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Check out these weird tomatoes I bought for $4 today, had to pick them off of a tree 🤔 can’t wait to make some cookies with them
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alyss-erulisse · 7 months
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Hazy Morning Pecan Grove
The morning haze clears and flowered ivy climbs the fence at the entrance of a pecan grove.
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The inhabitants of North and South America had grand cities, expansive agricultural fields, large-scale irrigation, and huge earthworks, including agricultural terracing, residential platforms above floodplain aquaculture works, and massive religious mounds —some in the shapes of animals. Near present-day St. Louis, one can still climb the central mound of the corn-crazy metropolis of Cahokia, a London-sized city that flourished from about A.D. 950 to 1250. And nearly everywhere people had a way with fire. Many North American groups used fire to clear areas to promote new green growth, which would in turn attract grazing animals that could be hunted. The Haudenosaunee, for example, burned Manhattan every fall. Many American prairies and grasslands thought to be “natural” were in fact artifacts of Indian land management.
In the east of North America, for hundreds of years before Europeans arrived, people supplemented their maize crops by using fire and tree planting to create orchards. These orchards have now mostly melted back into the forest but can still be picked out by their high concentrations of chestnuts, walnuts, pecans, hickory, and the like.
Emma Marris, Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
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Pecan learnin
Hello everyone and welcome back to Fun Facts™ and since it is pecan season in the south and I am in full squirrel mode I will subject you all to learning things about the pecan tree and its most delectable nuts.
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The pecan tree (Carya illinoinensis), of the walnut family, is a large species of hickory tree native to parts of the southern United States. Naturally it prefers to grow in riparian areas, and is prone to breakage and uprooting in high wind conditions when not sheltered.
Interestingly, it is one of the most recently domesticated major food crops, but “wild” populations have long been appreciated by Native American populations as well as later settlers.
The reason it is so appreciated is, of course, these.
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(picked by me)
The pecan is similar in many ways to its close relative the walnut, but is less bitter, more oily, and with a far thinner shell. This lends it to many preparations and simply eating them roasted or fresh, but they shine most in sweet deserts.
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(like this one^. Baked yogurt with homegrown oranges in rum syrup, topped with toasted pecans)
Unfortunately, this past year in Alabama has been extremely dry, which has led many of the pecans from our orchard to look like this.
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But with effort and the channeling of my inner squirrel we have arrived at a reasonable bounty of deliciousness
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Growing up, I picked many hundreds of pounds of pecans and at the time didn’t really appreciate them. As I have grown though I have come to enjoy the blessing that they are, and for all that the trees drop branches at the slightest breeze, they are great to smoke and grill things over.
Hope you all enjoyed the tree facts and this trip down memory lane. Until next time.
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frogonamelon · 4 days
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It's that time of year again where it gets a little warmer and I remember that Amphibia is a show I very much enjoy thinking about. Have some Anne outfits, as a treat <3
If you would like to see what aspect of headcanon/ au worldbuilding had consumed my consciousness like a pestering maggot, feel free to continue below.
Hello! Welcome to I focus on researching one very specific detail until I burn out!
My entire day has been consumed by figuring out how Amphibia's farming works. Like... amphibians are carnivores why do they have farms?
Well, I'll tell you why! The Plantars grow animal feed for predominantly crickets but also others such as silkworms, spiders, snails, etc. They grow produce like cabbage, mushrooms, parsnips, potatoes, dandelions, and turnips as well as heartfruit, a fruit not found on Earth.
In the past, the original amphibian hunter/gatherer societies found that mealworms were attracted to fallen heartfruit, among others. They began to use this knowledge to make traps and eventually began both containing the worms as well as growing the fruit.
Despite mealworms historical prominence in the farming and feeding of Amphibia, crickets are more popular nowadays due to their higher levels of protein. They also began growing a larger variety of produce to further increase efficiency.
