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07/17/10, 10:43 AM
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It's enough when the freezer's full. It's too much when you have stuff that is four years old and you know you are never going to eat it unless you STOP. We like to look at what we have occasionally and use up the old stuff. This way, we know if it's gone off and will throw it away. Your needs change as your kids grow then leave home. Knowing that you can always plant a bigger garden if things go bad helps to keep our stockpiling in line.
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07/17/10, 11:36 AM
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GrammasCabin....that is the most beautiful picture of berries!!! I've never heard of salmonberries but sure wish they grew here.
To BR's question.....not sure there can ever be enough. For personal use, when the pantries and freezers are full, that's enough. But I'm not one to let anything go to waste, so what I can't use, I'll give away to the local food pantry as charity. There's always a need; it makes me feel good to know nothing is wasted and somebody was helped. 
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07/17/10, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by motdaugrnds
I would like to have all those growing on our place. Don't want to hijack this thread; so if anyone can tell me how to get those growing here (6 acres with 4 in pasture land & one acre garden space), I would appreciate a PM. Thanks
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Where is "here"? Go to your profile and put in your location.
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07/17/10, 01:17 PM
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Beautiful Berrys'. Well, I got enough Jam, got enough berrys canned for Yogert, and have been working on Wine.When all the jars are full I'll be happy. Course, the jars just keep comeing cause Mom loves to go Garage saleing. Dh gets ichy if he has to stick arround the house, so passing out all the extras out of the garden is a good thing for him. Every year one thing or another is a bad or a good year, so you just never know what you better stock up on.
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07/17/10, 05:31 PM
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GrammasCabin, thats my new wallpaper...so pretty!!! I've never seen yellow salmon berries before.
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07/17/10, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by motdaugrnds
I would like to have all those growing on our place. Don't want to hijack this thread; so if anyone can tell me how to get those growing here (6 acres with 4 in pasture land & one acre garden space), I would appreciate a PM. Thanks
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Like Sally said, where's here?
Wild blueberries grow in a very acidic soil and need lots of rain and good drainage. I imagine domestic plants would need the same. When an area is clear-cut here the blueberries explode and cover the entire logged area for about 7-10 years - or until the trees grow back and crowd them out. This morning I went to check out a spot logged 3 years ago and filled my 5-gal. bucket in about 2 hours (: That'll be my new blueberry haunt for at least five years now - farther than my old overgrown haunt but not too far for the 4-wheeler.
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07/17/10, 07:56 PM
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I think that it's enough when you have to throw food out because it went bad or you are giving away more food then you are consuming.
I went over board on tuna and I have had to get creative, give some away and even fed some to the dog (she is so old and not eating for a while).
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07/17/10, 08:23 PM
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<---scoots the 31 pints of blackberry jam and 8 pints of blackberry jelly behind me and makes sure the 2+ gallons of berries in the fridge are hid.....
When you figure out when to stop can you please tell me?!
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07/17/10, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by GrammasCabin
Like Sally said, where's here?
Wild blueberries grow in a very acidic soil and need lots of rain and good drainage. I imagine domestic plants would need the same. When an area is clear-cut here the blueberries explode and cover the entire logged area for about 7-10 years - or until the trees grow back and crowd them out. This morning I went to check out a spot logged 3 years ago and filled my 5-gal. bucket in about 2 hours (: That'll be my new blueberry haunt for at least five years now - farther than my old overgrown haunt but not too far for the 4-wheeler.
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Wish our clear cut areas exploded with blueberries rather than prickly blackberries!
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07/17/10, 08:53 PM
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i say when it spoils or goes to waste , but if your deer herd is strong enough to warrant the tags , and your finding good homes for all of them and all of it is eaten by the next season then thats about right.
yes 2 years would be a great goal , but i think getting to one is agood start , frankly i haven't had the time for so much this year i just have so many irons in the fire i havn't gotten to berry picking much we only have a small patch at the house and the kids go clean them out and eat them right there every morning, the weeds , need weeding , and so much needs doing.
but i go with the waste , when things go to waste then it is time to back down.
obviosly time and everything else play roles also.
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07/18/10, 12:22 AM
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We had an unexpected visitor today, nice man who owns a beautiful bed/breakfast... He was lost looking for an address, working temporarily as a Census Worker...no joke- to make up some $$$ for replacing the trout in his lake the OTTERS ate (?!). Strange, huh?! While he was here, since he is a 5-star gourmet cook (we stayed there and that was the most well prepared gourmet meal I have ever had...),k I gave him a tour of our garden. He was pretty "wow'd" as I identified some of his favorite veggies. After touring the entire garden, as he was into it, he walked over to some of our fruit trees, and asked me about them. I told him, which is now more relevant to this thread...
We have (20) fruit trees, and of them, 18 are fruit-bearing and have been for at least 5 years... This year? We won't get enough for us, much less enough to share or give away. Normally, we get a huge amount of apples, pears, cherries, and figs. Now, it was good I put up so much last year. We still have applesauce from last year!
The cool weather crops did great here, but the heat lovers are just now taking off. That produce is late and will be shorter lived... So, by planting double the plants I needed, I'll still have enough for us, to share, and to put up. It pays to have varieties in abundance to make up for any catastrophe's (weather issues, for example). We got hardly any red everbearing strawberries... While out there picking peas last night, I was snacking on Pineapple Strawberries, which we have in abundance. That made me think of this thread, when you think you have enough...you sometimes find out you DON'T!
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07/18/10, 03:03 PM
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lorichristi
well said,
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