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Post by Jolly on May 10, 2020 13:46:26 GMT
I talked about how recently there was a crew trimming limbs on the electric lines around the house. The crew was contracted by the electrical company (CLECO), so they sent a guy to check on the contracted crew. The electrical company guy saw my three mayhaw trees and the conversation turned to mayhaws. This is the end of the season, so no more fresh berries, although some folks still have juice for sale. Anyway, turns out the man had 175 mayhaw trees and was planning to plant more. His orchard was his retirement project, and retirement looks like it will be pretty good. In addition to his 401k, Social Security, etc., the mayhaws are doing well. They made 850 gallons of mayhaws this year. He had people blowing up his phone, looking for berries or juice. Demand is high. It takes one gallon of berries to make about 3/4 gallon of juice, depending on strength. I've seen the juice advertised for as much as $25/gallon. So, 850 x.75= about 638. 638 gallons is almost $16K. Just a thought or two, for those who might live in the Mayhaw Band. A bit about them: www.mayhaw.org/
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Post by Cabin Fever on May 10, 2020 15:22:21 GMT
I am going to have to look up what in tarnation a mayhaw is.
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Post by Jolly on May 10, 2020 17:29:58 GMT
I am going to have to look up what in tarnation a mayhaw is. I gave you a pretty good link, but they're not something that will grow where you are. They grow in a band, all the way across the South, Texas to Florida. They simply make the best jelly you've ever had. Similar to plum, but better. Much better.
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Post by Cabin Fever on May 10, 2020 18:04:13 GMT
I tried going to your link and my antivirus software gave me a warning (see below). Since my wife is from Texas, she told me all about the mayhaw fruit. It sounds interesting and good.
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Post by solargeek on May 10, 2020 19:36:01 GMT
I am going to have to look up what in tarnation a mayhaw is. I also have no idea what it is. Must be a southern thing.
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Post by Jolly on May 11, 2020 1:08:31 GMT
I tried going to your link and my antivirus software gave me a warning (see below). Since my wife is from Texas, she told me all about the mayhaw fruit. It sounds interesting and good. I was on a company computer with Barracuda software, no problems. But you can certainly Google them up and do a little research...
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Post by feather on May 11, 2020 1:21:27 GMT
Where is tarnation? I use fox fire and didn't have any problems with the site. I've never tasted mayhaw anything. Mayhaw sounds like a celebration in May.
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Post by feather on May 13, 2020 0:34:27 GMT
Keep'er movin', OMGOSH, lol. I'm so glad you told us about Charlie Berens youtubes. It's kept us in stitches more times than I can count. Go Packers and the Bears.
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Post by Jolly on May 13, 2020 0:36:02 GMT
Tree.
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Post by Jolly on May 13, 2020 0:37:52 GMT
A pan of wild mayhaws: Those are trashy and will have to be cleaned and culled.
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Post by Jolly on May 13, 2020 0:39:43 GMT
How I've dipped a many a mayhaw... We'd usually work in a little deeper water, about waste deep or so. You use cypress boards with a handle on the top to "sweep" the floating mayhaws together, then the person running the boat would use a dip net. We might get ten or fifteen gallons, but some folks might get a 30 or 55 gallon drum full. Some of that has changed through the years as the mayhaws became more valuable. Private landowners like to keep people off their land, even if it's under water. State refugee now limit daily mayhaw harvests to five gallons per person.
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Post by Cabin Fever on May 13, 2020 13:05:02 GMT
They look similar to small crab apples ..... That's what I was thinking, too.
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