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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] FRANKS' Feb 99 Walnut trees
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:19:09 -0400

I remember being envious...that was only a few months after we bought this place.
I have a recipe for persimmon hickory nut bread somewhere. It is probably online, too, if anyone wants to search it. Like all the other fruits this year, the persimmons were weighted down,too. My driveway is covered with them and hickory nuts...makes me hungry just to walk the driveway. I found a 'new' persimmon this week, too, so that is 5 mature, fruiting persimmons within 150 feet of the house. Not too bad.
Do you want me to collect some seeds and send them to you?

When I was a kid, we used to play 'fort', but it wasn't really a fort. We had some logs we moved around and basically made a footprint of a cabin/house. I recall that while playing 'homesteader'(It is what we did, but not what we called it-I did not know that word then) we would open persimmon seeds to look at the 'silverware' within. There is even some folklore-I think the knife means icy winter, the spoon means snowy winter, and the fork means mild winter. I will have to look at one tomorrow.

I know Frank is still around...he may get the digest or something, but I'd wager he is still here.

Bev

Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
On 10/13/08, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:
I think I remember that post. Wow. It would be nice to hear from
Frank. Didn't he pop in a year or so ago?


I remember that post as well. I thought he was nuts to plant so many trees,
now I'm surrounded by a forest on 36 acres and completely understand. Darn
AEP cut down our lone persimmon in the go-around before last when they were
clearing trees by power lines (it wasn't very close, but they leveled it
anyway). I was not home and was furious when I came home from work to find
it gone. The previous owner planted that tree and we were learning what to
do and how to eat persimmons.

My goodness but almost 10 years went by fast. Let's try to make the next 10
slow down a bit. Maybe if we collectively try ... ?

lkvp

FranksFarm AT aol.com wrote:
Hey Bev
>I got over 100 chestnut oaks, over 100 white oaks, about 10 Loblolly
>pines, about 10 persimmons, and about 50 redbuds!
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