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Hmmm ... I feel kind of stupid for paying $3.99 for 24 oz. (yes, that's 1.5 pounds) of baby red potatoes at Hannaford.
But they're BABY REDS! I mean, come on, babies SHOULD be more expensive, right?
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Yeah, then I started buying plain ol' red potatoes for 99 cents/pound and, you know, cutting them up myself before roasting them with chicken (which is just about the only meat/poultry protein I can consistently buy at a VERY reasonable price). Just checked, they're still that price at my local grocery store (Hannaford).
But wait ... the OP thought that $5 for 5 pounds of potatoes was EXPENSIVE? That sounds totally normal to me -- not any kind of an increase. So now I'm confused.
Potatoes are stupid easy to grow. Several years ago I did a little "guerilla gardening" and planted potatoes along a riverbank and in areas around several local ponds I knew held sizeable fish. Catch a fish, dig some spuds, have a meal. One stop shopping, so to speak. Nowadays I just plant 'em in the backyard garden.
Potatoes are stupid easy to grow. Several years ago I did a little "guerilla gardening" and planted potatoes along a riverbank and in areas around several local ponds I knew held sizeable fish. Catch a fish, dig some spuds, have a meal. One stop shopping, so to speak. Nowadays I just plant 'em in the backyard garden.
That is a great idea. I am going to have to do that plus some onions at my favorite camping/fishing spot.
I just dug up a row of potatoes I had forgotten about in a garden area I was preparing for planting peas. They were fine except for a few I sliced with a shovel. They survived -2° temps but under several feet of snow last December. Free, except for cost of seed potatoes. I got about a five gallon bucket full.
That is a great idea. I am going to have to do that plus some onions at my favorite camping/fishing spot.
Get a bulb of garlic to root and plant that as well. Garlic "Naturalizes" well. - Notsomuch to have with fish but small game like squirrels & rabbits.
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