[Market-farming] Murphy had it out for me today
Road's End Farm
organic87 at frontiernet.net
Sat May 30 13:14:10 EDT 2009
Liz, how awful.
Is there any way that you could set things up so that you could call
the market manager enroute, explain that you're held up in traffic
hassles but are still doing your best to get there, and ask them to
save your usual spot? Or is that market just entirely
first-come-first-served?
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
On May 30, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Liz wrote:
> I never made it to market. Well, actually I did. Got up at 3 and
> left the house by 3:30, which normally gives us almost an HOUR extra
> in case something goes screwy on the drive, like an accident or road
> construction...OR THE FLIPPING NORTH CAROLINA DOT SHUTTING DOWN A HUGE
> SWATH (14 miles to be exact) OF INTERSTATE TO CHANGE BRAND NEW SIGNS
> (Less than a year old) AND WHILE DOING SO TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC AND SHUT
> OFF MAJOR THOROUGHFARES INTO TOWN AND GETTING ME SO TURNED AROUND I
> ALMOST RAN OUT OF GAS. Which you do not want to do in this part of
> town cuz these city people don't think you need gas until 10am. At
> one point they even had eastbound traffic traveling west!!!!!!!!!! I
> can't tell ya how many times I watched drivers take an exit to
> nowhere...usually, if I'm driving a normal truck (as in it has 4wd), I
> will MAKE my own exit, but that is not an option with the Great White
> Boat I drive now, pitiful 2wd thang....
>
>
> anyhoo I arrived to market with a full truck, an HOUR late, and a full
> market as in wayyyy overflowing, not even able to get close enough to
> unload even if I could have gotten a spot. I was even willing to haul
> 5 coolers, booth paraphernalia and 10 dz eggs 1/4 mile away all by
> myself. but did the market gods take pity on me??? no, nadda, no
> sirreeeee. no room in the inn...I'da gladly hawked outta a stable...
>
>
> Sorry 'bout sideswiping that Lexus...it WAS parked in a no-parking
> zone so I had every right. right????
>
>
> anyone up for a really really good deal on lettuce &
> spinach?????????????
>
>
> off to bed.....
>
>
> Liz Pike
>
> Horseshoe Gardens, new home of Murphy
>
>
>
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