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Like many of you I can remember when produce was seasonal. Today, because of transportation, we can have whatever we want when we want it. Ripe tomatoes from a hothouse in British Columbia, check. Melons from Central America, check. Do you want fresh peaches? They're being flown in from New Zealand as we speak.
I could easily get political on this but i'll try to refrain, but for those dumbasses who think communism is the way to go, look at what the free market has given us.
My neighbor asked if I needed anything from the store and I responded with beet, turnip, and collards in that order. Since Yoke's market opened the new store I've only seen spinach and kale there. Imagine my surprise when she came over with 3 bunches of beet greens!
Today's dinner is going to be excellent!
I know i posted this before, but I wanted to put it up again. I taught my daughters about foraging for mushrooms and my youngest daughter took what I've taught her and has become not only a forager but an amateur mycologist, studying fungus in depth. I'm so proud of her!
Here she is displaying a pristine example of boletus edulis.
The local guys noticed that I've been absent for a couple weeks and I got on the air yesterday and today. What a warm welcome I got! Bill kb7epr has several sections of rohn25 tower and wants to set me up with a proper tower for my antennas. Due to my proximity to the airbase I'm limited to 43' but I'm only at about 21' feet so 40' would be a monster improvement. Because of my low elevation I'm stuck at about 7,000 miles and an extra 20' would allow me to work the world from here. He's going to put up the tower without my physical involvement. All i'd have to do is make up a longer coax and I have plenty of coax so that wouldn't be a problem.
I don't know about your local area, but the ham radio community in my area is extremely helpful here. I'm blessed!