"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>"jmcquown" wrote:
>>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> Anyway, if you're really concerned about the price of spuds then grow
>>>> your own... my next door neighbor grows potatoes and we trade crops...
>>>> no produce market storage potato compares to the taste of fresh dug,
>>>> earthy to die for.
>>>
>>> Why do you assume everyone has the space to plant a garden?
>>
>>Everyone should be able to plant something even if only herbs in the
>>windowsill or perhaps in an Aerogarden. Whether that would be feasible or
>>not is another matter. I would love an Areogarden but the only place I
>>could possibly put it would be in the garage. Not sure it would work so
>>well in there. I used to grow herbs in the kitchen garden window but the
>>cats I have now will eat almost any plant. Exception being cactus!
>>But
>>those prickers sure do show up well on a black cat.
>
> Jill is only making those nasty comments 'cause they're directed at
> me... she's too envious, lazy, and inebriated to do much more than
> post dreck on usenet. I think it's ironic that she writes about all
> her employment... and then complained because I used to phone her... I
> only phoned because she kept telling me how she was job hunting
> because she was having trouble paying her bills and needed help
> finding a job so I tried to advise her. No one can hold a job if they
> are too hung over to show up. She wrote long winded email but I'm not
> much of a typist so I'd rather phone than spend my time composing
> lengthy emails.
>
> Anyone who wants to do a vegetable garden has no excuse, a piece of
> ground is always available. Every municipality in the US has
> community gardens, most all condo developments do. My last tenent
> always admired my garden and would say how she wished she could have
> one... easy, I told her to make one and since I have plenty of good
> farm land showed her where she could dig up a spot by her back door.
> But she was lazy and never did... I even offered her the use of
> gardening tools but all she had were lame excuses. Even where I live
> in rural farm country where most home owners have lots of gardening
> space the town has a large community garden for those who rent, and
> it's free for residents. Jill is simply a very sad excuse for a human
> being, married to a wine bottle, I can almost feel sorry for her. I
> tried very hard not to say anything but Jill doesn't know when to
> STFU. Jill is a nasty drunk who has never held a J O B. Even when
> she had an appartment before she went to her parent's house she didn't
> work, she was very likely Section Eight (welfare), I didn't want to
> say how she probably earned money to pay her bills... I think Jill has
> already told how she gets money... she has "Johns".

It's not true that a piece of ground is always available. I don't think
that we have any community gardens here. There is this one in Bothell:

http://www.bothell-reporter.com/community/41000909.html

That's a ways away from where I live and parking can be a nightmare. Plus
in our climate, gardens don't always work. I don't have room in my yard for
a garden, nor is it really sunny enough. I did try earth boxes before.
They did well one year. Were not good at all the next several so I gave up.