Heartfruit is a kind of tree grown fruit with the color of a raspberry, size of a kumquat, and shape of a peach (hence the name). The Plantar's orchard is the only producer of this fruit as its traditionally significant but not necessary for frog kind. They are Anne's personal favorite of the Plantar's produce, being chalk full of nutrients and somehow feels nostalgic to her.
Speaking of Anne, she survives mostly on the Plantar's produce along with cricket meat (knowing that she can at least eat crickets).
After discovering that the amphibians hibernate, she begins to plant pole beans, blueberries, elderberries, and other produce and herbs in her greenhouse to cultivate while she forages and stockpiles for winter. She preps and stores wild rice, pecans, and sunflower seeds (discovered through trial and error). She keeps spare root veggies and other product in the basement. The Plantars help her do this, once they understand the situation, drying heartfruit and salting and smoking fish as well as making jerky out of bugs that they know she can have.
Anne's gonna learn to survive, even if the first winter is especially hard.
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bradshawsbaby · 1 year
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Fall & Halloween With The Bradshaws
Pairing: Rooster x Wife!Reader
Author’s Note: Happy Early Halloween! These are just some headcanons I wanted to put together about how the Bradshaw family celebrates the season!
Warnings: Nothing but warm family fluff.
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- Fall is always a big time of year in yours and Bradley’s household. It’s your favorite season, as evidenced by the way you decorate the house from top to bottom and cram as many fall-themed activities into your family’s schedule as possible during the months of September, October, and November.
- Though the temperature in San Diego rarely dips below 60 degrees during the autumn months, that doesn’t stop you from lighting as many pumpkin and apple scented candles as humanly possible, and snuggling up under cozy throw blankets with fuzzy socks and warm mugs of hot apple cider in hand. Bradley often teases you that San Diego could be experiencing a heat wave, but you’d still stick to your thick scarves and cable knit sweaters if the calendar says it’s fall.
- From the time you were dating, going apple and pumpkin picking and visiting as many fall festivals as you can find within a fifty-mile radius have been major traditions for you and Bradley. He loves how happy just the sight of a haystack or a pumpkin patch can make you.
- Once the kids come along, trips to local orchards and farms become all-day family affairs. Goose, Lydia, and James love running around, trying to see which one of them can collect the most apples, and choosing the best looking pumpkins to take home and carve. The kettle corn, pumpkin donuts, and other sweet treats you allow them to indulge in don’t hurt either.
- Speaking of sweet treats, baking in your house gets taken to a whole new level during the fall. While you love baking all year long, your recipe book for autumnal treats in particular is thick and extensive. Some of your family’s favorites include your cinnamon crinkle cookies (Bradley loves them with extra cinnamon), warm apple crisps, pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, chocolate pecan pie, pumpkin tarts, and homemade apple cider.
- On the weekends, or whenever the kids are home from school, they love being able to help you in the kitchen, measuring out the ingredients and blending them all together with your gentle guidance. It usually means a much larger mess in the kitchen, but it’s a price you’re gladly willing to pay to see how much joy it brings them.
- Bradley often tells you that one of his favorite sights is when he comes home from work to find you and the kids in the kitchen, laughing and singing and covered in flour from head to toe. “It reminds me that I’m the luckiest man in the world,” he whispers to you, his kiss letting you know just how much he means it.
- Each fall, you and Bradley make it a priority to take the kids for a visit to his hometown in Virginia, where they get to spend time with Bradley’s family and where you get to visit Goose’s and Carole’s graves as a family. The weather is always so beautiful in Virginia at that time of year, and you know how much it means to Bradley to get to visit and spend time with his parents in such a peaceful place.
- Halloween movie nights are something that you and Bradley have been doing since the very beginning of your relationship, and it’s something you continue with your children. You were never a big fan of horror movies, so you usually stick to the more wholesome, family-friendly classics. Halloween isn’t allowed to come and go without you all having watched Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, Casper, Double, Double Toil and Trouble, Scooby Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost, Under Wraps, and other beloved movies from yours and Bradley’s childhoods.
