Harry Krause wrote:
On 1/15/2007 11:51 AM, JimH wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...
Harry Krause wrote:

They grow their garlic in purified dirt?
You don't know anything about organic agriculture, do you? :-)

There would be darn few nutrients in "purified" dirt.

Organic produce is grown without chemically synthesized fertilizers and
without being contaminated with bug poison. The soil is enriched with
manure and compost, not exactly "pure" in the tradtitional sense.



By any chance do you wear Birkenstocks with socks and shorts and smoke a
pipe Chuck? I know you have the beard. ;-)




We all know that it is safer to grow veggies in pig feces, right?

Harry, you're starting to SOUND like JimH now!

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:55:24 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 1/15/2007 11:51 AM, JimH wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...
Harry Krause wrote:

They grow their garlic in purified dirt?
You don't know anything about organic agriculture, do you? :-)

There would be darn few nutrients in "purified" dirt.

Organic produce is grown without chemically synthesized fertilizers and
without being contaminated with bug poison. The soil is enriched with
manure and compost, not exactly "pure" in the tradtitional sense.



By any chance do you wear Birkenstocks with socks and shorts and smoke a
pipe Chuck? I know you have the beard. ;-)




We all know that it is safer to grow veggies in pig feces, right?

Harry, you are so neat! And, it's nice to see your crew rally around your
flag in your attacks. Wow, JimH, Don, and even Tom are gathering for the
kill.
--
******************************************
***** Have a super day! *****
******************************************

John H

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:13:28 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 1/15/2007 12:09 PM, Chuck Gould wrote:
JimH wrote:

By any chance do you wear Birkenstocks with socks and shorts and smoke a
pipe Chuck? I know you have the beard. ;-)


I've got one pair of Birkenstocks, but they're traditional shoes and
not sandals. I usually wear boat shoes every day.

Smoked a pipe 25-30 years ago, but haven't for a very long time. Don't
smoke anything at all anymore.

I wear shorts at the gym and nowhere else. Typical attire is a pair of
black Dockers and a long sleeved, black denim workshirt.

Another stereotype bites the dust. :-)



You've really become the prig of this newsgroup the last few months.
Did your dog die, or are you going through menopause?

Luckily, you've remained what you are, Harry, just the neatest name-caller
in rec.boats.
--
******************************************
***** Have a super day! *****
******************************************

John H

JohnH wrote:


Harry, you are so neat! And, it's nice to see your crew rally around your
flag in your attacks. Wow, JimH, Don, and even Tom are gathering for the
kill.

Don't worry John. I'm harder to kill than that. By quite a lot.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


We're having a Chuck intervention. :)

You should post that over on the pirate flag thread, under "showing
true colors". :-)

Harry Krause wrote:


You've really become the prig of this newsgroup the last few months.
Did your dog die, or are you going through menopause?

I see that you succumbed, yet again, to your compulsion to post insults
and personal attacks several times a day.

Glad to be of service.

In fact, just keep firing your crap my way if you like. No point
picking on somebody that it might upset.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

Harry Krause wrote:

They grow their garlic in purified dirt?

You don't know anything about organic agriculture, do you? :-)

There would be darn few nutrients in "purified" dirt.

Organic produce is grown without chemically synthesized fertilizers and
without being contaminated with bug poison. The soil is enriched with
manure and compost, not exactly "pure" in the tradtitional sense.


Organic can have bug poisons. Buddy from high school is one of the better
known organic farmers in NorCal. Lots of chemicals can be used. Just not
some of the more nasty synthetic chemicals. Copper spray is organic as well
as Bordeaux spray to name just two. There are no government rules for
"Organic".

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

basskisser wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
basskisser wrote:


Nice place! What's the population of the island? Is it a large town,
or
small? How big is the island?

Saltspring is the largest island in the Gulf Islands, and is served by
BC ferries to the town of Vesuvius as well as Fulford Harbour and
another terminal near the head of Ganges Harbour. Population of the
entire island is said to be about 10,000- with 6,000 living in the town
of Ganges itself and the balance in Fulford, Vesuvius, and on the
multitude of small farms and homesteads scattered around.

It would take several hours to circumnavigate the island at 8 knots,
and a bicyclist in decent shape could devote an entire day to riding
along the network of roads that generally radiate from a roughly
centralized Ganges. The tallest point on the island is Mt. Maxwell, but
I don't know offhand what the elevation is.

Cool, thanks, Chuck. When we go to S.F. bay area this summer, we are
planning on flying to Victoria for a week. My wife has spent a lot of
time there, and wants to go back. She has an affinity for Butchart
Gardens and The Empress for tea. I want to do some exploring.


It's easy to get to Saltspring from Victoria. A short drive up
Vancouver Island to Swartz Bay (at Sidney) will put you on a BC Ferry
to Fulford. Fulford is very near Ganges.

High Tea at the Empress is fine, I guess, but you might suggest that
your wife look into taking tea out at Butchart Gardens. Having done
both, I'd say don't miss tea at Butchart's.
If you're spending a week in Victoria, you can easily do tea a couple
of times.

There's a two-day land based excursion you might consider from
Victoria, or a one-day round trip sightseeing deal. There's a train
that leaves Vancouver every morning called the Malahat. It runs up to
Comox then turns around and heads back. Very scenic! We left the boat
in Comox for a month one year and went back to Seattle for a few weeks
to do some work. Took the Malahat between Comox and Victoria each way.
You could stay in Comox overnight, or get off in Nanaimo (partway
there) if you'd prefer a fun and busier destination.


Tea at the Empress with a Kir Royal and a Mimosa will set your back about
$140 Cad. Reported lots of nice fresh water fishing on Salt Springs.

On 15 Jan 2007 17:35:17 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:


JohnH wrote:


Harry, you are so neat! And, it's nice to see your crew rally around your
flag in your attacks. Wow, JimH, Don, and even Tom are gathering for the
kill.

Don't worry John. I'm harder to kill than that. By quite a lot.

I wasn't worried about you. I was amused by the folks in the collection,
and especially by Tom's joining of the group.
--
******************************************
***** Have a super day! *****
******************************************

John H