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- From: "Shoemaker, William H" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Ginger
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:10:15 +0000
This issue of delivery trucks dropping off packages without even attempting notification is beginning to bug me (a horticultural disparagement). While I haven't had plant material damaged yet, we had a package delivered by USPS in December from my mother-in-law with excellent things for the season, like WI cheese. We had no idea, it was a surprise, We found it the next day with a hole in the side where a squirrel had tried to pull out a plastic bag full of lefsa (obviously a Norwegian squirrel). Everything else was intact though. What really bugged me was that it was certain that we were near the front door when it was dropped off. Just one knock, or hit on the doorbell would have done it. There needs to be a better way of ensuring packages are handled safely. It could have been a neighbor instead of a squirrel, then the whole package would've disappeared!
Bill William H. Shoemaker Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist University of Illinois From: Market-farming [market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of Beth Spaugh [lists AT rhomestead.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 9:14 PM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Ginger Our ginger came this week. Gorgeous. The roots were cold but apparently not damaged. Not so fortunate with some grated tomato plants this week. They rode around in a UPS truck until early afternoon. Then the driver just left them on our front porch.
Luckily I was having late lunch in the house so retrieved them. But he didn't even ring the doorbell. Just left them. WIth big big big "Live Plants - Perishable" on all four sides of the box. Granted, it was a warmer day, in the low teens, but... They
were well wrapped, but less than half came through unscathed. Those are beautiful though. Replacements coming next week, hopefully with better luck.
On 2/27/2015 8:00 PM, Deb Taft wrote:
-- Beth Spaugh Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY http://rhomestead.com http://www.facebook.com/rhomestead "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry "Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different notion where the finish line is. - unknown |
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[Market-farming] Ginger,
mikerock, 02/27/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Road's End Farm, 02/27/2015
- Re: [Market-farming] Ginger, mikerock, 02/27/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Wiediger, Alison, 02/27/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Deb Taft, 02/27/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Beth Spaugh, 02/27/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Shoemaker, William H, 02/28/2015
- Re: [Market-farming] Ginger, mikerock, 02/28/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Shoemaker, William H, 02/28/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Beth Spaugh, 02/27/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Deb Taft, 02/27/2015
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[Market-farming] ginger,
Carol Thomas, 02/28/2015
- Re: [Market-farming] ginger, Road's End Farm, 02/28/2015
- Re: [Market-farming] ginger, Beth Spaugh, 02/28/2015
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Re: [Market-farming] Ginger,
Road's End Farm, 02/27/2015
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