Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[jinman]

Definitely the last person some of the "nightlife" walking around here wants to PO. Gawd I wish I could retire and go help Jim with all those water hoses:laughing:

Just what I need, a hose-boy with an attitude.:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[farmgirl19]

Just what I need, a hose-boy with an attitude.:laughing::laughing::laughing:

OMG, that is a riot! :applause: (Needed a spew alert, so I wouldn't have coffee on my laptop!)

 

[Western]

Jim, that's what you would have if you ran the "hose array" business like some of these nuts I deal with!! But if I was a "hose boy" for you, I'd refer all complaints to the **** owner!

 

[jinman]

Dennis, that would make TWO of us with attitude. I got my refrigerator repair parts in this morning and decided to install them. Just to be sure, I checked the continuity on the defrost heater. . . O P E N ! ! ! Sheesh, I have enough attitude for the whole county right now. I was feelin' pretty good until then because I had a big bowl of Parker County peaches from last year with vanilla yogurt mixed in. YUM! It's only a little over a month until the Parker County Peach Festival. YEA!:cool2::licking:

 

[farmgirl19]

jinman; Peaches won't be abundant this year, due to the late freeze and frosts, this year. Should be some of the later ones available for the festival, but I'm betting prices will be high. I hope to stop by the Farmer's Market tomorrow, and get mor of an idea what we are up against from the wicked early Spring Weather we had.

I usually put about a bushel's worth in the freezer, but might not get to do that this year.

 

[jinman]

We normally wait until after the peach festival and go to Hutton Peach Farm out west of Weatherford on Hwy 180 at Greenwood Cutoff Road. They have a good selection of several grades of peaches and we normally buy a bushel of the middle grade ones and sometimes a big black diamond watermelon too. Last year, our local fruit stand just south of Bowie only had peaches they would have to pay me to take. This year, I think the freezes got all their peaches. Sometimes in Weatherford, the light freezes will thin the crop so that the peaches that are produced are spectacular. It's always a roll of the dice, but Parker County peaches are worth the drive in my opinion.

 

[Western]

A self-made Refrig repairman with an attitude" huh:laughing:

I KNEW IT, it's some kind of conspiracy!!!

Weather here, well, it sucks! Hot and Humid and sticky!

 

[farmgirl19]

We normally wait until after the peach festival and go to Hutton Peach Farm out west of Weatherford on Hwy 180 at Greenwood Cutoff Road. They have a good selection of several grades of peaches and we normally buy a bushel of the middle grade ones and sometimes a big black diamond watermelon too. Last year, our local fruit stand just south of Bowie only had peaches they would have to pay me to take. This year, I think the freezes got all their peaches. Sometimes in Weatherford, the light freezes will thin the crop so that the peaches that are produced are spectacular. It's always a roll of the dice, but Parker County peaches are worth the drive in my opinion.

He is the one saying the crop would be slim, this year. I don't mind seconds. Might not be as pretty, but taste the same! If you're just eating them, or cutting them to freeze, not a big deal, IMO.

 

[Bird]

He is the one saying the crop would be slim, this year. I don't mind seconds. Might not be as pretty, but taste the same! If you're just eating them, or cutting them to freeze, not a big deal, IMO.

A lot of years ago, when I worked downtown Dallas, I stopped now and then at the Farmers Market; used to get some great deals on "seconds" or "culls".

 

[jinman]

It seems to me that peaches come in three sizes: Premium grade, medium grade, and knotty. The little ones seem to have the same size of seed as the big ones, so when you peel them there's only about a bite or two left. The top two grades are just fine since both have lots of sweet flesh. Mediums also seem to be better tasting to me. Big is not necessarily better.

A couple of years ago, Wise County had a bumper crop of peaches. We went into our local fruit stand and she had very ripe peaches she had culled for about $2.50 a peck. I bought all I could get and cut and bagged them for freezing the same day with plenty of Fruit Fresh to help them stay fresh. There were a few bruised spots, but overall, it was a huge bargain. I felt guilty and paid her $5 per peck. Last year, my wife bought a half-bushel of the sorriest peaches known to man from the same place and paid $20 for them. I could not believe she paid for those. I think she felt sorry for the woman who had so many peaches that she couldn't sell. The lady who runs the fruit stand and her husband are getting on in age and it seems harder each year for them. Several of their orchards have just died off from inattention.

There's a new fruit and veggie stand in Bowie across from our best feed & seed store. The young lady who runs that stand used to sell out of her SUV on the feed store parking lot. Guess where she gets her peaches? Yep, Parker County. The only problem is that she has to charge more for them. In truth, it might be cheaper than the gas to go to Weatherford, but I like going to Hutton's, so I just make the trip each year. One year, I found a young couple selling peaches on the side of the road up from Hutton's. It was the end of the day and they had two half bushels left. I asked the guy what his price was and he said $30 for a half-bushel, but if I'd take both, he'd let me have them for $20 each. It was late and hot. He wanted to close up and go home. That year, I didn't make it to Hutton's.

