The trees are drying out. A couple people have asked what happens to them. Years ago they would have been burned out in the open. But, that time has passed. They will be ground up and then burned at a biomass plant. The cost of removal goes up and down based on the price of electricity. Once again farmers are doing their part for the environment.
Elsewhere on the farm- we started defoliation of the cotton this week. It looks like it was just in time. It was 90 degrees and calm yesterday. Today it has been in the 70's and very windy. Now we wait. While the cotton plants dry down and the leaves fall off we are still working on equipment. We will have the pickers ready by midweek. Then we will start servicing the tractors and discs.
Seasonal Food
By Paul H. Betancourt
February 2012
I wait all year long for the Naval Oranges to come in.
Harvest starts in November but I wait until December when they are that much
sweeter. Then it is fresh squeezed orange juice almost every morning until
March. After that I really don’t drink much orange juice until the following
December. There just is nothing like fresh squeezed orange juice and I am
willing to wait.
We have gotten kind of spoiled that last thirty years or so.
We are used to having everything available all the time. When I was a kid we
had to wait all year for fresh strawberries in the Spring. Now we can get
strawberries all year long. I think we have lost something in the process.
There are some foods I just eat at certain times of the
year. For example, I eat a lot of soup in December, not so much in July. I eat
a lot of salads in July, not so much in December. It’s kind of like Christmas baking. I only
make fudge during the holidays.
It is said, ‘variety is the spice of life.’ Well, seasonal
variety spices up my life.
I hope Y'all have a a great week!
P
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