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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

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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