Comments on: Nuttin’ http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ginny Manor http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29752 Ginny Manor Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:28:28 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29752 Black walnuts are definately worth the trouble. Forty plus years ago, my parents and I took a day each fall to 'go nutting'. We gathered black walnuts and 'hicker' (hicory) nuts in Western Kentucky...wonderful days filled not just with getting the nuts, but also full of family stories and local history. However, the reason I'm posting is how Daddy managed the walnut husking. He placed the nuts in a burlap bag and drove the car over them several times. He still had stained hands, but the job was easier! Black walnuts are definately worth the trouble. Forty plus years ago, my parents and I took a day each fall to ‘go nutting’. We gathered black walnuts and ‘hicker’ (hicory) nuts in Western Kentucky…wonderful days filled not just with getting the nuts, but also full of family stories and local history. However, the reason I’m posting is how Daddy managed the walnut husking. He placed the nuts in a burlap bag and drove the car over them several times. He still had stained hands, but the job was easier!

]]> By: Carol http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29751 Carol Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:11:33 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29751 Thanks for the reply, Suzanne. Glad to hear they all found good homes. I love my kitties, too! Them and my dog are like babies to me. I live in suburbia and love reading about how you're building your new farm life. I'm living vicariously through you! Thanks for the reply, Suzanne. Glad to hear they all found good homes. I love my kitties, too! Them and my dog are like babies to me. I live in suburbia and love reading about how you’re building your new farm life. I’m living vicariously through you!

]]> By: Patty http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29748 Patty Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:36:54 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29748 I've been Fall Festivallin' too! We always go to Heritage Days in Rogersville, TN - my hometown. It's HUGE. I went there with every intention of getting funnel cake, but I never did manage to get one. :hissyfit: I did however get peach butter, apple butter, and a fried apple pie, oh and fresh squeezed lemonade. MMmmm Plus a ton of crafty things. Had a fantastic time! I hope you did as well. Can't wait to see the pics! I’ve been Fall Festivallin’ too! We always go to Heritage Days in Rogersville, TN – my hometown. It’s HUGE. I went there with every intention of getting funnel cake, but I never did manage to get one. :hissyfit: I did however get peach butter, apple butter, and a fried apple pie, oh and fresh squeezed lemonade. MMmmm Plus a ton of crafty things. Had a fantastic time! I hope you did as well. Can’t wait to see the pics!

]]> By: Minna http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29746 Minna Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:12:32 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29746 Sounds fun! Around here we have annual mushroom festival. The last time -few weeks ago, in fact- other people were running around the forests in order to find the biggest mushroom or some such(mushroom picking world championship) I was planting trees with my relatives. The mere thought of it still makes my body ache... Sounds fun! Around here we have annual mushroom festival. The last time -few weeks ago, in fact- other people were running around the forests in order to find the biggest mushroom or some such(mushroom picking world championship) I was planting trees with my relatives. The mere thought of it still makes my body ache…

]]> By: Estella http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29744 Estella Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:30:14 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29744 Can't wait to see the festival pics! Can’t wait to see the festival pics!

]]> By: catslady http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29743 catslady Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:58:05 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29743 I always wanted to volunteer at a shelter but I'm just not strong enough to let go and I know I'd want to save them all but you have to do what's best for them and you did, Suzanne. Can't wait to hear all about the parade and see pics!!!! I always wanted to volunteer at a shelter but I’m just not strong enough to let go and I know I’d want to save them all but you have to do what’s best for them and you did, Suzanne.

Can’t wait to hear all about the parade and see pics!!!!

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29742 Suzanne McMinn Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:42:06 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29742 Blue (who was later renamed Bluebell when we discovered HE was a SHE!) didn't fit in very well after we moved to the farm. She wasn't used to being around farm animals and she even got to where she was terrorizing the cats (who she had formerly gotten along with). We also had gotten a couple of large black dogs, thinking they would work out well in the country--but they didn't. When the three of them started literally CHEWING their way into the chicken house to get to the chickens, a hard decision had to be made. On a farm, you can't have dogs that want to eat the livestock. After some effort, I found them a new home and cried a lot and said goodbye. That's life on a farm--you have to make some hard decisions sometimes for the good of the farm. I should make an update note on that post sometime so that when people read it, they know about Bluebell. I really loved her, so I was very sad to see her go, but I was afraid she'd kill a chicken as soon as she and the other two got into the chicken house, plus the cats were a big concern, too, and I love my kitties. :cry: Blue (who was later renamed Bluebell when we discovered HE was a SHE!) didn’t fit in very well after we moved to the farm. She wasn’t used to being around farm animals and she even got to where she was terrorizing the cats (who she had formerly gotten along with). We also had gotten a couple of large black dogs, thinking they would work out well in the country–but they didn’t. When the three of them started literally CHEWING their way into the chicken house to get to the chickens, a hard decision had to be made. On a farm, you can’t have dogs that want to eat the livestock. After some effort, I found them a new home and cried a lot and said goodbye. That’s life on a farm–you have to make some hard decisions sometimes for the good of the farm. I should make an update note on that post sometime so that when people read it, they know about Bluebell. I really loved her, so I was very sad to see her go, but I was afraid she’d kill a chicken as soon as she and the other two got into the chicken house, plus the cats were a big concern, too, and I love my kitties.
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]]> By: Brandy http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29739 Brandy Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:12:56 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29739 You didn't come home with a puppy this time? How about a kitten? *G* Eat some Funnel cake for me. *G* You didn’t come home with a puppy this time? How about a kitten? *G* Eat some Funnel cake for me. *G*

]]> By: Carol http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29737 Carol Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:51:56 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29737 I've been enjoying you blog for about 6 months now. I just went back and read about the puppy coming home from last year's festival. Where is the puppy now? I looked through the archives a little, but didn't see anything. The curiosity is killing me! I’ve been enjoying you blog for about 6 months now. I just went back and read about the puppy coming home from last year’s festival. Where is the puppy now? I looked through the archives a little, but didn’t see anything. The curiosity is killing me!

]]> By: Janet http://chickensintheroad.com/living/nuttin/#comment-29736 Janet Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:26:35 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=3455#comment-29736 I love black walnuts! There are black walnut trees everywhere you look in Jackson County. I hulled a lot of them last year and put the nuts in the freezer,I still have a bunch. Don't know if I'll do it this year or not, it's a mess, and nobody wants to help me. Of course, I could be like the little red hen and not let them eat the goodies I make with them, but I wouldn't do that. I love black walnuts! There are black walnut trees everywhere you look in Jackson County. I hulled a lot of them last year and put the nuts in the freezer,I still have a bunch. Don’t know if I’ll do it this year or not, it’s a mess, and nobody wants to help me. Of course, I could be like the little red hen and not let them eat the goodies I make with them, but I wouldn’t do that.

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