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07-04-2011, 04:59 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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that time again
Not only is the 4th my favorite holiday but it is the beginning of small fruit season.  That should be about right for one bowl of cereal  |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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07-04-2011, 05:00 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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I should have stopped and raided the patch yesterday when I picked up the dogs.  |
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07-05-2011, 11:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Mmmm... been at the inlaws in Truro all weekend. They have wild blueberries everywhere around their property. Been having blueberry waffles or blueberry pancakes for breakfast every day.
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07-05-2011, 04:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Take me fishing and pick some BB for me
Pls
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07-05-2011, 05:09 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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I'll take the BIG berry anytime over the small berry, much prefer the southern NJ Hammonton berries over the Maine variety. I'm biased in that I grew up in that area. When camping in Maine nothing beats a fresh picked wild Maine berry in the pancakes!
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 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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07-05-2011, 05:40 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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oh hell......I think I am personally on my fifth pint in the last week and a half! Flippin luv 'em
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Simplify.......
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07-05-2011, 06:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,620
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we've been eating blueberry everything lately - cake, muffins, pie, waffles.
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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07-05-2011, 06:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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Blueberry pie with a side of vanilla bean ice cream... my fav...
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07-05-2011, 06:25 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PRBuzz
I'll take the BIG berry anytime over the small berry, much prefer the southern NJ Hammonton berries over the Maine variety. I'm biased in that I grew up in that area. When camping in Maine nothing beats a fresh picked wild Maine berry in the pancakes!
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If I tried to pick my own in Hammonton I'd be arrested. But they are friggin HUGE! |
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07-05-2011, 07:33 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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I grow 6 varieties, but do have one wild small berry type. I never met a blue berry I didn't like. The key is spring pruning. Let less mature but get bigger size.
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07-05-2011, 07:43 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
I grow 6 varieties, but do have one wild small berry type. I never met a blue berry I didn't like. The key is spring pruning. Let less mature but get bigger size.
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pretty small hand there...  |
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07-12-2011, 04:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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Cherry berry time
Great time of year for fruit lovers. Lots of the berries, cherries, peaches , etc on sale. I love cherries , always have.
I grew up in Central Falls RI and I remember these impossible climbs up the sides of 2 story houses then runs along the roofs to get a good broad jump to a particular medium hight garage roof one story lower from which we could access all you could eat bing type cherries. That tree is long gone but I look back at the life and limb risks we took as just like 10 year olds to get the cherries.
Now its about $2.49 a pound for Cherries, blueberries , strawberries. less for peaches and plums. Now they are not local yet but still mostly grown in the USA right now. Raspberries and blackberries are always out of site expensive now. Too bad , I love Raspberries too!
I find the local fruits have gone way up in price. Farmers markets have gotten to be more expensive than Whole Foods when local fruit is in season. Too bad. I used to make it a point to hit the farmers markets , now maybe every now and then but not a habit anymore.
Anyway , I can see a little over indulgence on some fruit the next few weeks. I don't think anybody ever got fat eating fruit alone. Its the shortcake and whipped cream and the butter strueselle pastry with the raspberries that will get you! |
Saltheart
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07-12-2011, 05:28 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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07-12-2011, 06:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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When we moved to Cumberland in 65 there were wild blueberries everywhere in the woods aound us. Unfortunately, no more.
Made right , a nice blueberry pie (like they make at wrights dairy farm) is the best of all pies IMO.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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07-12-2011, 06:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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Sorry, Im still half out of it with this respiratory plague I picked up. I merged them into 1 thread.
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Saltheart
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07-12-2011, 07:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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In fact in remembering the roof hopping we did to get at that cherry tree in CF, I remembered that like 10 years after my daredevil days , some kid fell off the roof or missed the big roof to roof broad jump and was seriously hurt. The tree owner, a bar on Cowden St (bar is still there) , cut the tree down after that.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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07-12-2011, 09:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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First tomatoes for me tomorrow.
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07-13-2011, 05:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Someone raided my bb patch  |
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07-13-2011, 06:47 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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geez Fred that is terms for a hanging
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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07-13-2011, 10:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Buy local.
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