Posted on 03/13/2011 10:52:38 AM PDT by Nachum
What’s in your wallet?
Not much — especially after a trip to the supermarket.
At the checkout counter at the D’Agostino in Hell’s Kitchen, retired ballerina Carol Sumner shook her head over the increasingly steep price of her weekly grocery bill.
“It’s outrageous,” said Sumner, a senior citizen who was making a pit stop to buy soda, ice cream and cake for a party she was throwing.
“I feel like I am getting fleeced and taken advantage of. I don’t buy meat anymore. I can’t. It’s too expensive.”
The price index for groceries is expected to surge 3 to 4 percent nationally this year, according to the US Dept. of Agriculture.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Americans — and the rest of the world — do not have the right to cheap food either. But you’d never gather that from the cited article, where a potential 3 to 4 percent annual increase in food costs are grounds for Gotterdamerung, but 30 percent MONTHLY increases in gas costs are minor inconveniences.
Sauce for the Big Oil goose is sauce for the Big Ag gander.
I have heard about this, and have been watching how this might develop.
Another reason we need small government people in D.C.
Just wait, granny! All that Liberal BS is about to make you very, very poor. And, you know what? None of us on this side give a rip about you or what the future holds for you. Eat dog doodoo, granny...
You are most certainly welcome. The problem is primarily with corn, soybeans, and rapeseed (canola), so far, but as more and more species are modified (contaminated wheat has been found in areas in Canada, from experimental fields, moving into nearby fields), it will become a bigger problem.
Now that IS a deal, haha. Be glad you have such charitable in laws, we aren’t all so lucky, lol.
“Angel Soft, 24 double rolls are $11.67 at Wally World. Cheapest price I’ve seen on the premium TP.”
That’s a good buy, thanks for the heads up. Someone else mentioned buying from a paper supply co. There’s cleaning business nearby that offers a reallly big discount on buying something like $45 for 200 rolls (or something like that), but I’m not brave enough to take that big of a plunge (figuratively, and possibly literally!) just yet. It could be as rough as sandpaper :)
The MSM is providing cover for the punk president. This story has gone badly unreported.
I should add, that what I meant is that the big problem of contamination, and Monsanto suing for seed cleaning, is with the crop types I’ve mentioned. The heirloom seed contamination is varied. I’ve seen notices from some online supplies saying that certain varieties of several crop types are no longer sold because the fields they come from are contaminated, but I don’t remember the plants they listed at the time (there are articles out there about the problem though). I’m planting all heirlooms this year, except *maybe* some cherry tomatoes since I did like the supersweet 100, and tomatoes are self pollinating. But it’s still undecided, I tried some pink brandywine determinate heirlooms, and they were delicious, grew dozens of large fruit, and when winter came, we picked 2 1/2 grocery sacks of green tomatoes and had ripe tomatoes for almost 2 months (subject to possible incorrect memory disclaimer, lol) after (we’d put them in a partially open plastic bag when we wanted them ripened, the same as we do with grocery tomatoes, and leave the ones we wanted later out to breathe).
There's one item I will never skimp on. It's my Charmin Ultra. On sale or not, if it's time to restock the cabinet, there's no room on my shelves for turnpike toilet paper.
A roll of sandpaper TP is a badge of honor if you are cheap..lol!
I love tomatoes. I live in the “high desert” of SoCal and it can get hot. Managing water vs. sunlight [heat] is sketchy. Last time I tried tomatoes I didn’t get that many, they didn’t grow to full size and those that did germinate, only grew to about 1/3 of normal.
I read up on pruning of sucker leaves, plant food, etc. I think it was the dirt, not enough nutrients.
I’m thinking it’s way past time to figure out this gardening thing. I like vegetables and the fresher the better.
We’re going to put in a box planter in an area of the backyard that we don’t use and see how we do.
I’m not much of a green thumb, but willing to give it a shot. I’ll go talk with the folks who run a local nursery and see what advice they can give about prepping the soil (clay really), etc.
I’ll keep these tomato types on my list of plants to attempt, they sound good.
Thanks again,
SZ
Nonsense. A 4% increase is like a $2.99 item going up to $3.11. Over the course of a year. That's not even noticeable to most people.
What we are seeing is substantially >4%.
Good luck to you! There are some master gardners on the weekly gardening ping, if you’re interested. One thing about tomatoes is that they like heat, and like to be deep. You can bury them all the way to the leave’s and the stem will turn into root, and give you’re plant a big boost in the season. I tried burying mine last year, but they were so tall. I knew it would help, but I didn’t want to dig a foot down (plus some were in pots). One tip I never thought of is that if you do buy a seedling (instead of seeds—the growing season is short in Northern Utah, where I live), you can dig a channel and just lay it down, they keep the top portion above dirt and it will do all the better. Getting soil tested at a local University extension office is usually under $10, and I hear very, very worthwhile. (I will this year, but have to wait for the soil to dry from the snow).
I know some about gardening, but many on the Gardening ping list are experts. If you need anything, let me know, and if you like I can PM the gardening pingster with your info. Again, good luck!
“Angel Soft, 24 double rolls are $11.67 at Wally World. Cheapest price I’ve seen on the premium TP.”
I have been buying this at $10.00 at Wally World. Just checked Friday night and it is still at $10.00 around here...am now stocked up.
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