
Today Julie and I continued to enjoy the good life by paying a fair price for a good product. We went to the Farmer's Market at Harville, Ohio.
There we joined a wide assortment of friends and neighbors, old and young, some bus loads, all looking for bargain buys.

Shouldn't really blame Obama for this $4.00 jump but what the hey, I'm going to blame him for every other increase in the cost of living. Why change now.
What did we buy for $21.00? Check it out:
12 Corn-on-the-cob. Still out of season, this was the $4.00 increase.
10 Small zuchini squash
2 nice cucumbers
6 small sweet potatoes, just the right size.
5 large green peppers.
4 large, sweet onions
5 large, red tomatoes -- very nice.
1 large canelope
Big bag of oranges, enough for maybe three weeks.

Come on, Obama, bring it on. A couple months from now I'll be eating this out of my own garden and using the $21 to party it up.

Do you shop farmer's markets? If not, you might want to consider it. You will get a good selection from a wide variety of each product. You will be amazed at the prices. We go a bit later in the day just before the farmer's tear down. At that time they begin to shout "three for five dollars".
Today I bought onions, squash and green peppers, all for just five dollars total. "Three for five dollars! Those five big green peppers would have cost a dollar each at the grocery store.
Oh, bye-the-bye, when I shucked the corn, one ear was twins. Yep, two for the price of one. I shucked two ears each and Julie and I had to fight over the "twin". I won but she got the most squash and ate a "tomato-butter" sandwich. Its a hill billy thing!

John F. Kennedy:
"The farmer is the only one in our economy who buys everything retail, sells everything wholesale, and pays the freight both ways".
God Bless!
1 comment:
Dad - I've really enjoyed reading your daily posting. We've always been close, but reading your blog makes me feel even closer to you! As I read about your eating out habits, I was wondering if maybe you and I could find some time this week to get together for breakfast or lunch? If your ride is working, we could meet halfway. Otherwise I could come and pick you up. Let me know. All my love, Mark
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