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Spring rituals
You got any?
I'm chomping at the bit to do the spring cleaning, scrubing down all the walls, washing all the curtains, packing away heavy dark winter things and bringing out all the light airy summer things...my husband gets anxious to fire up the riding lawn mower, I'm looking forward to that first pile of BBQ meat fresh off the grill...Sunday car trips with the windows down.
(sigh) dammit...actually...i could be seeing snow flurries during the night...
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| April 11, 2008, 22:57 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Spring rituals
lots of stuff, i want my garden, i love playing in that, mushroom hunting, swimmin in my sand pit. bbq's, & yard work
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| April 11, 2008, 23:34 |
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Re: Spring rituals
Oh yeah mushroom hunting! I have been just dying to spend the whole day hiking along the wooded river bottoms for shrooms even though I don't really like Morels that much, I'm dying for a day along the dry creek beds hunting arrowheads.
Awww dammit!! I just thought about the sassafrass! That's a feburary thing to do! I missed sassafrass root digging season! Dammit dammit dammit...I just love that stuff too.
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| April 11, 2008, 23:37 |
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NRG4U
63 / male
Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Spring rituals
arrowhead is a favorite pastime too, i just found some nice clovis points last week
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| April 11, 2008, 23:42 |
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Re: Spring rituals
I don't really know one kind from the other...I just know they are really cool old pointed rocks!
Now mushrooms...I do know my mushrooms!
Indian game balls are always cool to find, I've even found some old pioneer fired and glazed marbles. Artifacts of any kind are just freakin' great!
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| April 11, 2008, 23:44 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Spring rituals
ive found most everything , except a whole unbroken pottery, clovis, are wide, thin, but have a blood groove in them, i have grater stones,(flour grinders) drills, scrapers, pipes, even bone fish hooks
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| April 11, 2008, 23:48 |
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Re: Re: Spring rituals
QUOTE (Chazzy @ April 11, 2008, 23:37)Oh yeah mushroom hunting! I have been just dying to spend the whole day hiking along the wooded river bottoms for shrooms even though I don't really like Morels that much, I'm dying for a day along the dry creek beds hunting arrowheads.
Awww dammit!! I just thought about the sassafrass! That's a feburary thing to do! I missed sassafrass root digging season! Dammit dammit dammit...I just love that stuff too.
Hey Chazzy, are morels like Truffles, and not the chocolate kind either, lol.
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| April 11, 2008, 23:58 |
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NRG4U
63 / male
Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Spring rituals
morels look sorta like a spounge, but cone shaped
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| April 12, 2008, 00:01 |
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Re: Re: Spring rituals
QUOTE (NRG4U @ April 12, 2008, 00:01)morels look sorta like a spounge, but cone shaped
Cool, I never heard of them,must be good.
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| April 12, 2008, 00:02 |
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Re: Spring rituals
Truffles, I beleive actually grow under ground and they use pigs and hogs to sniff them out...morels grow above ground.
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| April 12, 2008, 00:06 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Spring rituals
they're great, i like them sauteed in butter & garlic, or stuffed, or in pizza or sketti, but season is only about 2 weeks
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| April 12, 2008, 00:07 |
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Re: Spring rituals
I'm a summer/fall mushroom girl myself...there's just such a huge variety of them...love the chanterelles, bearded tooth, hens and chickens of the woods.
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| April 12, 2008, 00:11 |
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Re: Spring rituals
Awww dammit, I'm still kickin' myself for missing sassafrass season...that's good stuff.
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| April 12, 2008, 00:12 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Spring rituals
dont have that here, do have the mushrooms tho
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| April 12, 2008, 00:21 |
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Re: Spring rituals
Well hell, next season, I'll dig you up some fine roots and mail them to ya!
Geez, they just smell good having them in the house, but man....a cup of freah sassafrass tea is heaven...considered the spring tonic around here, (smells and tastes like a very strong root beer)
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| April 12, 2008, 00:27 |
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Re: Re: Spring rituals
QUOTE (Chazzy @ April 12, 2008, 00:27)Well hell, next season, I'll dig you up some fine roots and mail them to ya!
Geez, they just smell good having them in the house, but man....a cup of freah sassafrass tea is heaven...considered the spring tonic around here, (smells and tastes like a very strong root beer)
You've got my attention Chazzy with the tea, going to a health food store to find some.
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| April 12, 2008, 00:34 |
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Re: Spring rituals
Around here, the sassafrass grows along the fence lines, in fFburary, they are bare small trees usually no taller than 6 foot and they are easy to find that time of year cuz they are red, once you dig up the root, you know for sure you have the right thing, cuz it's smells so strong, just like root beer, ya just let it dry for about a week, and boil it down in water for tea...
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| April 12, 2008, 00:37 |
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