- When it comes to Halloween costumes, you and Bradley always dress up together. Some of your favorite couple’s costumes have included Rick and Evy from The Mummy, Squints and Wendy from The Sandlot, and Kenickie and Rizzo from Grease. Before the kids were born, the two of you would usually attend Halloween parties at The Hard Deck, where you once even won for Most Creative Couple’s Costume.
- Dressing up for Halloween becomes even more fun once Goose, Lydia, and James are born. You put a great deal of time and effort into picking out the perfect costumes for them when they’re babies, even making some of their costumes yourself.
- Each one of your children dresses up as a little rooster for their first Halloween in honor of Daddy’s call sign, sharing the same costume among the three of them with minor tweaks for sizing purposes. They’ve also each had a year where they dressed up in a tiny flight suit and baby Aviators, which Bradley always finds hilarious. You have plenty of photos of him holding each of your children, the two of them clad in matching flight suits.
- As the kids start to get a little bit older, you’re able to plan some fun family costumes to wear together. Some of your favorites over the years have included The Addams Family (before James was born, so you and Bradley were Morticia and Gomez, and Goose and Lydia were Pugsley and Wednesday), 101 Dalmatians (you and Bradley were Perdita and Pongo, and the kids dressed up as the puppies), and The Incredibles.
- Once all the Dagger Squad members start having families of their own, Halloween becomes a major spectacle. All of you get together to take the kids trick-or-treating, and then head back to Mav and Penny’s place for a little end-of-evening party. The kids get a massive sugar rush from all the candy, then end up crashing all over the couches and floor, while the adults get to enjoy some spiked apple cider and time to just relax.
- Whatever activities you and your family are doing, you always make sure to take lots of pictures and organize them into photo albums so that all of you will be able to look back on the fun memories you’ve made together as a family. You know how special the pictures are to Bradley, in particular, who always carries them with him when he has to travel for work.
- Despite how much you try to plan and do, you can honestly say that your favorite fall memories are the small ones—the sound of your children’s laughter as they help you bake cookies in the kitchen, their squeals of delight as Bradley lifts them onto his shoulders to help them reach for an apple dangling from one of the tall branches in the orchard, the feel of your husband’s strong arms wrapping around your waist as you stand at the sink in the kitchen after baking some small treat, the smell of cinnamon that somehow manages to cling to the air in your home all season long.
- While you claim that fall is your favorite season, the truth is that any season is your favorite, so long as you get to spend it with your favorite people by your side.
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As not everybody is one of the maybe ten people aware of my man's existence, here is an introduction post as part of my propaganda campaign!
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Chinook, meet The Rest of Tumblr. The Rest of Tumblr, meet Chinook.
Chinook is my metal gear oc! While he exists most prominently as a member of Desperado Enforcement within the events of Metal Gear Rising, he is also ex military and a former Armstech member who was a casualty of the Shadow Moses Incident.
Chinook Facts!
He was born in 1974.
He is native to Ararat, Virginia, he was raised on an orchard by his grandparents and boxed competitively in high school.
His favorite foods are maple bourbon, pecan pie, and brisket.
His favorite movie is Kill Bill.
He is slowly dying from a small piece of shrapnel that has been working its way into his brain since the 90's, and wears his red glasses to help with migraines.
He is an ancient history nerd, and his primary weapon is a modified meteor hammer that, along with its blunt force, charges up when spun to electrocute the target upon contact.
He is a country boy at heart! Before he became a biomechanical specialist, he started out helping his granddad and neighbors repair farm equipment, and later rigged up an elaborate pulley/zipline system to help with harvesting.
He was a combat medic in the Army to pay his way through college until he lost his arm and leg.
He's sort of like the Desperado "team doc", patching up combatants along with working as a mercenary, training soldiers, designing military inventions and cracking heads.
