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Dollars from dirt: Economy spurs home garden boom (It's official: We're now peasants!!)
Salon / The Associated Press ^ | March 15, 2009 | Gillian Flaccus

Posted on 03/15/2009 11:54:44 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

With the recession in full swing, many Americans are returning to their roots -- literally -- cultivating vegetables in their backyards to squeeze every penny out of their food budget.

Industry surveys show double-digit growth in the number of home gardeners this year and mail-order companies report such a tremendous demand that some have run out of seeds for basic vegetables such as onions, tomatoes and peppers.

"People's home grocery budget got absolutely shredded and now we've seen just this dramatic increase in the demand for our vegetable seeds.

(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; food; gardening; groceries; obama; recession; thrift; worldwarii
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To: Little Bill
Degas genitally, and divide into two greased loaf pans.

I HOPE you mean de-gas gently

Otherwise, I want nothing to do with your perverted "bread" recipe.

WORDS MEAN THINGS!!

THINK BEFORE POSTING

61 posted on 03/15/2009 8:15:59 PM PDT by Don W (People who think are a threat to socialism)
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To: Sally'sConcerns; Gabz; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl

Here is another one to add to the garden ping lists.


62 posted on 03/16/2009 5:44:56 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for BO to tear it down.)
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To: Little Bill
"Degas genitally"

Remind me to never accept an invitation to eat at your house.

63 posted on 03/16/2009 6:02:51 AM PDT by Designer (We are SO scrood!)
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To: Don W
Technical term in the bread making biz. No - me bad.
64 posted on 03/16/2009 8:41:48 AM PDT by Little Bill (Just a Poor White Person , clinging to God, Guns, and the Constitution)
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To: Don W

I suggest you pass this on to Peter Reinhart at Johnson and Wales, teaches bread making. I am sure that in the future editions of his bread making books he will correct this error.


65 posted on 03/16/2009 8:52:48 AM PDT by Little Bill (Just a Poor White Person , clinging to God, Guns, and the Constitution)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Gabz

My life won’t be changing much. I married into a ‘farm family’ 15 years ago...and I grew a lot of food and herbs and flowers and fruit prior to that.

But Husband impressed the heck outta me with his garden while we were dating; it was a deal-maker. ;)

I’ve worked ‘in the biz’ for the past decade. Seed sales have been through the roof, and I predict my sales of all veggie plants will be very strong this season.

“Cultivators with years of experience worry that home gardeners lured by promises of big savings will burn out when they see the amount of labor required to get dollars from their dirt.”

BUT...this is something I warn each and every customer about. It’s work. Plain and simple. Producing food is WORK.

Funny...I haven’t had ANY customers from the local low-income housing that’s within walking distance of my garden center. Not even a community garden in their neighborhood, where they’re plenty of green space to be dug up. Go figure.

Guess when you can get the milk for free, why buy the cow?

Your Tax Dollars at work. :)


66 posted on 03/16/2009 4:22:06 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cool! Something new to add to my CV!


67 posted on 03/16/2009 4:32:12 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat lead.)
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To: Designer
I decided to google Degas genitally

The first hit is your comment here at FR

LOL

68 posted on 03/17/2009 10:44:27 AM PDT by Syncro (I'd rather regret something I did instead of regretting not doing it.)
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To: Syncro
"The first hit is your comment here at FR"

LOL!

69 posted on 03/17/2009 11:20:34 AM PDT by Designer (We are SO scrood!)
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