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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Small-scale farming a growing trend
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:15:00 -0700 (PDT)

I missed one of these (below) emails. I just returned from market about 7:30
am.

They had no organic carrots today. I will try again next week. I still
don't understand how this test works , but I will follow the instructions.
I don't particularly care for the taste of raw carrots. Like the stupid dog,
I prefer them cooked in stew. My wife likes them raw, I'll get her to do the
test , also.

Sometimes the stores have a wide selection of organic, sometimes , like
today, it is more limited. I did buy a bunch of O'Henry peaches today. Of
course, none are ripe yet, I hope they taste as pleasant as they look once
they ripen.

I have five ( all the nursery got in ) bell pepper plants in the ground, only
for a few days, and one already has one pepper the size of a double golf
ball. 'most are just buds, with a few about the size of quarter of a ping
pong ball .

Remember, where I am, I'm largely depentent on distribution. It could be a
week or three weeks before my store has organic carrots, and I'm not going
to make a special drive to one of the yuppie coffe bar/produce stores to buy
bland tasting organic food at ridiculous prices. If
my wife goes to Trader Joes this weekend, I 'll get her to check there. You
never know when they will haver the odd packaged stock of organic stuff. Or
maybe she'll stop by Sprouts on the way.

I like my regular store and I shop once a week. Like cigarette smoking , I
am habitual.

I'm still wondering if Lynda is playing a trick on me.....bobbbyford






--- On Wed, 8/13/08, WF Smith <mogrits AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: WF Smith <mogrits AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Small-scale farming a growing trend
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:52 PM
> > Ever do the carrot test, Bob?
> >
> > Buy a regular carrot with the top still on. Buy and
> organic
> > carrot with the
> > top still on. Cut the tops off each carrot, don't
> take them
> > down all the
> > way past the green/brown part. Cut the first 1"
> off. Set
> > the organic
> > carrot on your tongue for 30 seconds and then eat it.
> Do
> > that with the
> > commercial carrot. Let us know what your tongue feels
> like
> > when you've done
> > the commercial carrot.
> >
> > Lynda
>
>
> How did this work out?
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