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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