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To: MamaDearest

I haven't eaten strawberries since I used to pass the fields in southern Orange County where I saw the "people doing what Americans won't do" picking strawberries everyday. No bathroom facilities and pretty dirty looking.

I used to grow them myself when I lived by the beach. I may try again here now after winter. I used to get a vegetable wash at Trader Joe's in California that was pretty good.

There were outbreaks several years ago, people getting sick from cantaloupe of all things. You would think you were safe there, but when cutting through them the knife passes the salmonella or whatever from the rind right into the fruit.


3,546 posted on 12/02/2005 6:15:22 AM PST by WestCoastGal
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To: WestCoastGal

That's the very reason anyone who can possibly grow their own veggies should do so. They'll grow in tiny pots on your steps or deck - all you have to do is water them to keep many of them growing. There are miniature fruit trees you can also put on the porch in the spring and summer and keep indoors in the winter if your climate is not adaptable. Tomatoes, cucumbers and pumpkins are good to start indoors in January and February for planting outdoors when frost danger has passed.


3,569 posted on 12/02/2005 10:57:30 AM PST by MamaDearest
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