 

[farmgirl19]

A lot of years ago, when I worked downtown Dallas, .......

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.

 

[farmgirl19]

jinman; You peel your peaches? I just slice them and put them in a bowl, or freeze them. Quicker and easier, that way. (Maybe I am just lazy!)

 

[NativeSon]

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.

Those of us that work in Dallas and Downtown Dallas didn't know how crazy we were till we re-located to the country. Now a 1 day trip into the large D to see the grandkids and I'm worn out. I have to psyc myself up just to handle the traffic. When we come back from the "D" my wife always gives a big war-hoop when we cross the Wood County line. "It's good to be home."

Charlie

 

[Bird]

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.

I worked 30 years in Dallas, 5 years downtown at the Post Office, then nearly 25 years with the Police Department, about 20 of those downtown. While I worked at the Post Office, I moonlighted as a taxi driver.:laughing:

And now . . . I try to not even go into Dallas; it only gets worse with time. And I'm certainly no good as a prognosticator. In 1964-65, I was working the northwest part of Dallas when they first started building something to be called LBJ Freeway (I-635) and I couldn't imagine ever needing a road that big out there in those horse pastures.

You know I spent the 1971-72 school year at Northwestern University, living in a Chicago suburb, and a cousin still occasionally reminds me that I told him then that only 2 kinds of people lived in the Chicago area; those who had to live there to earn a living and those who were born and raised there and didn't know there was a real world elsewhere. And I'm afraid he and I both feel that way about Dallas now.

 

[blueriver]

Those of us that work in Dallas and Downtown Dallas didn't know how crazy we were till we re-located to the country. Now a 1 day trip into the large D to see the grandkids and I'm worn out. I have to psyc myself up just to handle the traffic. When we come back from the "D" my wife always gives a big war-hoop when we cross the Wood County line. "It's good to be home."

Charlie

I can't imagine .. I hate just driving to one of the airports .. Then again I hate driving to the closest store. I guess I just got tired of it ... "It's good to stay home" !!

 

[blueriver]

We normally wait until after the peach festival and go to Hutton Peach Farm out west of Weatherford on Hwy 180 at Greenwood Cutoff Road. They have a good selection of several grades of peaches and we normally buy a bushel of the middle grade ones and sometimes a big black diamond watermelon too. Last year, our local fruit stand just south of Bowie only had peaches they would have to pay me to take. This year, I think the freezes got all their peaches. Sometimes in Weatherford, the light freezes will thin the crop so that the peaches that are produced are spectacular. It's always a roll of the dice, but Parker County peaches are worth the drive in my opinion.

We have peach trees currently loaded with peaches ... I'm not sure what they are.. Neighbor tells me "Indian Peaches" they are smaller, reddish in color very juicy and delicious ... We have peach jam, peach cobbler, fresh peaches, frozen peaches, peach pie "Run Forrest Run" !!!! You get the idea peaches all the peaches we can stand. Goog thing we like them.

 

[Western]

I worked 30 years in Dallas, .

Yep, it was allot different in BIG "D" before electricity!:laughing: 1st "patrol car" Bird drove , he hitched to a post! Y'all come on down and get ya some "Houston", I'd rather put up with Dallas all day.

Here is a poor cell photo of our job, humidity was 84%



FG19, This is the best sunrise photo I could get :laughing: Yours clearly wins. I was too dirty and tired to walk to the beach.

 

[jinman]

We have peach trees currently loaded with peaches ...

I want to plant at least a couple of peach trees and a couple of plum trees soon. Pear trees also seem to do well in this area. The wild plums in our area have zero plums on them this year. They are normally loaded at this time of year, but the late freezes really gave them a knockout punch. When wild plums don't make, you know something is wrong.

 

[Bird]

Y'all come on down and get ya some "Houston", I'd rather put up with Dallas all day.

I went to Houston and Galveston on business a couple of times in the late 70s, but then just passed through once about 1990-91. Never did like that town and their traffic.

 

[texasjohn]

Farmgirl, you're such a ring tailed tooter that even a padded toom :tombstone:
wouldn't keep you contained
:dance1:

Further, :wonderwoman:, at almost 13 posts daily, you win my nomination for Texas chat queen! :salute::bullhorn:

Are you sure that you have any sanity left, Bird? If I had to work in "downtown Dallas", I'm not sure that I wouldn't be in a padded toom somewhere.