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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

I saw some emails about potato shortages.
 
I had ordered some last fall, prior to obtaining some locally, from Park Seed
www.parkseed.com or 1800-213-0076
 
They have been on backorder, but specifically because they don't ship until 
they won't freeze during shipping.
 
I just called them because I had ordered Stevia from them and only received 
12 seeds in the packet that was supposed to be 50 seeds........ which they 
are replacing.... and learned that they are preparing to ship potatoes this 
coming week....
 
 
Posted - just in case anyone still needs potatoes..........
 
 
 


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Very smart thinking, Don.  Great strategy for someone with the knowledge and 
skill.  But, how do you move such big & heavy tools/machines across the 
country from CA to the Ozarks or NC...........

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--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] investment strategies
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 9:15 AM
> I recently restored a 40 year old table saw.  There is no
> room here for my
> bug Unisaw and all the small saws are mostly plastic and
> are around $500.  I
> was given an old, rusty and plaint splattered Craftsman
> table saw.  A little
> sanding and coat of paint, nre bearings and decent quality
> thin kerf blade
> and for around $100 I have a good table saw that is more
> accurate and sturdy
> than anything else for that price.
> 
>  
> 
> Along the way I had to get some new bolts so rather than
> just buying the few
> needed I bought the box.  While there I bought a box of the
> next sizes up
> and down.  I have done the same for screws, ordering the
> assortments from
> McFeely’s.  With what I have here and what is in storage
> I have enough
> bolts, screws, and nuts to last for a long time.  I have
> another project
> planned that will need some ½ bolts and will provide
> another excuse to
> improve the investments.  For the last couple of years
> whenever I see a box
> of assorted roll pins, C clips, Cotter Pins, whatever, I
> pick it up and add
> it to the store.
> 
>  
> 
> I rebuilt a planer that was to be thrown away.  $44 worth
> of parts got me a
> planer that is over $500 new.  I now have two planers, one
> for good stuff
> and another for rough or to sell.
> 
>  
> 
> Craig’s list is a good part of one’s investment
> strategy.  I needed a bench
> grinder but the little one is buried deep in storage so
> found a really nice
> commercial grade Baldor with little use on Craig’s list
> for $50.  With stand
> this one new is around $400.  For the last four years I
> have been keeping my
> tools in a clamshell tool box.  Every year it gets a little
> heavier and no
> matter what I want, it is buried deep in the bottom.  So
> everything comes
> out and usually winds up on the floor.  I have been looking
> for tool cart to
> get it up to shorten that ever greater distance to the
> floor.  Nothing I saw
> in a price I could afford was very sturdy but this last
> week I found an
> older S-K Wayne tool cart on Craig’s List for the price
> of a plastic cart at
> Harbor Freight.  I needed a drill press for a project I was
> working on but
> again my floor standing press is deep in storage and there
> is no room for it
> here.  I found a 40s era Craftsman bench top drill press on
> Craig’s list for
> $40.  This must have had very limited use over its life. 
> He told me that he
> had tried to sell it at $200 but kept dropping the price
> because everyone
> thought it was too old.  It is very heavy but a good solid
> unit much better
> than any benchtop press available nowdays.  I am still
> looking for a 9 in
> angle grinder but that is not needed until I get back to
> the beautiful
> Ozarks.
> 
>  
>