He has been in a coma twice.
He usually doesn't have much of an accent, but if he gets pissed off or excited, his hillbilly powers activate.
He can play the dulcimer.
Has like three emotions: Business, Happy, and Berserker Rage.
He looks very serious, doesn't he? Spoiler alert: it's an act. He is a master of saying weird shit with a straight face, but only acts professional when there are clients around.
He was partially inspired by Gordon Freeman, Lt. Aldo Raine, and Egon Spengler.
If he was a dog he would be a bluetick hound.
That's all I got for now! CHINOOK SWEEP
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desertdollranch · 10 months
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I wish I could have attended the Madison Children's Museum benefit sale this weekend. It looks like a lot of you had a great time. Instead, I spent it hanging out with Harmony! We escaped the heat wave and went camping in the resort town of Cloudcroft, high in the mountains. Along the way we stopped at McGinn's Pistachio Land to see the world's largest pistachio! A lot of different crops are grown in this area, and orchard fruits, pistachios, and pecans are a specialty. So we got stocked up on snacks: fresh pistachios, cherry cider, and pralines!
Harmony is wearing the American Girl brand Camping Outfit from 2001. She's my 90's girl, so the outfit is a few years ahead of her time, but close enough! It's one of my favorite outfits.
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winterhawkkisses · 1 year
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Clint making Bucky a pecan pie or a pumpkin pie?
Bucky woke up restless, the way he sometimes does, but he sticks around long enough for Clint to be stirring so he can get an acknowledging murmur and a sleepy, musty kiss before he heads out.
It’s an inchoate thing, his need to move, not triggered by anything in particular and therefore not easily resolved. If he was expecting attack he could hunker down with Clint in the panic room in the basement; if he suspected an incursion he could circle the perimeter of Clint’s land and check all the myriad ways they’ve got to tell who’s been around. Instead he just drifts, through the orchard behind the house, around the edge of the barn, down to the pond that’s good for summer swimming. Every hour or so he makes sure to check in, viewing the house from a hundred different angles and making sure that he can get eyes on Clint, who’s wandering around the house and vegetable garden without a care in the world.
It’s nearly dark by the time he’s satisfied, the anxious energy in his belly making room for hunger and a gentle pull towards comfort and home. Bucky checks all the tripwires and cameras and sensors that fall along his path, but doesn’t particularly feel the need to go looking for more, so it’s only a ten minute hike back to the porch where he can kick off his battered boots.
Opening the door lets out a rush of warm air, and a smell that’s spiced and sweet, delicious in a way he doesn’t so much associate with the farm but that’s still perfectly settled here, indefinable and home. He follows his nose to the kitchen, and finds Clint bopping gently to something on the radio, scrubbing at a pie tin while the pie itself cools on the kitchen table.
Bucky pads silently to the counter, where a battered and yellowed book is propped open and leaning against a crossbow; there’s ancient and stiffened tape just about holding it together, so he flips it over care”fully to see a faded cover that sparks something distantly in the back of his head, like he’s seen it before but impossibly long ago.
“Oh, hey,” Clint says, and he’s turned around and is leaning back against the sink, no doubt adding a stripe of wet across his butt to go with the splashes all over his front. “Thought you’d be a little later - it’s not quite ready to eat yet.”
Bucky crosses the kitchen and wraps himself around Clint, tilting his head up enough to hook his chin over Clint’s shoulder, settled and warm and home in a way he’s found for the first time in about seventy years.
“I can wait,” he says.
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rabbitcruiser · 11 days
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National Pecan Day
On April 14, we celebrate National Pecan Day, pecan — a uniquely American nut whose fan base counts the likes of founding fathers such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Whether it’s a garnish on a salad or a stand-alone snack, caramelized or roasted, sweet or savory — pecans never fail to deliver on the enthralling taste and the ultimate nutrient density. Did you know, America is credited for 75% of the world’s total pecan production? This fun holiday was established by the National Pecan Shellers Association in 1966 to recognize and honor the workforce behind the cultivation of pecans in America.
