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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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 Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 10:59:07 AM
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My family and I are going to the Greenbluff orchards the middle of Oct. do any of you know of an orchard or orchards there that have organic apples and/or produce
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 12:14:10 PM
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Hi, there, Teresa Sue, I would be interested in any info on this also. I just went organic about 3 months ago and it is hard to depend on 'grocery stores' for organic food. Fresh Abundance is great but fruit is expensive usually. Karen
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 12:18:44 PM
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I know organic is expensive. My thought on it is this tho-you are going to pay one way or another. You will pay the price of organic food, or you will pay the price through your health, eating non-organic,and you will pay the price with the destruction of our environment with the connection of non-organic foods and the costs to produce them. My choice is to pay for organically produced food.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 12:19:51 PM
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BTW, there is a small farm in Latah that produces organic carrots.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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Mountain Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
806 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
Washington
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 12:40:32 PM
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| I went to Green Bluff growers website www.greenbluffgrowers.com and put in organic on their search engine and only one popped up Cole's Orchards. They were certifie organic last year. JoAnn |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 12:42:12 PM
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Thank you JoAnn. I'll go look that up. You are awesome!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 1:11:50 PM
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I looked up the site and got the phone number for Coles and I called them. I talked with Mrs. Cole, really nice lady. Her most expensive apple is the HoneyCrisp, which is $1.99 a pound, but most of them are $1.20-$1.50 per pound. I didn't think that was bad for organic. I also thanked her for going organic for those of us who prefer ogranic.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 4:10:32 PM
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Wow, that is great, I just saw apples recently for over $3 a lb. Although I found some for $1.99 I will have to check it out. Thanks for your help. This would be a fun time to go up there with all the fall colors coming on right now.
Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/ |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 4:23:02 PM
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Absolutely, the different kinds of apples come on at different times, so you might want to call.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 5:35:00 PM
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Teresa Sue - Cole's is the only certified organic orchard/farm at Greenbluff. There was just an article on them in the Spokesman last week. I usually buy apples at Yaryan's when we go up, they are about 40 cents a pound. I was going to check out Cole's this year though.
Do you ever go to the Moscow Farmer's Market - I got some great organic pears there last month
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 5:39:05 PM
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I have never been to the Moscow farmers market, but I need to go, huh? I love pears. I saw on the Coles website they are going to have organic peaches in a couple of years. They have other stuff too.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 5:40:34 PM
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Teresa Sue - the Moscow farmer's market is fabulous, but get there early. It starts at 8 and by 8:10 there are people walking away with boxes and boxes of stuff
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2008 : 7:33:35 PM
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When are they open? Seven days a week? Certain months?
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 05:52:53 AM
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Thanks Alee. Honestly, I'm not following you from thread to thread,LOL.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 09:12:47 AM
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Teresa Sue - the hours on Saturday are 8am to 12pm. Then there is a Tuesday Grower's market in the co-op parking lot on Tuesday evening from 4:30 to 6:30 - also worth checking out if you are in the neighborhood.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 7:09:16 PM
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Thanks Farmgirls, I really appreciate the info and I know that Karen does too, although Moscow might be a bit far for her to go.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2008 : 7:57:54 PM
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Whoops - somehow I missed the post from Karen looking for organic - the cousin of the guy who sells in Moscow sells at the Millwood farmer's market. Her prices are pretty good - also organic stuff.
I have only been to that market this year so I don't know who else is out there and what their prices are like. It seems to me that Spokane is more expensive than elsewhere for farmer's market pricing....
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2008 : 4:48:29 PM
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Thanks Amy Grace the info is appreciated!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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