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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:56 PM Original message |
An Autumn Without Apples |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow! I had almost no apples either. It's always a mess picking them |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Our neighbor has a big old pecan tree-no pecans this year. I also wonder... nt |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I didn't see any bees this year. None at all. When the news about |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Pecan trees don't need bees |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Thanks for that; I know they don't need bees, as there are tons of |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It is true that pecan trees bear nuts every year |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We had an ice storm which took care of most of the apples, pears, etc. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. try transparent apples |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It used to be that everyone had a transparent apple tree in their backyard. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The other day at the grocery store, the apples ON SALE were |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yeah, I noticed the increase in price in all fruits. Oranges are bad too. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. The (non) fruits of poisoning our planet |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. How weird |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. we had apple butter day last weekend. The trees here were loaded with fruit. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. I guess we've been lucky here in Minnesota |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Ye Olde Spirale Hawke hauled in a MAJOR harvest of backyard Jonathans (organic, natch) |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. lots of apples here |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. I had a lot of peaches, but |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Many apples and pears get in the habit of bearing biennially. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Time to start planting those banana and mango trees. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Poor Isle Madam, |
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Inkyfuzzbottom (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. I live in western Missouri |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-28-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Lotsa bees but hard freeze meant no apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, or walnuts here. (eom) |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. K & R |
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