[AT] Old time gardens

[George Willer]

Len,

The peppers are the best.  I wish I hadn't plowed mine under now.  I make it 
a point to not leave any to get very old and too hot.

The tomatoes are second best eaten in the garden, but I feel like I should 
have a salt shaker along.  A couple things I haven't tried... the Okra and 
asparagus.  I may never.  My dog, Reba, likes to dig her own potatoes and 
snitch an occasional ear of raw sweet corn.  I'll pass.

I'm sure it has been more than a month since we have had any rain at all.

It sounds weird, but I plan to plow again in the spring... it keeps me a 
little ways ahead of the weeds and I enjoy doing it.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len Rugen" <lrugen at c-magic.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 5:05 PM
Subject: [AT] Old time gardens


> It was a crazy afternoon.  I'm trying to fix a SEWER problem, I guess my
> pipe crushed under a driveway because of the wet ground.  Anyway, I had to
> make a trip to the farm in the mud to weld a broken mini-backhoe and look
> for some other tools.  It has drizzled all day and I decided to take a 
> pass
> thru what was left of our garden.  We have pretty much abandoned it, but 
> the
> fall rains have revived the okra and bell peppers.
>
> That got me to thinking of the times as a kid (and ever since) of the 
> things
> that get ate before the leave the garden.  It seems there is nothing quite
> like eating something right where it grew, starting with peas in the 
> spring.
> Of course, the cherry tomatoes were the main course all summer, but there
> are lots of things that I like raw.  All the cleaning that is necessary is
> to wipe it off on a clean spot of my shirt.  I had a pepper today, just 
> eat
> to the seads and throw the rest out.  Still dripping with the rain.  Okra 
> is
> even good raw, if you don't mid the fuzz.
>
> The old farmsteads used to have a few apple trees that had a few apples 
> each
> fall.  Good to eat, but you had to cut around the bug holes at times. 
> Good
> deer hunting near those trees too.
>
>
>
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