Well, we just cut down a cabbage palm this morning. The people that know me understand I don’t like to cut down a tree if I don’t have to. Most times, here on the place if we have to get rid of a tree, we simply dig it up and transplant it.
Now, there are times the trees are so large we can’t transplant them, but whenever we can, we will transplant them to a spot they’re not in our way. The ones we can’t move, we’ll cut them up and use them for firewood.
The reason for cutting the palm this morning was simply it was growing up among a pretty couple of oaks, and by the palm being there, it was restricting the oaks from growing off as they should. So, we cut it.
BUT…
Being we had to cut it anyway, we might as well get the heart of the palm and have us a big mess of swamp cabbage tonight. So that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
We’ll be supplying a couple videos today as well. The first will be showing what’s involved in getting the heart out of the palm, and the second showing how Deb cooks it. I’m sure most know how this is done, but the videos will show the ones who don’t what it is, and how we prepare it.
It’s actually pretty simple, but there is some work involved. My bunch this morning, Red, Dale and one-eared Bob, started moaning right off the bat, but once I suggested to them we could skip the swamp cabbage scenario, and simply get the 20 inch cut push mower with its bagger, and cut the grass today, they decided that , yes, Dub and Deb NEEDED some swamp cabbage!
Red is not working this week in our paving business, so he got to help too. “Lucky Red,” is all I have to say! For some unknown reason I feel at times he doesn’t consider his “ridin out” here to help us out isn’t considered “lucky” in his book! Imagine that!
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‘Ridin Out The Recession With Dub and Deb in “Miz Judi’s Kitchen’!
Note to Readers: There are a few things that Dub doesn’t know but one thing he does know is that the word ‘Riding’ (as in Riding Out the Recession) is spelled with a ‘g’ at the end. But Dub not only walks the walk, but speaks like he is: down home, true blue, and plain speakin’ country folk.
Dub and Deb are both native Floridians, live in Central Florida, and run a small business as well. They have five children, and seven grandchildren.
Both love to cook, love to laugh, grow a garden, and generally try to “aggravate” most anyone around them basically…all in good fun, of course!
