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Across the Fence:  Overheard at the Boone Co. Fair....  |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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 Posted - Aug 07 2009 : 6:11:16 PM
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That real garden at the white house is being grown in contaminated soil, they had a big thing about last week.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 03:32:49 AM
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ok, sorry this is a little late
cherokee purple is the variety that turns really dark
very flavorful and super tasty
you just can't beat a 'mater sandwich this time of year!
pity for the folks for all they'll even know about the cruddy store bought produce phooey!
as for loading up there at the fair. As long as the food was prepared with gloved hands and not covered w/ buzzing flies, I'd have probably have dug in too.
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Aug 08 2009 : 05:04:23 AM
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LOL!!! I grew up in the city, lived in apartments all of my childhood years and beyond. BUT even I knew as an little bitty girl that milk came from cows, eggs from chickens and tomatoes from plants.
!!  I almost choked when I read about the rabbit eggs
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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ponypower
True Blue Farmgirl
68 Posts
Lily
Caspar
Ca
USA
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Posted - Aug 09 2009 : 09:16:38 AM
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| Wow, I have a similar story. I was eating an "organic" salad at a local coffee shop that had lots of organic choices on the menu when I was asked by a gentleman,..."excuse me miss,...can I ask you a question,..can you tell me what organic means?". Well I was in a rush and at first I though he was joking but then I realized that he honestly meant it. So I slowed down and told him and we got to talking and you know what he told me,.....he was a crop duster for 30 years. Can you imagine? |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - Aug 09 2009 : 1:42:42 PM
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Well, there are a lot of us out there that have never heard of nor seen anything but a red tomato. And there are those in my family who have never grown a single tomato in their lives who think I am really 'country'! So with that I must tell you that I have not hibernated all my life, I grew up in Seattle and later from the 60's on lived on the east side of the mountains (in the state of Wa). I again lived in the 'city', however, my mother did teach me to can when I was young and I did a lot of that. I have never been to a farm, although, I had relatives who lived on them back in So. Dakota. As one of you said these different tomatoes have been around for almost 100 years. But I had never seen any strange looking tomatoes until recently. I too would have wondered at a purple tomato. I got some seeds from Emilee Gettle not too long ago and was amazed at the different varities that are out there. I was in Brazil awhile back and saw so many fruits I had never even seen. It is a great big wide wide wonderful world out there, unfortunately, we often don't know what is available.
I too must at least admit that there are many olders citizens who do have memory and dementia problems so they may ask silly questions. It is a shame but sometimes I forget simple things and feel I am headed that way. I hope that others will not think I am just a real dummy! Because I know I am sounding dumb and it is very embarrassing. There are lots of medical problems that cause memory lapses.
Lily, that was sweet of you to listen to the 'organic crop duster', he has had so many brain killing chems in his system over the years I am not surprised. :D
Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/http://www.kpaints.etsy.com http://www.thevintagebaglady.etsy.com FG #377 |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Aug 09 2009 : 5:15:57 PM
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Well, you all know chocolate milk comes from the brown cows don't you? 
Thanks for bringing a smile to my face reading some of these funny (but true) questions! Our state "funny question" was a woman asking a park ranger what time of year do the deer turn into elk?
Audrey
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - Aug 09 2009 : 6:29:22 PM
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It is sad to think someone wouldn't recognize a real tomato when he saw it, but I suppose not everyone is lucky enough to know what real food is...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2009 : 05:40:06 AM
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Oh gosh...I've read and reread my post(s) and didn't see where I described it as a purple tomato...deep, dark red, like super-wonderfully ripe for the eatin', but not purple..That I guess I could understand his confusion and concern! It took me a bit too, to not think those tomatoes "tasted" purple!
This was your regular ole' beefsteak, early boy, big boy type that you can even find at Lowe's, for us "layman gardeners"...It just happened to be homegrown and was picked at just the right time--one of those little 4h-ers really knows their maters :) I guess that's why I was so taken aback--it was just a regular ole' tomato, nothing fancy, not an heirloom, and he STILL didn't know it was good.
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2009 : 10:44:55 AM
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I think that was a good opportunity to let him in on what we have known all along, fresh is better. I wouldn't have shared the tomato with him, but have encouraged him to buy a burger and try it for himself. We DO have to spread the word. I feel sorry for him. I LOVE home grown tomatoes, especially heirloom ones.
Bonnie Ellis Minnesota
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2009 : 11:28:31 AM
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I think it is really scary that people have no idea where there food comes from. Some schools are planting small gardens and teaching the kids which is a great start but I think the general public remains ignorant of how food is grown. People don't realize how the farmers in this country are regulated but all the food imported from other countries is not. I really think we are headed for very scary times.
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Aug 10 2009 : 6:01:26 PM
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I have to admit girls, you have made me laugh so hard and my daugher as well as I have read this to her. It takes all kinds girls, and figure this, they gave us a good laugh which is good for our health!!!! I grow lemon cucs and beleive you me people can't figure that one out etiher....is it a lemon shaped like a cucumber....or the next one....is it a cuc that tastes like a lemon.....lol. It is a round little cucumber that has a refreshing taste to it that we love.....you just gotta laugh....then share with them
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2009 : 03:31:33 AM
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Yea. If it was just a regular 'ole 'mater --that IS a head scratcher.
And I bet that conversation w/ the crop duster would have been interesting
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
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Posted - Aug 11 2009 : 05:57:14 AM
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Carol Sue,
I grew lemon cucs for the first time this year. A late frost killed all but one plant and yesterday I picked my one and only cuc! Ate it right there in the garden and LOVED it. I'll definately plant more next year.
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Maryjane
CA
USA
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Across the Fence: Overheard at the Boone Co. Fair.... |
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Overheard at the Boone Co. Fair....
