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Re: [Livingontheland] what you eat is the most political thing you can do every day

From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] what you eat is the most political thing you can do every day
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:51:07 -0600

That has me thinking (smell wood burning?) - it would seem the key in AL
would be cutting down on labor intensive harvesting in the hottest part of
the summer. In the deep South they have the whole rest of the year to grow
and sell - right? Yes, August here is quite tolerable, cooler after monsoon
in July. But we have to live with the seasons too. We've found that they
can't provide decent tomatoes even at the renowned Santa Fe farmers market
(I don't call hydroponics from AZ decent). They don't set fruit in the heat
of the summer. The trick would be to have them set fruit before and after
the hottest weeks of summer, which means starting them in greenhouses
around March to be maturing in summer, then keeping them from colder nights
in Sept - Oct. Which is what we plan to do here next year. Between 50 and
80 degrees is about right for growth and setting fruit. Just that every
climate has its challenges.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau
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On 10/19/2006 at 9:43 PM Laura McKenzie wrote:

>Paul, my 17 yo's Eagle Scout project was to build a tool shed for an
>urban
>farm/community garden in Birmingham, Alabama. I was talking to one of the

>fellows running the urban farm portion about our failed farmer's market in

>our small town outside of Birmingham. He indicated that the reason why we

>had more clients than farmers was that you can't get many people to work
>in
>Alabama fields in August. It is a horrible time to have to be working,
>that's for certain. I love August in New Mexico. August in Alabama is
>downright hateful.
>
> Finding locally grown here is nearly impossible unless I drive to the
>very
>expensive farmer's market in Birmingham.... 40 some miles away.
>
> So we grow what we can for health reason, politics and environmental
>reasons.
>
>
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[Livingontheland] what you eat is the most political thing you can do every day, TradingPostPaul, 10/19/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] what you eat is the most political thing you can do every day, Laura McKenzie, 10/19/2006
  - Re: [Livingontheland] what you eat is the most political thing you can do every day, TradingPostPaul, 10/19/2006
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