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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Case of the Strange Walking Potatoes
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:05:08 -0400

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:28:57 -0400, Road's End Farm wrote:

> A friend of mine just came by with a puzzle. She had recently, and
>belatedly,
> planted some overly-sprouted potato sets. Most of them are growing fine;
>some
> haven't leafed out yet. Something has been coming by, each night, and
>digging
> up one potato. It's always one of the ones that haven't leafed yet. It's
> always only one potato. The next day, my friend replants it; the next night,
> the same one gets dug up again. After two or three replantings, the dug up
> potato not only gets dug up, but disappears; and whatever it is moves on to
> another potato; not the next one in the row, but another one that hasn't
> leafed yet. So far, this sequence has continued through about three
>potatoes.

I think a raccoon with a sense of humor is trying to mess with your friend's
head...

--
Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/






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