We have been very sick here! Have been since Thursday evening. My husband even had to have a sub called in Friday.
We have Anna Apple, Golden delicious, red delicious, Darsett golden Apple, Blueberries, figs, Bartlett pears, Bing cherries, Purple plums, Golden plums, 5 Peaches( I forget the names) and the citric, I already mentioned. Blackberries grow wild around here, so I would like to try a thorn less Raspberry, too. Pecans were very abundant in St. Bernard, too, but since Katrina, not many survived! We would gather toms of the paper shelled at my friends house, shell them and freeze to have all year.
Lots of processing, this time of year and you know, we have to make Hay while the sun shines! Plucked a turkey today and plan to process 7 rabbits tomorrow, if it isn't raining, tomorrow! Then they go into the freezer on Wednesday and if the weather permits, will process one of those big boy 18 month toms, you saw, while Hubby has his first apt with his new doctor. Since I will be doing it alone, I'll skin him except for the breast, I'll pluck and freeze that for a big roasted turkey breast, but debone the rest for smoked turkey sausages and ground turkey. I chill everything(except ground meat) for 3 days in a 72 quart ice chest on the front porch. In good weather, every 3 days, I will be taking out and freezing the contents and after a good cleaning, process something else to go in, hopefully till everything is processed and frozen, that's not being wintered over. I can't process the big toms and pluck them without help, or risk getting burned with the hot water dunking they need, by myself, so I have to do those when hubby's around to help. They weigh 40+ pounds and I can't hold those with stretched out arms by myself any more without using the tractor and something broke on it today!
I think something was going around, I had a few days running from the bedroom to the bathroom and lost 5 pounds in 3 days, feeling better, but lost another 4 pounds since. I didn't plan to loose the extra pounds until after the holidays, but the scale said 124 this morning and my size 6 jeans aren't tight at al anymore, so I should be down to my ideal medical weight be Christmas. Drinking a lot of mint tea helps, but can't overeat or I get real queasy. I have a Doctor's apt for the 2nd, so I'll see what she says!
I got to play with the girls for awhile today. I enjoy days I get to hang with my lap girl lol 
the fugly EE next to her (i love her-but whew her molt kicked her butt ) is the Boss hen after awhile of being bottom hen and relishing every moment lol, affectionately named Blue because we thought she'd lay us blue eggs lol doh . 6 jumbo (white/grey-ish) eggs a week. Every week, all seasons...best layer I've had so we kept her when we learned the difference between EEs and AMs and went on the hunt for wheatans .
Pam
Does your apple bear fruit? I've been wanting to grow apples but I'm told they won't fruit. I'd also like to know how your bing cherry does here. I love bing cherries.
I think the black berries are wild all over the state.
Ron keeps cutting trees which I like my trees. To day he dangled planting more fruit trees if I let him cut a magnolia. That's a hard one Maybe if he plants five fruit for the magnolia.
