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Tips for taking your
child fishing
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“Drought”
Our South Georgia
paradise can go from
moist to drought
conditions in about 7
days. We need to be
careful to make sure that
our gardens do not go into
drought mode, because
we can lose our prized
shrubs, ornamental trees,
and camellias. Once a
plant goes into drought
mode, it will go into
shock and begin to lose its
leaves, trying to survive.
A lot of the times, once
this happens, it too late
to save it unless it is well
established.
To keep our gardens
from going into drought
mode is to water. But
for those of us who
depend upon the City
for water, that can be
expensive. I will make a
few recommendations
for watering, using my
experience from living
in town, and knowing
how expensive city water
can be.
1) Usetimers forwatering.
2) Use soaker hoses,
when possible, this will
help put the water at the
base of the plant.
3) Mulch your plants,
when possible, this will
help retain moisture for
the plant. Mulching can
consist of leaves, bark,
and pine straw.
4) Only use Ariel
sprinklers when
necessary. A lot of water
is lost in Arial sprinklers.
5) Water grass sparingly.
Grass will adapt to
watering.
6) Water in early
morning and later in the
afternoon, try to avoid
noon and early afternoon,
if possible.
Please remember to
conserve water when
possible. As always, join
your local garden club for
a wealth of information
and fellowship.
PLANTING DAYS
ACCORDING TO
MOON SIGNS
Above-ground crops:
1, 2, 8, 9,10,11, 28, 29
Root crops:
14,15,18,19, 23, 24
Seed beds:
1, 2,10,11, 28, 29
Kill plant pests:
3, 4, 5, 7,12, 13, 16,17,
20,21, 22,25,26,27, 30
FISHING DAYS
FOR JUNE 2022
Best: 2,11, 16,17,18,19
Good: 1, 10,14, 15, 28, 29
Fair: 6, 7,12,13, 23, 24
Poor: 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 20, 21,
22, 25, 26, 27, 30
PLANTING TABLE
FORJUNE
Gardens:
Continue to plant all
kinds of veetable plants,
such as tomato, eggplant,
peppers, cabbage and
celery. Also butter beans,
pole beans, New Zealand
spinach, tendergreens
and Swiss chard for sum-
mar salad; also sow col-
lards, cabbage, celery and
cauliflower for plants,
later transplanting. Plant
blackeye, crowder and
lady peas, squash, cucum
ber, pumpkin.
Sam Eades
Publisher/Writer
There's no shortage of
things to do in the Peach
State. On any given day,
you can take your child
to enjoy Stone Mountain
Park, visit Zoo Atlanta, ex
plore any of the historical
or cultural centers within
the state's borders or check
out the Georgia Sports Hall
of Fame to name a few.
But it would be a shame
to miss out on one of the
most time-honored and
beloved activities Georgia
has to offer: fishing. In
many ways, Georgia is an
fishermans paradise. You
can fish for rainbow trout
in the cool-water streams of the northern portion of the state, wrestle giant catfish
or largemouth bass from ponds and sluggish rivers in the southern part of the state,
or even head for Mistletoe State Park in Appling, Ga. for some crappie fishing.
And while you'll probably want to get in a little fishing by yourself, it is important
to make time to take your son or daughter down to the water. Most youngsters love
to fish, and it can serve as a healthy, constructive hobby for the rest of their lives.
But, you'll want to do everything you can to ensure their first fishing trip is a
good one. Doing so isn’t especially difficult, you’ll just need to follow the tips and
strategies we will share with you over the next few weeks. Here are two great ideas
for fishing with your child.
1. Provide your child with equipment and tackle befitting their age and size.
It may be tempting to hand your son or daughter one of your old rods, but you'll
be much better served by picking up one that is designed for their size and skill
level. Ideally, you’ll want something in the 5- to 6-foot-long range, so that they can
cast and control the rod easily. Most entry-level rods come with a spinning or
spincasting reel, which will also be easy for your youngster to use. You could even
opt for a cane pole or extendable cane type pole, particularly if your child is very
young. The extendable ones come in 8 ft, 10 ft, and 12 ft. It is according to how far
in the water you would like to reach. Cane poles are very simple, and actually can
be cut yourself in many places in Georgia. These will allow your youngster to con
centrate on the fun parts of fishing, rather than having to learn to use a reel or cast.
