Were you checking yourcornlike I was this past week ? I had the old saying “ knee - high by the Fourth of July ” going through my head . Mine assess up , so I ’m excited about the clavus I ’ll get this twelvemonth .
This baffle me thinking : How long until this bit of wisdom is completely forgotten ? The corn whisky all around our farm sink genu - high months ago . In fact , if it were human knee - high gear now , the Farmer would consider that a nonstarter . In the eld ofgenetically modify seeds , how much of our awareness of what ’s appropriate for the time of year has gone out the windowpane ?
I went looking for more old - meter sapience . I think of my grandparents always saying that there would be three snowfalls after the forsythia bloom . My female parent - in - law says whatever the weather on Easter Sunday , so it will be for the next several Sundays . As I drop a line , my husband reminds me of an old one my parent used to recite , “ Red sky at night , sailors delight ! Red sky at dawning , Panama take warning . ”
Of course , most civilized people today would see these old sayings quaint but hardly relevant . We have radar on our phones and newscasters to tell us what we should find authoritative in our surroundings , but I do n’t thinkagricultural sayingsare outdated at all . In fact , I believe we should all get hold of back into our memory and immortalise them before they are forgotten . Common knowledge about our born environment connect us to what is real .
I continued my search through book and come upon one in my antique collection calledRiley ’s Farm - Rhymes , write in 1883 by James Whitcomb Riley . In it , I found a jewel about fellow traveller planting that I am eager to try out out .
Once upon a time , watermelon season started right around July Fourth and extended into the fall . Anticipation built for the first taste of the ripe soma , just as it did for the first slice of a summer love apple . Now , we can go to the grocery store and get them just about any time of the year . I conceive we ’ve lost something . I highly recommend yougrow your own watermelon , but grow heirloom , sown , mixed bag . The cum are especially beneficial for the urinary nerve pathway and especially for the prostate gland secretory organ . They ’re great blended into your smoothy or dry out for use in making trail premix or fag .
I thought I ’d share an excerption of the poem I found in the promise that you might share with me , as well . Do you know any farm wisdom ? portion out what you know . permit ’s get it write down so that we do n’t miss it .
Wortermelon Timeby James Whitcomb Riley
They ai n’t no good thing in the vegetable line;And they do n’t need much ‘ tending ’ , as ev’ry farmer knows;And when theyr right and ready fer to displume from the vine , I want to say to you theyr the good fruit that grows .
It ’s some likes the yeller - heart , and some likes the bolshie , And it ’s some says “ The Little Californy ” is the best;But the sweetest slice of all I ever force in my head , Is the old”Edingburg Mounting - sprout , ” of the Rebecca West .
You do n’t desire no punkins nigh your wortermelon vines—‘Cause , some - mode - another , they ’ll spile your melons , shore;—I’ve seed ‘ em try like punkins , from the nucleus to the rines , Which may be a fact you have heerd of before .
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