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Post by JR on Nov 10, 2013 16:55:36 GMT -5
OK all of you wonder what the winter is going to be like this season, it's the annual always trustworthy JR Persimmon Seed forecast, always correct unlike other spring or no spring forecasters!
So now in case you don't know what or how the persimmon seed can tell you the winter forecast here is where to read up from another always trustworthy source:
www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2007/08/31/winter-and-the-persimmon-seed/
So today I went out to check on my crop of persimmons, got a bumper crop this year and we've had two small frosts and the weather report says low of 28F Tuesday night so that will be enough cold on them to take the old pucker factor out. I've over my 5 acres have 56 persimmon tress all native and lots of the female ones which put the fruit out. Don't have to worry about the critters getting them all before I get what I want.
Here is how good they look this year:
The trees are loaded:
Some of the limbs are so loaded they are sagging almost to the ground:
Going to make some real goodies this year! I have 3 pecan trees that I'm picking up pecans everyday now for all the nuts I need for my recipes.
www.cooks.com/recipe/328h2444/persimmon-bars.html
www.cooks.com/recipe/nm66q58c/persimmon-fudge.html
www.cooks.com/recipe/ll02w3rh/persimmon-cake.html
www.cooks.com/recipe/nv6ju5iz/lees-persimmon-cookies.html
Ok I've got off subject and kept you in suspense long enough! Found plenty of seeds off of the driveway and got out the old razor knife to split them down the middle:
And the for the final result?
Spoons! Lots of Spoons! Not one fork for mild weather, and one knife! Get your shovels out and snow blowers ready snows a coming!
JR
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Post by shalomdawg on Nov 12, 2013 1:09:08 GMT -5
thanks fer the post, jr
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by earlwb on Nov 13, 2013 7:22:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up. We are just getting our first freeze of the year this morning down here in North Texas.
I expect there will be many more chilly days coming along too.
My little Asian Pear tree did really good this year, it was way overloaded with fruit. I wound up making a lot of pies this year.
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Post by sailracer on Nov 13, 2013 10:27:38 GMT -5
Call me a Dumb Yankee,but What is a persimmon, And what do you do with it?  |
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Post by JR on Nov 13, 2013 13:13:15 GMT -5
Call me a Dumb Yankee,but What is a persimmon, And what do you do with it? What? ? A persimmon? On man look at the yummy links I posted above, can make everything from bread to pudding, fudge to cookies. Here's some stuff on them, several kinds and mine are the native type persimmons that go back to when the pilgrims came over:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon
Some of the finest golf club heads are made of persimmon wood, very hard and durable. In fact if I ever decided to cut my trees I would have no trouble selling the trees for a good penny.
All who know persimmons know that you don't dare try to eat them until there are ripe and with the native tress like I have they must have a good frost or two to take the pucker out of them and finish off the ripening process. Last night we got down to 24F, they are ready and this afternoon I will be picking them up and shaking them out of the trees too. One can store them for up to 3 weeks in the fridge. I put these through a colinder to press out the fresh pulp and remove the seeds. Once you have the pulp you can use it fresh or freeze it for later.
They've been around a long time and in the days of old people always harvested them just like other native things for lots of goodies, like pecans, blackberries, black walnuts, hickory nuts, mulberries, paw paws, muscadines and more. Arkansas is full of wild natural fruits and nuts that are delicious and free!
JR
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Post by SylvreKat on Nov 19, 2013 22:15:19 GMT -5
So call me a dumb MidWesterner, but what's a knife mean?
>'Kat
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Post by JR on Nov 20, 2013 5:55:19 GMT -5
So call me a dumb MidWesterner, but what's a knife mean? >'Kat The three things one can find as sure fire forecast predictions from the persimmon seed:
Fork = mild winter Spoon = lots of snow to shovel Knife = very cold and wind cuts like a knife
Now ya been educated! 
JR
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Post by tvnacman on Nov 23, 2013 13:54:35 GMT -5
interesting!!!!!!
John
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Post by JR on Nov 23, 2013 14:04:23 GMT -5
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