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You are so sweet to start this thread. I'd be interested in the future too. Although I'm a news junkie, some days it gets rather dredful. Been waiting for my local rag to have a gardening section, but doubt it will ever happen. they do devote a one-inch thick section to sports! Gardening is the most popular hobby in the US. Can't figure that one out unless it's no one can make much money off us. Live in west TX and we do have great chalenges. Summer heat sometimes 119 degrees! for as much as three weeks. Only advantage is we can garden year round--if we can get water.
Don't know why everyone hates the squirels. I love them, although one has just dicovered a hole in my patio cushions and is pulling the dacron stuffing out to make a nest. clever little critters. PS. They are edible, just don't get an old one. You can boil them all day and they're still something akin to eating a pot of rubber bands.
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"They are edible, just don't get an old one. You can boil them all day and they're still something akin to eating a pot of rubber bands."
I grew up in Oklahoma eating squirrel and dumplings (like chicken and dumplings). I married a Louisiana man so now I prefer squirrel gumbo. We've got a lot of them here in Southwestern Missouri, but my husband never seems to have time to knock a couple down for me to cook.
It's rainy and cool here today. A big pot of gumbo would really hit the spot!