Jeannie T., That's weird about the black eyed peas. Aurora is very close to where I used to live (Wheaton, IL). We had a lot of extra property & a large garden. I tried to put away as much as I could. Good for your brother!! ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: <askgranny@juno.com> To: <SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 11:00 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Vegetables are so expensive... > > I priced tomatoes at a little roadside produce stand today ..Tomatoes > were $1.50 each! I must tell hubby to keep picking the little tommy toes > in the garden...He's about given up on it...I don't think the prices ever > did go down in the store...Making me wonder what they will be this coming > winter...Brrrrrrr...HATE to think of it. I got sweet potatoes for 50 c a > lb...not too bad except Tenn. produces a LOT of sweet potatoes and they > are usually cheaper in the Fall..I saw some of those long necked, striped > Cushaws for $3.00...[a temptation, but already bought a pie punkin to > fry..].They are in the winter squash family, by the way, sometimes known > as potato pumpkin...Sometimes solid white. VERY tasty cut in chunks and > fried with brown sugar and lots of butter... > > Talked to my slightly younger brother last night...He lives in Aurora, IL > , near Chicago. He said all kinds of black eyed peas Volunteered up in > his garden this year, and so many tomatoes he had to hoe lots of them > out. He left a long row, thinking they would all be the little 'tommy > toes', but there were big red ones, black heirloom ones, yellow pear, > etc. He has a big garden and cans and freezes food himself for the two of > them ...Has always done that.[ Another brother now deceased canned food > too...Unusual , I think .} He works , even though he is 72..drives a > little delivery truck for car parts around Aurora. Retired, but it didn't > stick...Got tired of golfing, can play the stock market after work, etc. > Must be nice. He was such a pest growing up...wanted to fight all the > time...Luckily we get along better now.... > > By the way, he said he wrapped the roots of a tomato volunteer and a hot > pepper plant together and planted it in one hole to grow up together. He > said that was supposed to make the tomato taste hot. It didn't taste hot > as you ate it but then you tasted the heat..not really bad but good for > someone who likes hot stuff. I'm sure hubby will want to try that next > year. OUR volunteer tomatoes plus some we grew from seed died in the hot > baking sun....He said Aurora had LOTS of rain...Just can't figure black > eyed type peas volunteering ....even in the South.... > Jeannie T > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message