sadly my grape vines didn't make it...... I tried..... I really tried. The only grapes I've heard of down here are Muscatel. I do have four avocado trees started and they are doing well. Unfortunately I don't like avocados!!! Does anyone still eat DandyLion greens??? I'm sure we used to eat those back in the day. Or have I entirely lost my mind..... nevermind.... don't answer that last part. paulette in sw fla usa......no tellin' what MaKettle cooked up for us...... whatever it was, it didn't kill us - YET! On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:18 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > We used to pick Muscadines throughout the woods and off the sides of the > dirt road that went by our log house.....Since we climbed like monkeys it > wasn't a problem for us to shinny up a tree...We didn't have to worry > about pollution from passing traffic,since the only thing that ever > traveled that road was the mailman , and once in awhile the peddler man > in his old flivver....Mama made the hulls into jam and the inner part was > cooked and seeded and made into jam.... > > Our neighbor has an enormous Muscadine vine but it never has > fruit...Needs a pollinator, probably...I ought to plant some seed and > hope one turns out to be the right sex to pollinate it....The elderly > folks who own the property had a place on KY Lake and may have brought > the vine home from there....I'm really looking forward to buying some of > these 'grapes' at Wal Mart.....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ____________________________________________________________ > Click here to find a huge selection of computer desks & furniture. > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nZ3ibgmMJQ68IPsPqO8aDwz8t6mlyEOkBUF7G70LYkFnXLM/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

If you're like in our family, you ate what was on the table and never complained. It didn't pay to be picky when I was growing up. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Muscadine time........ sadly my grape vines didn't make it...... I tried..... I really tried. The only grapes I've heard of down here are Muscatel. I do have four avocado trees started and they are doing well. Unfortunately I don't like avocados!!! Does anyone still eat DandyLion greens??? I'm sure we used to eat those back in the day. Or have I entirely lost my mind..... nevermind.... don't answer that last part. paulette in sw fla usa......no tellin' what MaKettle cooked up for us...... whatever it was, it didn't kill us - YET!