History of National Pecan Day
On National Pecan Day, America celebrates the only nut native to its land. Pecans are a much-celebrated nut of America, used in deserts, icecreams, and snacks.
Centuries before European colonization, pecans were cultivated, processed, and consumed in America by Native people. The word ‘pecan’ is derived from the word ‘pacane,’ used by the Algonquin tribe to describe a nut that needs a stone to crack open. The tribes valued pecan for its nutrition density, availability, ease of consumption, and fulfilling taste.
In the late 17th century, the native nut caught the eye of Spanish colonists, who began cultivating large pecan orchards in the vicinity. But it wasn’t until the 18th century that the commercialization of pecans picked up the pace in the United States. By 1802, formal selling routes were established, and pecan export had commenced.
In 1882, a hybrid fruit via the budding of pecan and an adjacent wild plant was created by Abner Landrum, a cultivator from South Carolina. This resultant nut was considered to be an upgraded version of pecan. Although the hybrid seeds of Abner got lost in time, in 1876, the process of grafting was recreated by Antoine, a slave from Louisiana. Antoine presented his discovery at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1976 and thus began farming a new and improved variety of pecans throughout the country.
Today, America is responsible for three quarters of pecan production in the world. From the summer lanes of Texas to the sunny pavements of California, pecan cultivation is a year-long endeavor for thousands of American farmworkers.
In 1996, the National Pecan Shellers Association members came together to establish April 14 as National Pecan Day. The objective of the day is to celebrate the earthly wonders of this nut and to uplift the hardworking members of the industry who make the sustainable farming of pecans possible.
National Pecan Day timeline
1772 The First Plantation
Long Island farmers organize the first pecan plantation of pecan trees, propagating safe and easy ways of pecan plantation.
1775 George Washington’s Imprint
Founding Father George Washington plants a pecan tree in Mount Vernon, symbolizing the rapid popularity of pecans in America.
1943 Formalization
National Pecan Shellers Association is established to represent thousands of pecan farmers and shellers across the country
1996 Establishment of the Day
The National Pecan Shellers Association establishes National Pecan Day to honor the native nut of America.
National Pecan Day FAQs
How is 'pecan' pronounced?
The correct pronunciation of pecan is PEE-can. However, a majority of southern Americans like to say it as PA-kawn. How do you pronounce it?
Are pecan and walnut the same thing?
It’s easy to get confused, but walnuts and pecans are two different nuts from the same Junlandacea family. Walnut has a smooth exterior with a lighter color, unlike pecans, which have a chocolate brown color with definitive lines.
Can you eat pecan raw?
Yes! Pecans, like all other nuts, are edible in their raw form. You can carry a couple of these shelled nuts in your pocket to munch through the day, or you can scatter them on your salad for that extra crunch.
National Pecan Day Activities
Plan a pecan day
Host a bake off
Plant a pecan tree in your backyard
Indulge in the versatile offering of this great American nut by planning your menu around it. Start the day with fluffy pecan pancakes, then have butter pecan chicken for lunch. For a midday snack, enjoy a couple of candied pecans, and end your day with pecan-crusted salmon and some hot pecan pie.
From cookies to pies, pecans go well with any baking dish. So for National Pecan Day, host a bakeoff with your friends and family — featuring our beloved pecans.
Pecans are non-fuss plants that don’t require a liver and a half to take sapling. Plant the seeds today, so you can reap the nuts tomorrow.
5 Important Facts About Pecans
It’s a vitamin party
It’s more than a crunch
A friend to the heart
A love for centuries
A dose of pecan for Apollo
Pecans are home to 19 different vitamins and minerals, including vitamin A, vitamin E, magnesium, and potassium.
