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Project Discussions:  Learning Together: Fall Arrives!  |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
1275 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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 Posted - Sep 08 2020 : 12:38:15 PM
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Marilyn -- DH would love to move to Texas; he usually spends six weeks a year there hunting with his brother and nephew, but our children and grandchildren are here in California so I want to stay near them. Here is home to me and I'm just feeing too old to pull up roots and move. DH's daughter was killed in an accident two years ago, leaving five children, and he really feels he should be here with them.
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Judith
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Happiness is Homemade
FGOTM 6/21, 6/24 |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2020 : 12:50:20 PM
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| Bring your children and grand children. The weather is better and the ground does not shake. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2020 : 05:31:26 AM
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This is a picture of our local pick your own farm. They have Galas (pictured) and Empires ready.
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Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2020 : 06:39:01 AM
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| Amazing, beautiful, Denise. |
Texasgran |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2020 : 06:41:32 AM
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| Nice, Denise. Wish we had an orchard nearby. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
6078 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2020 : 07:21:54 AM
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I love gala apples! Those are pretty in the photo Denise.
Are those the Empires?
Thanks
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Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3522 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3522 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2020 : 10:42:48 AM
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Beautiful Denise!! Gala and Empire apples are always delicious. Did you get some? How were they?
I ordered an old Gooseberry Patch book titled , Homemade Harvest. It has lots of interesting sections and the first one is about Old Fashioned Fall memories. One entry wrote that her Grandmother always raked up the leaves from her garden and placed them in plastic trash bags. She then stored them down in her basement until the middle of Winter. Then she took them back out and created a large compost pile beside her garden for the soon to arrive Spring preparation for the next garden. I found this so interesting and wondered if any of you did this or knew about someone who did? |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Girl of the Year 2014-2015 |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2020 : 11:07:49 AM
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I haven't heard of that! It does sound interesting tho. Our cultivator crew makes quick work of the zillions of leaves that fall here.
Don't you love Gooseberry Patch books? When they began the books I submitted a Christmas memory...and they included it! Later on they included a recipe of mine. And later on another! The neatest thing was the surprise that arrived in my mail box with the letter thanking me for my recipe. The surprise was the cook book. At first I wondered if every cook book they sold actually had my recipe in it. One day in a local store I found the cook book and sure enough...there it was. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9532 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2020 : 2:52:21 PM
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| I have a lot of their cookbooks that one too. I also have a couple recipes in them. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
1275 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
1275 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2020 : 3:07:58 PM
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| Winnie -- I'm wondering why she waits until the middle of winter? When I rake the leaves in fall I put them in the garden area, the compost pile, and pile them on frost-tender plants. I don't understand the advantage of waiting until the middle of winter. Can you shed any light on this? |
Judith
7932
Happiness is Homemade
FGOTM 6/21, 6/24 |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3522 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3522 Posts |
Posted - Sep 12 2020 : 05:21:16 AM
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Judith, no reason was stated, but here is what went through my mind. I am wondering if the warmth of the indoor provides enough heat to a closed bag of leaves to sort of begin an organic breakdown process that ends up making them a better source of compost. Other than this idea, I can’t figure out what the advantage is either.
Marilyn, that is so neat that a few of your entries were used in the Gooseberry books!! I have loved them since they first came out. One of the aspects I most enjoy are the little illustrations, quotes, and stories shared by so many women. They are more than just a recipe book. |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Girl of the Year 2014-2015 |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9532 Posts |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2706 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
2706 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2020 : 3:29:53 PM
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Marilyn, I remember your name from the Gooseberry books! Don't ask me how, though...haha! I loved their books and LOVED their online store. I was so sad when they closed it.
I asked my farmer husband if he had any idea as to why the woman would store her leaves and not put them out until the middle of winter. He is wondering if she waited until there was winter moisture outside before spreading them to help them break down? |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9532 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2020 : 5:20:43 PM
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| Debbie, They still have their cookbooks on their website! |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9532 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2020 : 6:05:17 PM
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| I haven't been to get any yet Winnie. But I will this week probably. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2020 : 6:51:04 PM
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| Winnie,back when I was teaching, along about August when it got hotter than blue blazes here in Texas, my minds defence was to go to bed early, with one of my Gooseberry patch cookbooks! Reading the Christmas memories, a few each night, got me in the mood for the holidays. I also had a vast collection of Christmas magazines started by my mother in law! and a bunch of books but I loved the stories and drawings from Gooseberry Patch. |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2020 : 6:55:02 PM
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| I love vintage, time worn things. How many of you saved those little brown Gooseberry Patch catalogues, like I did? I don't know if they still live in my house or if someone threw them out along the way. |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3522 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3522 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2020 : 4:21:43 PM
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| Marilyn, I used to love those Gooseberry Patch catalogues and when I had a few dollars to spare, I would get a little something fun and cute just for me. Their cookbooks have been part of so many generations of women and still going strong. For me, sometimes it is the little stories and ideas for every season or recipe category that I love the most. They are collections of wisdoms from women of all ages! |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Girl of the Year 2014-2015 |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
2114 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
2114 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2020 : 12:16:30 PM
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 Starting tomorrow temps in the high 70's thru Sunday!
Connie |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9532 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2020 : 08:21:16 AM
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| Happy Autumn eve! Well, at least on the equinox. I know many of us started before this, but the weather is really saying it has arrived here. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2020 : 08:30:19 AM
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| I love fall and autumn. Today is nice and cool and rain is expected and will be welcomed for the plants. We used to call it Indian Summer. I want Ed to bring down my fall and Halloween decorations to fall-up the place. Lol. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3522 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3522 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2020 : 05:15:34 AM
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Happy Fall everyone! Linda, I think getting your fall and Halloween decorations out will be a spirit lifter too! Connie, I love that cute fall poster you found, and enjoy those wonderful temps all week!!
This weekend, our local Rural King had it’s cornstalks and nice fat pumpkins in and I got some and decorated my porch area. Then I added some Mums on sale from Lowes and it makes me so happy to look at it. This is the third year that I have done this and it is fun and very inexpensive to pull off. I leave it up until December 1 to get every day of enjoyment I can. We are also having all of the Laurel Oak acorns falling like rain and I love how they all look scattered about. Sadly, I sweep up most of them because they are a fall hazard. You can slip so easily on some of them if they catch your shoe in a certain way when you take a step. But, while we don’t have any pretty leaves yet, we have acorns galore. You gotta love what the Florida landscape can offer! LOL!! |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Girl of the Year 2014-2015 |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9532 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2020 : 06:33:56 AM
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I was disappointed when I went to get apples yesterday. They had Empire, Gala and Cortland. But so expensive! I did buy some marked Empires as they were a bit cheaper and I will use them for applesauce and baking. I plan to go to our more local one and see what I can get there. I know I can get a larger amount for less money but thought we would stop in to the first place as their's are usually topnotch for the same price. Not this year though. With all the rain we've had they should be having bumper crops of apples making prices lower. And the cider was expensive too so we passed on that.
I'm glad you are having nice temps right now to usher in Autumn, Winnie! |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
Edited by - levisgrammy on Sep 22 2020 06:34:26 AM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9532 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9532 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2020 : 04:33:21 AM
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I have a question for anyone who makes their own cider. I know Julie does them but didn't know if maybe someone else has ever done it.
I read where someone said they use the pulp to make applesauce and apple butter and wondered how they do that if they are only cutting up the apples and leaving in the skin and seeds. How do they get separated so just the apple pulp can be used? Does the press separate the skin and seeds from the pulp somehow? |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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Project Discussions: Learning Together: Fall Arrives! |
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Learning Together: Fall Arrives!
