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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

He wass very proud of them; and , like you, enjoyed picking them.  But, when 
his children (my brothers), 'his' brothers, his nieces and nepehews and 
grandchildren were all 'too busy', he just gave it up.  

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--- On Sun, 12/14/08, Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Seed shortages
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 4:11 PM
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 6:08 PM, bob ford
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > my father, one year, had about ten bluebbery trees ,
> fully loaded.  He
> > couldn't get relatives to come pick them, for
> free.  He just let the 'woods'
> > take them back, he became so frustrated.  People are
> peculiar.............
> 
> 
> We picked 18 gallon bags last summer and summer 06.
> 'We' was mostly me. My
> family helped, but I picked 75%. I enjoy it, it's like
> a form of meditation
> to me. We put more sawdust and peat around them this summer
> and hope to
> increase production.
> 
> lkvp