[Ag-eq] Apple harvest

Tue Aug 25 20:32:12 UTC 2015

Nella,
Well it's not like that anymore. After Pop died Ma let the farm go and
they sold all the cows, pigs, and chickens and cut all the trees down.
I live in rural Southwest Louisiana. Where our house is used to be one
of the pastures. There are still corn and sugar cane fields though,
but my family doesn't get involved anymore. They used to grow a garden
with tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers also. I learned how to harvest
peaches and plums  and pick pecans too. Later on me and my Seeing Eye
dog, Eden, and I went strawberry picking for the first time with my
daughter. Eden was very good and did not try to take even one
strawberry. That was one of the things I was able to share with
Bethany, and when they were little, I showed them how to snap snap
beans, also known as green beans as well. Now there is only one orange
tree and one pecan tree nearby that  I know of. What is a weather
goat?

On 8/25/15, Jody Ianuzzi via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have a dehydrator too.  I just love dried tomatoes.  I get a dry  tomatoe
> like Italians and slice them really thin.  Then I sprinkle oregano and
> garlic powder on them.  they come out like chips and are so good.  I love
> dried apples with cinnamon and sugar and bananas.
>
> JODY 🐺
> thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
>
> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."
> DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
>
>
>
>> On Aug 22, 2015, at 9:29 PM, Nella Foster via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Tracy:
>>
>> I recently got a dehydrator and so far have only dried some peppers and
>> herbs.
>>
>> The buck goats can get aggressive, but this little guy has been handled
>> since
>> birth and I continue to spend time with him.  He is very friendly and will
>> follow me around like a puppy.  I think he will be o.k. as long as I keep
>> handling him and don't let him get away with bad behavior.  I've met
>> several
>> bucks that are friendly and the people were petting them and spending time
>> with
>> them.  I've seen a couple that were aggressive, but they were just out in
>> a
>> pasture and didn't have a lot of human interaction.
>>
>> The worse thing about a buck goat is how stinky they get.  so far
>> Chocolate
>> isn't very smelly because he is still young.  They get more smelly when
>> they
>> reach adulthood.  His name is Chocolate, which fits right into my heard,
>> the
>> girls all have candy names.
>>
>> I purchased Chocolate from a nice Amish family.  All their animals were so
>> healthy and friendly.  He is registered and their herd has been tested for
>> certain diseases, which is what I wanted to find.  They even called to
>> make
>> sure he is doing o.k. and didn't get to stressed by the move.  I've kept
>> their
>> contact info so that we can do business again.
>>
>> I think they had to call from a neighbors, they don't use phones.  When I
>> called
>> I spoke to the neighbor; it was strange, but all worked out.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>>
>>> Hi Nella.
>>> My apples are Golden Delicious, sweet/tart, the way I like them.  I'd
>>> forgotten about drying, and I have a dehydrator.  I'll have to try it.
>>> This morning, I separated the apples into "use today" and "will keep a
>>> bit".
>>> After lunch, applesauce!  And maybe more.
>>>
>>> Your barn sounds great! And your buck sounds cute.  Do male goats get
>>> aggressive, when they reach maturity?
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster
>>> via
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>>> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
>>>
>>> Tracy:
>>>
>>> What kind of apples?
>>>
>>> I'm so jealous, love fresh apples.
>>>
>>> Wonder how long until my little trees start bearing fruit?
>>>
>>> Do you ever dry them?
>>>
>>> I'm still getting tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.
>>>
>>> I bought a little buck goat and put out with my doe goats.  He's kind of
>>> young, so don't know if he is old enough to do his job yet!  He is very
>>> cute, will grow up to be a handsome boy.  He and 2 of my dose have genes
>>> for
>>> spots, so hoping I get some spotted babies.
>>>
>>> I'm turning my shop building into a milk barn.  The guys are working on
>>> it
>>> right now.  There will be a room to store hay, a room for milking and a
>>> room
>>> to put the goats when they kid and to keep the really young kids out of
>>> the
>>> weather.
>>> It is going to make milking so much easier.  There is a pen on one side
>>> where I will bring the girls, then I can take them into the milk room to
>>> milk and put them out a door on the other side.
>>>
>>> I finally have goat proof fencing around the whole pasture, so the goats
>>> and
>>> Cruiser can all be together.  Hopefully by next spring I will have more
>>> fences up to divide the pasture so I can rotate the animals around.  They
>>> graze it more even that way.
>>>
>>> What is everyone else up to?
>>>
>>> Nella
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>>>
>>>> The apple harvest is starting to roll in.  Literally, since I'm
>>>> picking them up off the ground and often finding them by accidentally
>>>> kicking them.  My young retriever is also good at finding apples.  He
>>>> has a soft mouth, and can pick them up without a scratch, but I'm
>>>> trying to teach him not to pick up miscellaneous things off the ground.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday, I took a medium-size bucket and filled it to the top.  I'll
>>>> have to sort them this weekend, green or ripe. Then I'll start making
>>> applesauce.
>>>> I've also found a pandowdy recipe that sounds yummy.  Applesauce is
>>>> the easiest though, since all I have to do is boil the apples 10-15
>>>> minutes, then run them through the whatchamacallit that squeezes out
>>>> the good stuff and leaves the seeds and skins in the pot.  Yumaroo!
>>>>
>>>> They're little apples, 2-3 inches across, so it will take quite a few
>>>> to make a pie.  But it could be worth it.
>>>>
>>>> And then there's just plain eating them.  Or wrapping some up to store
>>>> for later.
>>>>
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
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