of course its wrong, but i bet it won't change?

I am afraid if Woolwoths is looking to us as customers it's going to be a lon wait while ever we have our green grocer's shop in town. Sometimes he is a little bit dearer sometimes a whole lot charer. and always the products are locally grown & produced, I think the fuethest away traveller's are some potatoes from Tasmana biut still "locally" grown.

:)

Good on you Pate--keep suporting them as when Woolies and Coles have the full market they sell very dear food--and it is NOT fresh either--as we here have found out

I love the price war between Coles and Woolies, this week at Coles they have naval oranges for $1.20 kilo and granny smith applles for $2 kilo, that's where I'll be heading tomorrow.  

I had read about imported garlic unable to sprout owing to chemicals etc and the bleaching so only used Aussie grown garlic, The fruiterer where I bought my garlic also sold the cheaper import, About 7 or 8 years ago I noticed some of the cheaper garlic sprouting, which he was going to throw out as people wouldn't buy it sprouting, I was able to obtain a few bulbs, seperated and planted them, the first crop were only small with a light bluish colour, tasted very strong, over the years each generation became much stronger in taste and with a pale blue colour, now I do two plantings a year which supplies enough to share. Not always, but sometimes you cannot believe  everything  that you  hear or read.

THATS THE WAY SETH i was told the one with the purplish tinge is from overseas, but is very tasty, i have been growing it for many years. Yes when they are sprouting means its time to put it in the ground and let it multiply, but if you not a gardener ppl don't realise that. they just think well you can't eat it like that, but funny enough you can still eat it. It won't hurt you.

Now the garlic that is sold in coles in bunches is from china, it has no big smell, because its been radiated, and goodness knows what. and is nasty and cheap.

so i will never touch it.

but what a farmer gave me at victoria market many years ago, is sold for 19.99 a kg.

but i bought for 7.99 a k until mine is ready to pluck out of the ground. and thats in the western suburbs. NO more hints right now lol.

cheers.