[geeks] I really don't get it ...

[Chris Hedemark]

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On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 09:01 PM, Mike Hebel wrote:

> Stop it! ;-) You're making me miss my Grandmother's 10 acres in 
> Kenosha, WI.  It wasn't much but it was covered in apple trees, 
> locusts, a couple of black walnuts.

Sounds like my kind of place.  But you can enjoy much of this in the 
'burbs, even in the city (not an orchard, of course, but a container 
garden is quite possible).

I've got 36 acres in the next county, but I live on an acre and a half 
and I'm slowly converting every square foot to provide me with 
something.  Raspberries and blackberries were planted this year.  Some 
pears went in last year.  Next year I look forward to moving my herbs 
outside, and planting a few apple trees (gala, winesap, and some as yet 
undetermined crab apple).

> It had more blackberries and red raspberries than you could shake a 
> stick at.  I miss it greatly...I only wish I had had 200k when it > sold.

Look around.  You can find blackberries in the most unexpected places.  
I found a huge thicket of blackberries next to the gas station a mile 
from my house.  People flying down the country highway are in a hurry 
to get somewhere, looking out their window at the weird guy eating 
something from the weeds on the side of the road.

Are you in the city?  Burbs?  Sticks?  Chances are you can capture a 
little of your grandmother's magic wherever you are.

Chris Hedemark
Hillsborough, NC
http://yonderway.com


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