We are finally getting some much needed rain! Thank you God! Have you ever noticed that when you really need something, he always provides it? We were so dry, and watering the garden with a hose, just doesn’t make it shoot up like a good rain.
This morning it looks like the plants have grown about 2 inches. After the rain they are really looking good. I told you the other day we had some bell peppers popping out, and now we have a few little tomatoes and some banana peppers. I do believe that maybe by next week or even possibly the end of this week, I will pick my first peppers, and I can’t wait.
Now, talking about the garden made me think back to when I was little, and how we used to have a big garden! This was simply because, as you know, back then most people grew what they needed to eat.
One day Mama and the older girls had gone out to pick the garden. Well, me and my brother waited for them to get back. Ted and I didn’t have to pick, but we did have to help shell the peas when they come in with them. I’m telling you, when they picked the peas, it would take all day to finish them, and that was with seven people shelling! Mama and Daddy grew a lot of peas, well really, most everything else too. Dub says they didn’t have just a few kids, he says they had a herd!
They got back, and me and Ted was just a waiting to start, we were on ready, I’m here to tell you! This was so we could get through with the peas, and go back to playing! This one particular day though, it seemed like we shelled and shelled, and those peas just kept growing in that pile.
What Mama would do is stack them on the porch, and then we would all start shelling them. Looking back, it didn’t seem like the older kids minded it as much. But I’m here to tell you, me and Ted had more important “fish to fry,” than sitting on that ole’ porch…shelling peas! Why, we had to go do things like chase the dog, or scare the chickens, you know, priorities!
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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!
