The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

Tell our weather people they are all telling us we need more rain

I think the difference might be that Washington State gets rain in the Summer. We do not here so our reservoirs are critical. Storage is very low currently since this is the second year of drought for us.

99% of our rain and snow comes from October to late March. It is hard to comprehend but I literally will not see rain until then. Months of no rain.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I think part of it is we ship water there I think ? not super sure of that

 

[Sally PB]

Sat down with some mindless TV on for shelling and it was only a couple of shows. Will be doing that frequently over then next couple of days as more peas swell in the shell for harvesting. (I picked maaaybe about 1/4 of them today.)

When I was a teenager, my mom picked the peas and beans, and it was my job to shell and snip. Sitting in a bathing suit, in the shade, go jump in Torch Lake to cool off... yeah, I got the easy part of the job.

My Grandmother won a prize as the fastest bean snipper in Central Lake, MI when she was a young woman.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yes, we saw a picture of Lake Berryessa and it is very empty.

32 square miles of dry?!? Oh that is NOT good.

 

[Beer can]

When I was a teenager, my mom picked the peas and beans, and it was my job to shell and snip. Sitting in a bathing suit, in the shade, go jump in Torch Lake to cool off... yeah, I got the easy part of the job.

My Grandmother won a prize as the fastest bean snipper in Central Lake, MI when she was a young woman.

We did over a hundred pints of beans don't remember how many quarts and dilly beans also last yr. I was going to downsize our garden, DW came outside and asked after I was done rototilling.
"Thought you were downsizing " she says,
yah, well you never know.

 

[microchick]

My mom used to process two bushels of green beans every year for table use when I was growing up.

I can string and cut beans with my eyes closed.

 

[pennyJo1960]

What I recall most Grandma and Ma cooked vegtables in boiling water till mush

 

[Sally PB]

We did over a hundred pints of beans

One of the "summer sounds" I remember from my teenagerhood was the sound of the pressure canner. SSSSHHHHHH rattle-rattle-rattle-rattle.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, All. Shelling peas and pressure cooker canning - memories.

 

[cheepteach]

my job was chopping for pickle relishes