Re: PING! Michael

On 11/26/2024 5:37 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-11-26, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:

songbird wrote:
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Carol wrote:
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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).

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   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...).
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   songbird

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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.
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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.