Elections over, now we need a thread gas prices are sky rocketing. They reinstated the gas tax here in NY Jan 1 so that's over 20 cents a gallon rise.
It's funny, when I was young I had all of the time in the world and no money to do anything, now that I have plenty of money I am too damn old to do all of the things I wanted to do, it totally sucks getting old(er).
With some crying and puking thrown in for good measure ...
We use Natural Gas for heat/fireplace/dryer/water, and the wife loves to sit in front of the fire place, I cringe at what my PG&E bill will be this month.
My mom told me about the price of lettuce a while back. That's crazy because here it's still around $1.00 and Romain which is all I buy is $2.00. Also the size of them are much larger here because they don't have to peel away 2-3 layers from traveling across the country and wilting. The head I bought 2 days ago weighed in at 1.65 lb so $2.00 isn't bad but for the past 7 years Romaine was only $1,00 here.
That's what we pay here, but we also grow 50% of Romain and lettuce for the country, East coast must be getting it from CA/AZ or Mexico.
I am just starting to pick mine. Started right before Christmas and first thinnings are great. In about 2 weeks should have some heads ready. Red romaine is my favorite. Lettuce is easy to grow in a tent with a 12 hour light cycle.
I just replaced my water heater when propane hit $4.99 a gallon. New one is Hybrid electric that was 2k. Our cost for hot water is now 10% of what heating it with propane was costing so payback will be quick. You have to spend money to save money so cry once and go for efficiency.
That's the way to do it over there. Much better than getting those wilted scrawny heads in the stores there and you don't have to worry about pesticides. I too love red romaine and we will sometimes buy one of each and mix our salads. We eat a lot of fruits/vegetables and strange as it may sound food prices are one of a few reasons we decided to stay here for a little while longer. With all the stores we have there's a lot of competition so they still have some really good sales. My mom was telling me last summer that cherries were going for $7.00/lb there.I am just starting to pick mine. Started right before Christmas and first thinnings are great. In about 2 weeks should have some heads ready. Red romaine is my favorite. Lettuce is easy to grow in a tent with a 12 hour light cycle.
I sent her a picture of a sale here where they were just over $1.00. Crazy how there's such a huge difference in prices.
It's crazy how much everything is going up. Eggs are a little cheaper ($7) here in south TN, and that's at Walmart!Eggs are jumping up here too Ed. They use to be on sale all the time for .99 and now the prices are the same as yours. Annie just took these on Friday because she couldn't believe how much they were now.
