Being a computer novice I don't understand what was going on. I was away for the weekend and came back this afternoon, and there were all these weird messages and nothing else. What causes that? And why did it stop? Please someone take the time to explain it.
Plus not to mention the big blow up between Loamy and Aris, which never having been to the seed saving website (where is it?) I couldn't understand either. Phew!! Maybe I should have stayed in Ventura.
On the way home we drove through a semi rural area, very attactive, especially with all the rain in the last few months. There was a roadside fruit and vegetable stand, but when I asked if the strawberries were organic, the owner said "H*ll, no!" and went completely off. What's his problem? I guess if he's that antagonistic and rude about it, he must feel threatened by pressure, which is a good thing. So of course I didn't buy anything. Strawberries, I read somewhere, have more pesticides and other chemicals than any other fruit. No way would I eat non organic strawberries.
Enjoy the harmless spamming of a child with no adequate supervision and not enough homework for the weekend.
I'm still chortling that he did it all MANUALLY... I mean, JEEZ, you can write scripts to do this stuff!
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Do you think he meant that he was not Certified Organic as opposed to using organic methods of growing? But if he was growing on a large scale, he was probably using the standard nonorganic method. Strawberries are notoriously difficult to grow, in the acreages they need to grow them in, without pesticides. And the studies have shown that covering the soil they are in with vast quantities of clear plastic improves productivity.
Have you been up to Santa Maria lately? It's horrifying seeing hundreds of acres of plastic that can only be used once and thrown away. Luckily injecting the soil with methyl bromide has been banned. I can't even look at a strawberry without feeling really sad about how it got there. :|
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