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Have a Very Berry Summer
Childhood summers on the farm were defined by specific tasks: helping Mom in her massive vegetable garden, preparing for the county fair, baling hay and straw, and picking strawberries.
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... Most summer evenings, the entire family crowded onto Grandma's front steps in the shade of a massive oak. Grandma served bowls of steaming shortcake topped with crisp, sweet strawberries drowning in cold milk. Sometimes, we'd get a strawberry pie. A few years ago, I planted 12 strawberry plants and coaxed a few jars of jam and one strawberry pie from them. Last year, I invited the neighborhood to pick. We couldn't keep up. The reward for all this garden work comes in a bowl of strawberry shortcake shared with family on the front porch. Summer traditions continue one berry at a time. ...
A few years ago, I planted 12 strawberry plants and coaxed a few jars of jam and one strawberry pie from them.
Last year, I invited the neighborhood to pick. We couldn't keep up.
The reward for all this garden work comes in a bowl of strawberry shortcake shared with family on the front porch. Summer traditions continue one berry at a time. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-22 12:27 AM | Reply
That visualization reminds me of ...
Robert Earl Keen - The Front Porch Song (1984) www.youtube.com
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... [Verse 1] This old porch is a big ol' red-and-white Hereford bull Standin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas He just keeps on playin' hide-and-seek with that hot August sun He's sweatin' and a-pantin' 'cause his work is never done, oh no He's got them cows and that red-top cane [Verse 2] This old porch is a steamin' greasy plate of enchiladas With lots of cheese and onions and a guacamole salad You can get them at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown With iced tea and a waitress who will smile every time, yeah she will I left a quarter tip on my ten dollar bill ...
[Verse 2] This old porch is a steamin' greasy plate of enchiladas With lots of cheese and onions and a guacamole salad You can get them at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown With iced tea and a waitress who will smile every time, yeah she will I left a quarter tip on my ten dollar bill ...
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-22 01:38 AM | Reply
My blackberry patch is kicking out the jams. Largest crop I have seen in ten years. Lots of pies coming up but not enough for blackberry wine. Damn tomatoes are still green.
#3 | Posted by shoeless at 2025-07-22 08:10 AM | Reply
Who the ---- puts milk on strawberry shortcake? I hate that whore.
#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-22 01:01 PM | Reply
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