[Ag-eq] Apple harvest

nfoster at extremezone.com nfoster at extremezone.com
Tue Aug 25 21:34:41 UTC 2015 

Danielle:

I had no idea all those things could be grown in Louisiana.

A wether goat is a castrated male goat.  Usually people castrate males that they
don't plan on using for breeding.

Nella
Quoting Danielle Ledet via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> 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
> >>> Ag-eq
> >>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 5:00 PM
> >>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> >>> 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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