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To: MissMagnolia

I am so jealous of your Brown Turkey figs!


53 posted on 09/02/2012 7:11:34 AM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: tubebender

I wish I could send you some .... but they’re all in fig butter and the few we have left aren’t going to last the weekend! This is a VERY special bush, not only because it is doing so well, but because my favorite uncle gave it to us - he is now deceased. Every time I look at it, I think of him. He was a super-talented guy ... only a high school education & could do math in his head like a whiz, but didn’t read all that well. He grew up in the country in NC and his farm boy background gave him the skills to fix anything as well as a major green thumb. He grew all sorts of fruit & nut trees, berry bushes, raised quail & rabbits, had a great garden, made home-made wine and was a fairly major beekeeper (farmers would call him for hives to pollinate their fields). He was a good cook and came up with all sorts of work-saving gadgets around his place. If he didn’t know how to do/fix something, he had a friend who did. He had a kind heart and spent a good deal of his time helping others. I know he would be very happy that the Brown Turkey Fig bush is doing so well. :-)


54 posted on 09/02/2012 8:27:17 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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