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Sandy Fields
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sandy
Portales
NM
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 Posted - Nov 19 2011 : 07:18:42 AM
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We are blessed with pecan trees in Portales, New Mexico. Shelling them and making pecan pies is a wonderful part of my heritage. I shared a few happy thoughts on my blog. Hope you'll pop on over, then share some memories too!
http://field-days.com/shelling-pecans
Love writing about "My Field Days"
www.field-days.com
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Nov 21 2011 : 10:08:08 AM
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Enjoyed your blog about shelling pecans. We recently returned from a trip through the SE USA. Marveled at the crops I had taken for granted...pecans, cotton, peaches, peanuts, to name a few. Stopped at a country store in Georgia to buy pecans. (3 lbs to share w/ Thanksgiving guests). We were dismayed upon our return to discover our pecans were missing. Poor DH figured he lost them in a motel parking lot while juggling luggage. He felt so bad. Yesterday he came home from store with a bag of pecans. Meanwhile, we hauled a working shredder home from Florida for grand daughter. She took it back to college with her yesterday. And, called us last night to say she opened the shredder and found a 3 lb. bag of pecans. lol I do remember my mom sitting in her chair watching tv on winter nights shelling black walnuts. You brought back memories of hom.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Sandy Fields
True Blue Farmgirl
165 Posts
Sandy
Portales
NM
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Posted - Nov 21 2011 : 5:22:31 PM
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Judith, that's great! So glad the missing pecans showed up!!
Our town is called the Peanut Basin of the Nation. We grow Valencia peanuts here. You brought back a fun memory for me. When I was a little girl, we stopped at the side of the road to buy peaches on a road trip through Georgia. Hanging in the stand were Borden Peanuts... my granddad's peanut mill right here in Portales, New Mexico. We have always loved that story... that they were selling our New Mexico peanuts in a roadside stand in Georgia!
I love living in this farming community! And I love my pecan trees! =)
Love writing about "My Field Days"
www.field-days.com
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 07:57:03 AM
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Wow, I learned something new today! I had no idea New Mexico grew pecans and peanuts. Your peanut story is a good one. Pretty amazing, huh? I grew peanuts in my first garden here in Iowa. I think I got a handful.lol
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Sandy Fields
True Blue Farmgirl
165 Posts
Sandy
Portales
NM
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Posted - Nov 22 2011 : 6:09:35 PM
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Yep... New Mexico is a "misunderstood" state. =)
We have wonderful pecan groves here. And right now, the smell of roasting peanuts from our mills in Portales is just grand!!!
Love writing about "My Field Days"
www.field-days.com
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