2. Choose a good location for your fishing adventure.
Location is one of the most important factors in fishing. Pick a good place and
you’ll reel in fish all daylong; pick a bad place and you'll watch your children grow
bored and frustrated. Fortunately, there's no shortage of good fishing locations in
Georgia.
Some of the best places to take your child include:
Mistletoe State Park - Located in Appling, GA. This park hosts an easy access to
Clark Hill Lake in many areas of the park. They also have alot of more activities
your child would enjoy.
Rhodes Jordan Park - Located in downtown Lawrenceville, GA. this small park
hosts an easy-to-access pond that is full of bluegill.
Bobby Brown Park - Located in Elberton, GA. this 665-acre wooded park boasts
the second largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi River.
Sandy Creek Park - Located in Athens, this park features a 260-acre lake and
offers plenty of other recreational opportunities, including swimming, volleyball
and a disc golf course.
Hugh M Gillis Public Fishing Area - One of Georgia's newest public fishing areas,
this 109-acre lake is located near Dublin and provides great freshwater
fishing opportunities.
Please take time to spend special moments with your child. Fishing
and talking can be lasting memories that stay with your child for a
lifetime. Next week we will discuss two more great ideas for taking
your children fishing.
The Farm
Wife
at Two Pennies Farm
Chickasaw Plums
You can have all the book
learning in the world about
a thing, but sometimes
you don’t know nuthin’
till you’ve lived with that
thing. Here at Two Pennies
Farm one of those things is
Chickasaw Plums.
When we were planting
our property our criteria for
choosing trees was simple
and straight forward, they
needed to be native and to
offer habitat to wildlife.
The chickasaw plum tree
checks those boxes. You
notice them along road
sides in the early spring
when they are full of tiny,
fragrant blooms. Then they
fade into the background as
they leaf out. The fruits are
about the size of a cherry
and mostly pit, but the
deer, raccoons and birds
love them.
We planted three of them.
We checked the books and
they said that chickasaws
don’t sucker. HA! But
what is worse than the
suckering is that every
seed that hits the ground
sprouts. They are adver
tised as being no main
tenance, but Hubs mows
repeatedly about six feet
out from each tree to that
prevent them from form
ing impassible thickets.
Heaven help us if he’s not
able to keep up with the
mowing. It’s impossible
to walk around the trees
without all the little shom-
off saplings stabbing you
in the ankles.
This year we got a decent
crop off them for the first
time. I’ve read a lot of ar
ticles that rave about what
a wonderful jelly you can
make from them. But we
don’t like jelly we like jam,
and the first recipe that
came up when I Googled
was chickasaw plum jam,
so I went with it.
When will I ever learn? If
Google throws up 30 jelly
recipes and one jam recipe
that might indicate that
making jam out of these
tiny plums is not a good
idea. And it wasn’t. First
of all, the recipe said you
were supposed to pit the
plums with a paring knife,
and it showed a big bowl
of pitted plums. So I got
busy with my knife and it’s
a no-go. By the time I got
the pits out, all I have left is
skin. I’ve got a half gallon
of these to pit. I’ll be here
till tomorrow morning! So
I tried boiling and mash
ing them thinking I could
run the mash through my
food-mill and get the pits
out. Nope. The pits are too
big, and I just about ruined
my food mill. Maybe I
could rub the mash be
tween my hands and get the
pits out? Nope. The pits
are still not budging, and
now my hands are sore.
1 don’t have a chinois,
(/ CHen'wa/ noun a
cone-shaped sieve with a
closely woven mesh for
straining sauces ), maybe
a regular colander would
work? Again, nope. I final
ly got my largest kitchen
strainer and rubbed the
plum pulp through by the
handful. Out of a half a
gallon of plums I got two
and a half cups of pulp, just
enough for two jars of jam.
I’ve been at this for about
5 hours and I have only
2 jars of jam to show for
my time. To heck with
chickasaw plum jam, I’m
making jelly.
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