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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

My kind of people. Here is the reply to my query:

Dear Gene,

Thank you for taking the time to send us your thoughts.  If you can  
please tell me where your Trader Joe's is located I will send one of  
our Beer Rangers out there immediately to check on the Blue Paddle,  
and get blue on the check out clerks:  NOOOOO!!!  The rumor is  
absolutely not true, and it pains us so much to hear this pop up from  
time to time.  Silly gibberish from who knows where.  AB has not  
purchased New Belgium Brewery.  Yuck.  We are proud to be a wind  
powered/employee owned brewery, and uniquely us.  Check out our  
website http://www.newbelgium.com/index.php

Now, as a thank you I would like to send you a t-shirt.  Please  
include you t-shirt size with your reply, and I will send it out  
directly.




Garth Bontrager
Quality Assurance Analyst
New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.
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Lynda wrote:

> Eureka, Fieldbrook, Arcata and Fortuna all have about 300 plus growing days 
> a year.
> ...
You know, I'm growing Chinese peas, and I don't know if people realize 
how hardy they are.  I planted them before Thankgiving, and I've already 
had to give them a trellis.  They made it through 17 degrees, albeit 
with a partial cover.  In the Eureka area you should really be able to 
clean up, harvesting peas in April, maybe earlier if you give them a 
plastic cover to heat things up.

If I have any reservations, it's the number of bums around.  Downtown 
Eureka can be scary.  Did I hear, as it stands to reason, that the State 
of California has placed a disproportionate number of halfway houses and 
such in the far north of the state, by the same logic as with Pelican 
Bay State Prison?

> The area to the west of the freeway heading through Arcata is called "The 
> Bottoms."  Lots of dairy, no irrigation needed, good pasture 24/7 12 months 
> of the year.  There are some really great organic farms, bulb farms and 
> native plant nurseries located in The Bottoms.  The east side of the freeway 
> is more homes, not too much land available.
>
>  
It sounds and looks idyllic.  There's not a tree in sight, but acacia 
grows fast.

> If you decide to look around the area, let me know and I'll give you the 
> skinny on any area you are looking at.
>
>  
The hard part is always finding a small piece of farm land.  I just need 
2 acres to keep one ram and three ewes.  There's little need for a 
garden, except for peas!  Of course we'll probably do it anyway, just 
because it's fun.

I was wondering if you know how big the largest unpermitted structure 
can be in Humboldt County.  In Coos it can only be 10' x 12'.

Bill
S. Oregon coast