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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
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> > If the sky falls I will grow carrots. Otherwise I will buy them as  
> > desired.
>
> Every homesteader does that with something.  I'm stuborn about the carrots.  
> True that carrots are cheap and not all that bad from the store, but a body 
> can't have carrots getting the better of them.
>
> This past year I grew a few beds of wheat and barley just because it had been 
> several years since I'd done so and I didn't want the experience to fade too 
> far away.  The younger children had never seen it done.  It was only enough 
> for a few loaves of bread and about two gallons of beer, and like Gene's 
> carrots, I'd do it if I had to, but as long as barley and wheat are for sale cheaply, 
> I'm going to buy them.


You guys!!!  You are spoiling my surprise post by beating me to the 
punch, talking about stuff I was gonna talk about!  :)
I guess we are all on the same wavelength in thinking about what we all 
do and what we choose not to do.

Bev
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Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the 
ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.