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Offline d_huntress

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« on: September 24, 2007, 04:24:27 PM »
Anyone know of a good Farmer's Market around here? Driving to Plano to find a Whole Foods store really bites. I just want to be able to find really fresh produce and maybe some local honey. Stuff like that.

I'm also up for trading organic recipes. I've got some yummy ones!
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2007, 04:50:47 PM »
Quote from: d_huntress on September 24, 2007, 04:24:27 PM
Anyone know of a good Farmer's Market around here? Driving to Plano to find a Whole Foods store really bites. I just want to be able to find really fresh produce and maybe some local honey. Stuff like that.

I'm also up for trading organic recipes. I've got some yummy ones!

I'm working on a webpage of recipes using OSX's Connoisseur application.  I'd love to trade once I'm up and running!
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2007, 05:55:00 PM »
McKinney has a farmer's market.  Never been though, so I can't comment on quality.

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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2007, 06:15:33 PM »
Well, my family and I have been on a crusade for a little while now to eliminate high fructose corn syrup and all hydrogenated oils from our diet. It's tough, and I don't think I could do it if I wasn't at home with my baby. If I had to work full-time AND try to cook healthy, organic meals every day --- I'd drop.

I saw an article about the McKinney farmers market, but it was from like 2 years ago. I wasn't sure if they still did it every weekend. I'll have to check it out soon.
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2007, 06:18:33 PM »
I think they do.  I want to take the kids this weekend maybe.

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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2007, 06:24:07 PM »
It sounded like they have quite a selection. I like local honey, because it helps with allergies. Since we have just moved from Atlanta --- we need all the help we can get.
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Re: Organic Living
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2007, 11:09:49 PM »
Wow! That definitely was NOT a Wolf Spider. I've got the heebee jeebies now!
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2007, 06:18:58 AM »
Ummm, was playing landscaper yesterday, moved 3 magnolias and planted 3 wax myrtles, and I came across something very akin to your pic on the blog. his spider was HUGE and had babies attached to back.Tarantula?
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2007, 06:25:22 AM »
You can read about them here

Did it look like that one?
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2007, 08:10:42 AM »
The Wolf spider also carries its young on its back. They can get quite large as well.
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2007, 08:35:20 AM »
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McKinney has a farmer's market.

It has about 5 booths.  One is organic meat, but the others don't appear to have much local or organic stuff.

BUT,  I did stop at the new Kroger on 121 and couldn't find the normal stuff because there was so much organic.  So that is a good place to go, and also Market Street. 

Kroger Market - 567
2901 South Lake Forest
McKinney, TX  75070
(972) 540-1196

Market Street
6100 West Eldorado Parkway
McKinney, TX 75070
(972) 548-5140
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2007, 09:04:06 AM »
Quote from: d_huntress on September 24, 2007, 11:09:49 PM
Wow! That definitely was NOT a Wolf Spider. I've got the heebee jeebies now!

True, it was a tarantula.  However, the purpose of the link was to outline my first visit to the McKinney Farmer's Market, which I will now highlight here:
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Saturday morning we trekked into McKinney for the Farmer's Market. My dad took my brother and I to the one in Dallas as kids. Whole boxes of fresh apples, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries. Bags and bags of fresh vegetables. We'd go twice a month and feast of fresh food in between. There must've been 150 stalls - each farmer hauling in his wares.

The one in McKinney had four.

And one was selling candles.
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2007, 11:31:53 AM »
I thought at first that this title was Orgasmic living.
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Re: Organic Living
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2007, 12:30:43 PM »
Quote from: Jerry Springer on September 25, 2007, 11:31:53 AM
I thought at first that this title was Orgasmic living.

Now that's what I'm talking about!
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