Subj : Towing the Line [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Jul 26 2024 09:55:19
Hi Dave,
DD> We're tlking about druggies, derelicts and other free-lance anarchists
DD> here.
RH> They don't frequent our part of town.
DD> At least not the obvious ones.
True, may be some but well hidden.
RH> time it's left alone, no matter how long or short a time. We don't have
RH> a handicap tag (yet) but will probably end up with one eventually.
DD> I've had one for years - and they do make it convenient. Especially as
DD> the curbside spots are usually ramped. And I have trouble with curbs -
DD> both up and down - unless I have my cane or there is something to hold
DD> on to to keep me steady. This getting old lark is not for wusses.
RH> Meanwhile, our fig tree is beginning its summer time bonanza out put.
RH> I'll probably make some preserves again this year; we've been giving
DD> My grandparents had apple, cherry, apricot, paw-pae and crabapple
DD> trees in the back yard of their town home. And a regular orchard at
DD> the farm
DD> with more apples, peaches, cherries, pears and blackberry brables as
DD> well as raspberries on the other side of the orhard. Gooseberies and
DD> May apples were available in the woods.
So putting up was a big production in the summer. Steve had a bowl full
(about 2 1/2 quarts) in the fridge so yesterday he pulled out the
dehydrator. Dried them down to maybe about 2 cups. We'll probably do
another batch or 2 in the dehydrator before the tree ends production, in
probably early September.
DD> I'm 82 years old and I have never had a fresh fig. I'll have to
DD> correct that lack ..... I've only ever eaten Fig Newtons from a store
DD> bought pkg.
RH> They are good; a Newton will give you a bit of the taste but nothing
RH> like eating one fresh off the tree. Rinsed but still warm from the sun.
DD> I'll ask the folks down Jeffries Orchard farm stand about the
DD> availability.
Do so, it's an ancient fruit; I think more popular in the southern US
than the northern. Fig preserves and a brie type cheese on a cracker
make a nice nibble. Last year when we took some preserves out to our
daughters, I told the grand kids that these were special, for their
mothers,(mom was to share), not to be used like regular jelly/jam for
pb&j or whatever.
DD> I had a cherry tree in my front yard until the derecho winds hit last
DD> July.
My parents had one for years, until a storm did it in. It happened just
before we came up for a visit so Steve saved some of the wood for his
smoker.
DD> A quick trip to the search engine tells me that fiss will not
RH> dowell DD> in my groqing zone without lots of special help. Which may
RH> 'splain DD> why they're not common around here.
RH> And we're in a great spot for them. Steve planted another tree to be
RH> last year so in a few years we'll have a super abundance of them.
DD> From my research they aren't huge trees like maples or oaks.
No, more like a bush. BTW, I was informed that the 2nd tree didn't make
it so we only have to one, but a very prolific one.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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