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NP99
22nd September 2013, 04:42 AM
Anyone else noticed that it's hard to get fresh non imported garlic from the supermarket? Plenty from china, but it's tasteless :(
Drew
22nd September 2013, 06:56 AM
Once again all about the $$$
“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.” - Albert Einstein
taslucas
22nd September 2013, 07:06 AM
Anyone else noticed that it's hard to get fresh non imported garlic from the supermarket? Plenty from china, but it's tasteless :(
The key word there is "supermarket". I shop at a smaller grocery store that has local products so I can support Tassie farmers and also the product is way nicer. The imported garlic is about $4-5 a kg and the local is around $25 per kg but I still go for the local. Get so sick of people that shop on price alone and complain that theres no aussie jobs.
BUY LOCAL EVERYONE:-)
AB
22nd September 2013, 07:49 AM
Grow your own!
I'm sick of imported crap these days.
I'm growing...
Spinach
beans
tomatos
herbs
cucumber
iceburg lettuce
garlic
leek
strawberry
apricot tree
pear tree
nectarine
mandarine
apple tree
orange tree
lemon tree
plum trees
passionfruit trees
cos lettuces
rocket lettuces
growler2058
22nd September 2013, 08:40 AM
Grow your own!
I'm sick of imported crap these days.
I'm growing...
Spinach
beans
tomatos
HERBS
cucumber
iceburg lettuce
garlic
leek
strawberry
apricot tree
pear tree
nectarine
mandarine
apple tree
orange tree
lemon tree
plum trees
passionfruit trees
cos lettuces
rocket lettuces
Call it herbs ay! :)
BigRAWesty
22nd September 2013, 08:44 AM
Grow your own!
I'm sick of imported crap these days.
I'm growing...
Spinach
beans
tomatos
herbs
cucumber
iceburg lettuce
garlic
leek
strawberry
apricot tree
pear tree
nectarine
mandarine
apple tree
orange tree
lemon tree
plum trees
passionfruit trees
cos lettuces
rocket lettuces
All well and good if you have the space..
Look for local vege patches..
There will be something around.
If not small window boxes can grow smaller things like herbs.
A half wine barrels make awesome small patches and look nice..
But yes, ditch the supermarkets and buy local. Local shops and local markets..
AB
22nd September 2013, 08:45 AM
Call it herbs ay! :)
Yeah they are so yummy with cookies but I get tired after eating some of them and they make me laugh...lol
BigRAWesty
22nd September 2013, 09:05 AM
Yeah they are so yummy with cookies but I get tired after eating some of them and they make me laugh...lol
And hungry...
taslucas
22nd September 2013, 09:47 AM
Grow your own!
I'm sick of imported crap these days.
I'm growing...
Spinach
beans
tomatos
herbs
cucumber
iceburg lettuce
garlic
leek
strawberry
apricot tree
pear tree
nectarine
mandarine
apple tree
orange tree
lemon tree
plum trees
passionfruit trees
cos lettuces
rocket lettuces
some of us have to work all day, we dont have a forum to pay our wages hahahahaha
EDIT: and with all that, you still only had store bought cheese and tomato on frozen store bought garlic bread!?
mudnut
22nd September 2013, 11:03 AM
I read, somewhere, that some of the imported stuff is bleached using poisonous chemicals. I have some Aussie garlic cloves, I bought at Safeway, packed by Australian Gourmet Pastes. For some reason, we have trouble growing garlic and lemon trees on my property. (Must be soil type, will have to research it more.)
AB
22nd September 2013, 03:04 PM
I read, somewhere, that some of the imported stuff is bleached using poisonous chemicals. I have some Aussie garlic cloves, I bought at Safeway, packed by Australian Gourmet Pastes. For some reason, we have trouble growing garlic and lemon trees on my property. (Must be soil type, will have to research it more.)
Don't piss on the lemon trees. They only need a couple of urinations a year. Everyone thinks they love it. My mate had parties all the time in his paddock near a lemon tree. It ended up dieing...lol
growler2058
22nd September 2013, 03:19 PM
Don't piss on the lemon trees. They only need a couple of urinations a year. Everyone thinks they love it. My mate had parties all the time in his paddock near a lemon tree. It ended up dieing...lol
Ive pissed on mine heaps and it chucks out a shitload of lemons
AB
22nd September 2013, 03:20 PM
Ive pissed on mine heaps and it chucks out a shitload of lemons
Must be your seafood and chilli diet.
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