Let's have a few laughs this morning, courtesy of Jim Gaffigan, who tells us about a visit to Bend, OR, and their local industry. Be sure to wait for the last punchline at the end.
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Hey! I've spent the better part of seventy years here/there, the fourth of eight generations
Pretty all true too, except the pinecones. Pinecones smell like pinecones
But there is a lot of money made every year picking them up ...
Ten Bears -- we've visited that beautiful area but didn't realize a pinecone factory was "a thing" until now!
As Ten Bears says, the pinecone industry is very much a thing. A few years ago my late father and I would go to the east side of Crater Lake National Park, outside the park but I believe inside the national forest, and there would be semi-truck trailers parked in the forest, full of big plastic bags of Ponderosa pine cones. I think you can buy a commercial collecting permit in Chemult. Whether they were destined for Bend, around 100 miles away, or southern California, we did not know. And as a crafter, I can attest some people will pay a lot for a small bag of pinecones for their holiday decorations. I never did because I had access to wild cones. And yes, Ponderosa makes the best cones, but if you want miniature cones, then Lodgepole or Shore pine works well. Fir cones not so much.
elarciel -- thank you for sharing your experiences! We've seen pinecones packaged for holiday decorations but until now never stopped to wonder how they got into the marketplace! We bought a Ponderosa seedling when we were in Oregon several years ago; this reminds me to check to see what progress it's making in the woods where we planted it. D'oh!
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