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  • From: Liz <liz@allslash.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] that came out of the ground
  • Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:26:15 -0500

At 01:34 PM 12/27/2007, you wrote:
I opened a file in my computer for such tales, if anyone has anymore.


This isn't exactly a "won't eat it if it came out of the ground" story, but years ago, I tried hiring a live-in housekeeper. I was working long hours, and I thought it would help to have someone there all the time. My kids weren't small, but I worried about them being on their own so much of the time. So I hired this nice young lady who stayed with us exactly one week. She paged me on the second day, and when I called home, her voice was nearly hysterical. She had told the kids she would fix lunch for them soon, and they said not to bother--they would just graze from the garden, which we all did all the time. She told me, with her voice quavering, that they were "out there picking things off the bushes and EATING THEM!"

I guess I didn't do a very good job of reassuring her (maybe I was laughing too loud), because after a couple more days, she said our lifestyle was just "too weird" and she would be moving out at the end of the week.

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com




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