The Good life
Mr.Smartypants
had a garden.
snowman
Nice. I can remember our garden in Edmonton, there was always something
really good about the absolute freshest produce coming right out of your
own back yard. It's kind of a pity that the newer homes have such tiny
back yards, not much room for any kind of a garden.
Matthew Kruk
I remember garden raiding with friends. Nothing like fresh veggies.
John Fleming
in the scriptorium snowman <x@x.x> wrote:
> $Mr.Smartypants wrote:
> $> I remember when I was growing up in Saskatchewan everyone who could
> $> had a garden.
> $>
> $>
> $> http://tinyurl.com/5fpcep
> $
> $Nice. I can remember our garden in Edmonton, there was always something
> $really good about the absolute freshest produce coming right out of your
> $own back yard. It's kind of a pity that the newer homes have such tiny
> $back yards, not much room for any kind of a garden.
That's one of the nice things about buying in an older
neighbourhood. The back yard is bigger.
Planted some early season radish seeds last weekend. (These
will grow best when the temperatures are still cool, so
hopefully the coming cold weather this weekend won't deprove
me of fresh radishes in June.
Later, I plan to add peas and carrots to the mix.
And I agree, there is nothing like home grown vegetables and
raspberries. When I was growing up, we always had raspberry
plants in the back, and harvesting raspberries became a
summer ritual.
--
John Fleming
Edmonton, Canada
A Dreamer is One Who Can Only Find Her
Way by Moonlight.
-- Oscar Wilde
Topposter
of lead gasoline used in the city, you are better off buying imported fruits
and vegetables grown in clean earth
--
Socrates taught his students that the pursuit of truth can only begin once
they start to question and analyze every belief that they ever held dear. If
a certain belief passes the tests of evidence, deduction, and logic, it
should be kept. If it doesn't, the belief should not only be discarded, but
the thinker must also then question why he was led to believe the erroneous
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John Fleming
in the scriptorium "Topposter" <Topposter@ poster.com>
wrote:
> $Unfortunately most back yard gardens are contaminated with lead from years
> $of lead gasoline used in the city, you are better off buying imported fruits
> $and vegetables grown in clean earth
Farmed, of course, at one point by farm equipment that
burned lead gasoline. (Tractors used diesel, of course, but
the farm trucks didn't necessarlily.)
BTW, if you live in a house built earlier than 1975, chances
are pretty good you have some lead based paint on the walls
too.
Matthew Kruk
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:11:19 -0600, while chained to a desk
> in the scriptorium "Topposter" <Topposter@ poster.com>
> wrote:
>
>> $Unfortunately most back yard gardens are contaminated with lead from years
>> $of lead gasoline used in the city, you are better off buying imported fruits
>> $and vegetables grown in clean earth
>
> Farmed, of course, at one point by farm equipment that
> burned lead gasoline. (Tractors used diesel, of course, but
> the farm trucks didn't necessarlily.)
>
> BTW, if you live in a house built earlier than 1975, chances
> are pretty good you have some lead based paint on the walls
> too.
Good, then Superman can't see what you and the girlfriend are doing ...
John Fleming
the scriptorium "Matthew Kruk" <Matthe...@telus.net>
wrote:
> $"John Fleming" <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote in message
> $news:dakd04p6pdet71fj7...@4ax.com...
> $> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:11:19 -0600, while chained to a desk
> $> in the scriptorium "Topposter" <Topposter@ poster.com>
> $> wrote:
> $>
> $>> $Unfortunately most back yard gardens are contaminated with lead from years
> $>> $of lead gasoline used in the city, you are better off buying imported fruits
> $>> $and vegetables grown in clean earth
> $>
> $> Farmed, of course, at one point by farm equipment that
> $> burned lead gasoline. (Tractors used diesel, of course, but
> $> the farm trucks didn't necessarlily.)
> $>
> $> BTW, if you live in a house built earlier than 1975, chances
> $> are pretty good you have some lead based paint on the walls
> $> too.
> $
> $Good, then Superman can't see what you and the girlfriend are doing ...
I hadn't thought of that angle.
Mr.Smartypants
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:57:52 GMT, while chained to a desk in
> wrote:
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> > $"John Fleming" <nos...@sprynet.com> wrote in message
> > $news:dakd04p6pdet71fj7...@4ax.com...
> > $> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:11:19 -0600, while chained to a desk
> > $> in the scriptorium "Topposter" <Topposter@ poster.com>
> > $> wrote:
> > $>
> > $>> $Unfortunately most back yard gardens are contaminated with lead from years
> > $>> $of lead gasoline used in the city, you are better off buying imported fruits
> > $>> $and vegetables grown in clean earth
> > $>
> > $> Farmed, of course, at one point by farm equipment that
> > $> burned lead gasoline. (Tractors used diesel, of course, but
> > $> the farm trucks didn't necessarlily.)
> > $>
> > $> BTW, if you live in a house built earlier than 1975, chances
> > $> are pretty good you have some lead based paint on the walls
> > $> too.
> > $
> > $Good, then Superman can't see what you and the girlfriend are doing ...
>
> I hadn't thought of that angle.
>
> --
It's a plus that might help offset the downer of going insane from
lead poisoning.
Topposter
water pumps all had lead water pipes, that could explain many things
--
Socrates taught his students that the pursuit of truth can only begin once
they start to question and analyze every belief that they ever held dear. If
a certain belief passes the tests of evidence, deduction, and logic, it
should be kept. If it doesn't, the belief should not only be discarded, but
the thinker must also then question why he was led to believe the erroneous
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anonymous coward
Oh, I remember the good old times alright. I had a plum tree in the
back yard when I bought my very small house in 1978. As I approached my
home each day after work or looked outside the window from within, I saw
people of all descriptions with ladders on the property picking the
plums every year. Gardening is wonderful, if it is your love, but for
me, give a vegetable grown in any foreign country with no labour laws,
no pesticide regulations with better flavour by genetically modified
food and I will take my cancers as I find them.
Repeat again where on the planet is clean water and clean earth!