Pecan oil, processed from pecans, is recommended for those with a risk of heart disease.
Pecans have the official certification of the American Heart Association for being a ‘Heart-Healthy Food.’
A pecan tree grows to over 150 feet tall and lives for over 300 years.
Astronauts carried pecans to the moon in their Apollo space mission twice.
Why We Love National Pecan Day
Pecans are underrated
Pecans are the O.G. American nut
Pecans contribute to the economy
The sweet and crunchy texture of a pecan elevates any dish it touches. Be it candies, cookies, bread, pie, salads, or ice cream. It’s time we honor the contribution of this humble nut in our kitchen and celebrate National Pecan Day with full excitement.
While cashew came to America from Brazil and the California almonds are actually a gift of Spain, pecan is the singular nut native to America. Pecans were widely consumed by native Americans before European colonization.
The American pecan industry is worth over $3.5 billion. Just 15 states of the U.S. produce more than 75% of pecan of the world. The pecan trees are responsible for the livelihoods of thousands of families and a flourishing U.S. economy
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kimboo-york · 3 months
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Another revised re-release! Updated with a new epilogue!
This is, like Damaged Goods, another one of my "answers" to the "idealized small town romance" trope.
Gary Winston has to move from the big city back to the small, bigoted, close-minded town of his youth when he inherits a failing pecan farm complete with old, musty, mildewed farmhouse, and he's not happy about it. I know how much readers love idealized small town stories, but I just needed to get off my chest a more realistic perspective, having grown up in a small town.
BUT! It does have a happy ending, and no one gets beat up, and there are even a few really great, open-minded neighbors!
I love this story and sometimes kick around ideas for a sequel. I hope you love these boys as much as I do!
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alyss-erulisse · 6 months
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Sunny Fall Pecan Grove
Ivy blooms at the grove entrance even as pecan season comes to a close and the trees lose their leaves, revealing the October sky.
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happy-lemon · 1 year
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Deidre Tomlin
Term: First
Hometown: Twinbrook
Major: Science & Medicine (Botany)
Deidre Tomlin is a Southern girl to the bone. She grew up at the knee of her beloved father, who owns an orchard of peaches and pecans, and wants to return home to take over the business someday. But Deidre has secrets she’s been keeping to herself for fear her dad won’t understand. She’s hoping her time away from home will give her the courage to let her true self shine.
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upthewitchypunx · 1 year
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I spent my first 10 years in Texas and spent my weekends at my grandparents' farm in central Texas. My grandfather had one of those huge video cameras with the old 80s tapes you had to put. There's a lot of random videos my grandfather made of the cows and the pecan orchard, the farm house, the big barn, the lake and he drove around in the old yellow Chevy farm truck.
Ian B says the best representation of me as a kid must have been the time I wandered into the shot at about age 7 in overalls and a bowl cut saying 'How to fly a kite! " And proceeded to walk out into a field talking to no one in particular.
whenever he thinks I'm being particularly me, he just look at me and says 'how to fly a kite!"
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everydaybeautiful · 3 months
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Reposted from @country_bombshells Hey guys I’m @brandisnyder33 and I split my time between my main FL home where i have a farm with 30 chickens, tons of Quail, 17 bunnies, 2 sheep, 2 goats and 6 Aussies & a massive garden AND my AL pecan orchard home on 80 acres where I spend a ton of time in the woods, by a fire, fishing my ponds or Turkey hunting!
#tattoos #huntress #countrygirl
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meatballlady · 7 months
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amber and orchard for the autumnal asks :)
Hi @somerubberband !
amber - share an unpopular opinion that you may have.
Ooh let's make it autumn themed! I don't like apple or pecan pies 😅
orchard - share one thing that you’d like to happen this autumn.
Well the easy answer is a gos3 announcement! Otherwise, our potatoes are about ready to harvest, so I'm hoping for a lot of potatoes!! 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
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