Posted on 02/10/2024 5:59:35 PM PST by grundle
Sounds like they were mostly interested in selling their fertilizer.
It's not where it comes from...it's what they do to it...like wheat for bread and pizza dough...apple pie...hummm...let me think.
Kids just aren't that stupid.
And the Fresh Air Fund has been around since 1877 and they have done good work.
‘28-Year-Old Woman Learns You Can Eat Fruit From a Tree’
It would be so comical if not so sad.
And schools are growing their own vegies in a hydroponics set up that they created themselves.
Yup. It always tastes better when you’ve nicked it from the neighbors.
Good to see ya, oldasrocks.
How is the wife? Her dogs?
Oh Dear Lord. The ignorance is mind boggling. If I hadn’t seen the video, I’m not sure I’d have believed it.
My grandfather said his father was good friends with Jonny Appleseed, and told me lots of stories about making hard cider and the Indians, going swimming in lake Tippecanoe
I always thought they were tall tails till I was in high school and saw a reference in my history book and started doing research
>>>Polish it off on your shirt sleeve...it’ll be fine.<<<
Bingo! You’re exactly right. That’s what I do with loquats and cherries in my own yard. I’m a bit country, you know. ;)
He died in 1845...
I almost get where she is coming from. She thought that they needed to be processed in some way.
Dyes are added to citrus fruit rinds, and maybe they are washed, but I doubt there is much more that happens to the fruit.
This is the poster’s great-great grandfather. Maybr he or she missed a great before grandfather. Depending on the age of the poster, it “might” be possible.
What is worse than a worm in your apple?
Half a worm 😃
Bump
More likely its just another BS Tik-Tok content producer saying stupid things to get attention.
I grew up eating tangerines and plums from our backyard trees. Get those kids into 4H, even if they are suburban. They will learn all about where food comes from.
Seems like a whole lot of people on this thread would starve if things fell apart.
I grew up in the city of Rochester - we knew where all the apple/plum/cherry/peach/pear/apricot/mulberries/grapes and other “delicacies” grew and when they were ripe....
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