My grandmother lived on a farm and for a time I lived with her. We killed a hog and a cow for winter and rendered the lard off the hog. We raised 2 gardens a year, the first to eat off of and can some if we had the time, and the second to mainly can. We had wild blackberries growing along the railroad tracks beside her house that we picked and made jams and jellies and lots of blackberry cobblers. Behind her house was a pond with catfish and in the fence row behind that was wild asparagus that I would go pick every other day. My grandma cooked everything with Lard including her biscuits and she lived to be 82. I now have to watch my cholesterol and don't even use Lard, so what does that tell ya?
Thanks, I had the best grandma in the world. Part Irish and part Cherokee. She looked and acted more Indian than anything, especially when she was on the warpath. Haha!
Yep! Made great "cracklin" cornbread with the cracklin's that came to the surface after the fat melted off the skin. And I forgot we used to go "poke" salad picking about this time of year. I haven't seen any yet, but I still pick poke salad; I however had to start my own asparagus bed. It ain't the same as the good wild asparagus, but it's all mine since the Amish keep the wild asparagus picked around here.
You must have read my mind. I have written a book about my grandmother. It's titled after her. It is my first book and I am about three-quarters finished with book two of my series. It is the story of my grandmother's life starting at the age of eleven when her mother died and she met my grandfather. I don't have the time to write like I once did because I babysit 5 of my grandchildren plus I have custody of my 3 oldest. I haven't written since "I think" January of last year. Anyway I'll get back to it. It will probably be 4 or 5 books from the time she was eleven until her death. Christian Books has a copy of my first book. I am working on saving the money to get it published. I leave it to the Lord to help me get this accomplished. And I know it will be done.
My grandmother lived on a farm and for a time I lived with her. We killed a hog and a cow for winter and rendered the lard off the hog. We raised 2 gardens a year, the first to eat off of and can some if we had the time, and the second to mainly can. We had wild blackberries growing along the railroad tracks beside her house that we picked and made jams and jellies and lots of blackberry cobblers. Behind her house was a pond with catfish and in the fence row behind that was wild asparagus that I would go pick every other day. My grandma cooked everything with Lard including her biscuits and she lived to be 82. I now have to watch my cholesterol and don't even use Lard, so what does that tell ya?
Wow, what amazing childhood memories! You're quite blessed.
Thanks, I had the best grandma in the world. Part Irish and part Cherokee. She looked and acted more Indian than anything, especially when she was on the warpath. Haha!
Yep! Made great "cracklin" cornbread with the cracklin's that came to the surface after the fat melted off the skin. And I forgot we used to go "poke" salad picking about this time of year. I haven't seen any yet, but I still pick poke salad; I however had to start my own asparagus bed. It ain't the same as the good wild asparagus, but it's all mine since the Amish keep the wild asparagus picked around here.
You must have read my mind. I have written a book about my grandmother. It's titled after her. It is my first book and I am about three-quarters finished with book two of my series. It is the story of my grandmother's life starting at the age of eleven when her mother died and she met my grandfather. I don't have the time to write like I once did because I babysit 5 of my grandchildren plus I have custody of my 3 oldest. I haven't written since "I think" January of last year. Anyway I'll get back to it. It will probably be 4 or 5 books from the time she was eleven until her death. Christian Books has a copy of my first book. I am working on saving the money to get it published. I leave it to the Lord to help me get this accomplished. And I know it will be done.