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On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:53:43 -0000 (UTC), "Carol"
<cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:

>Ed P wrote:
>
>> On 11/26/2024 5:37 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >On 2024-11-26, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:
>> > > songbird wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > > Carol wrote:
>> > > > ...
>> > > > > And you have no clue how much we produce and how much more we
>> > > > > have that never enters the sales market (I even gave 2 nut
>> > > > > samples).
>> > > > 
>> >>>   yes, if people had gardens they could cut food expenses
>> > > > but then they'd actually have to do something to grow and
>> > > > harvest it (and learn about nature and stuff...).
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> >>>   songbird
>> > > 
>> > > Yup.  I'm still working on it but only trees really work for me,
>> > > though I get other things in smaller amounts.  Lettuce and green
>> > > onions equal to our needs.  Most years lots of bell peppers.
>> > > 
>> > > Current project, source some plant warmers and better seedling
>> > > pots yhat I can use year after year.
>*******************************
>> > 
>> > The United States imports about 15% of its food supply or
>> > $204 billion worth.  People fucking around in their backyards
>> > are never going to make up for that.
>> > 
>******************************** 
>> We've become spoiled too.  I made blueberry pancakes yesterday with
>> fresh blueberries.  They are from Peru.  If I grew my own, I'd have
>> them maybe a week or two a year.
>> 
>> We've had gardens in the past and sure, the quality was great.  Fair
>> amount of work to finally pick, even more to freeze or can.     I
>> don't see a mas exodus to the backyard to grow a lot when people can
>> get tomatoes from Mexico in January and pay a bit more for them.
>
>Sure Ed but we aren't more than hobby growers, doing it for fun.  We
>export far more food than we import.  Fresh fruits out of season
>probably tops the list of them.

Oh of course, the dense ditz also has Janet UK killfiled.

-- 
Bruce
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