Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. Wow! I thought they might be from
south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
Salinas. Color me surprised.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:11:37 -0700, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:06:56 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>
>>Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
>>sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. Wow! I thought they might be from
>>south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
>>Salinas. Color me surprised.
>
>At the farmers markets, one can still find them coming in. I am
>thinking of making some jam with them before I head back to NM for the
>holdiays...

It's been a weird year for late produce here. We're still getting
tomatoes. They're not turning on the vine but are still getting
bigger.

Lou

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 13:02:36 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:06:56 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
>>>sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. Wow! I thought they might be from
>>>south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
>>>Salinas. Color me surprised.
>
>This is from the same dumbass who can't believe we have asparagus ion
>October.

Hopefully when she was a teacher her subjects didn't involve geography
or weather zones. Years ago I had some fresh corn in Florida on New
Years Eve. Some guy was selling it out of the back of a pick-up truck
and it was fabulous.

>I think she's slipping, folks. She's becoming a Female Kent.

Becoming?

Lou

On Nov 4, 5:06*pm, sf > wrote:
> Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
> sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. *Wow! *I thought they might be from
> south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
> Salinas. *Color me surprised.

Color you stupid.

On Nov 5, 12:02*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:06:56 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >>Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
> >>sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. *Wow! *I thought they might be from
> >>south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
> >>Salinas. *Color me surprised.
>
> This is from the same dumbass who can't believe we have asparagus ion
> October.
>
> I think she's slipping, folks. *She's becoming a Female Kent.

I'll second that.

On Nov 5, 10:13*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
....
>
> It's been a weird year for late produce here. *We're still getting
> tomatoes. *They're not turning on the vine but are still getting
> bigger.
>
> Lou

I have some green ones too, like you said, getting bigger. No frost in
the 5 day forecast yet, so I'm gonna leave 'em grow and ripen.

John Kuthe...

sf wrote:
> Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
> sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. Wow! I thought they might be from
> south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
> Salinas. Color me surprised.
>

I was able to get local raspberries well into the fall, so that
doesn't surprise me as much as it might have.

--
Jean B.

On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:10:46 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
> > sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. Wow! I thought they might be from
> > south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
> > Salinas. Color me surprised.
> >
>
> I was able to get local raspberries well into the fall, so that
> doesn't surprise me as much as it might have.

Raspberries? Did they cost you an arm and a leg? In my area,
raspberries & blueberries are rarely down where I'll shell out to buy
them although I do treat myself from time to time. I was surprised
because those strawberries were marked at a normal price - 99¢ lb at
this time of year. Being available and being local & available at a
decent price at this time of year are two completely different things
AFAIC.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:14:23 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Nov 5, 10:13*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>...
>>
>> It's been a weird year for late produce here. *We're still getting
>> tomatoes. *They're not turning on the vine but are still getting
>> bigger.
>>
>> Lou
>
>I have some green ones too, like you said, getting bigger. No frost in
>the 5 day forecast yet, so I'm gonna leave 'em grow and ripen.

No way they'll get ripe here just hopefully bigger. We have to put
them in a warm window to get red now.

Lou

On 11/6/2011 11:10 AM, Jean B. wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> Just got back from the vegetable store where I bought a pound of
>> sweet, local strawberries for 99¢. Wow! I thought they might be from
>> south of the border or south of the equator... but they're from
>> Salinas. Color me surprised.
>>
>
> I was able to get local raspberries well into the fall, so that
> doesn't surprise me as much as it might have.
>

Fall-bearing raspberry varieties have been around forever, though.
Day-neutral strawberries were only developed in the mid-late 1980s.
Until those came on the market, commercial strawberries were the
June-bearing varieties, meaning those grown in the Northern Hemisphere
were available only in the spring/early summer.