wild carrot time
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06/12/12 07:31 AM
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foxkidd44
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got a call last night from my buyer for a special order he needs filled.......100 lbs of wild carrots.
and all the heal all that i can get,,,lol.
i think one of the strangest orders i filled was 500 lbs of poison ivy..........my wife wasn't to keen on that......i had to take my clothes off outside, bag them up...and put them in the washer .......
the canadian thistle order was interesting as well,,,,lol.
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/12/12 08:01 AM
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How do dig carrot?Got any pics?How do you clean it and dry it?
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/12/12 10:45 AM
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this is just a special order for the tops. the roots are quite edible however when young,but you must be 100% sure of what you are looking for because there are a few plants that look similliar to wild carrots that are very toxic. plants like water hemlock can kill you. the tops are cut at ground level and then dried in the shade so they will retain the green color. i would highly recommend someone to go with you who knows the diffrence between carrots and hemlock. my computer will no longer accept pics from my camera, so i'll have to borrow pics from the net to show you how simmilar they look. http://www.natureskills.com/outdoor-safety/water-hemlock/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_carrot
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/12/12 01:19 PM
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Don't make me put up a"weed" pic.lol
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/12/12 01:32 PM
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Foxkidd,I can:t imagine what 100lbs. would look like.
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/12/12 04:40 PM
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it really don't take that long to get 100lbs worth. just park my truck in a feild and start hacking away with my machete. wished they bought it all the time...lol. i got around 50 lbs worth so far,,,took me probably 2 hours.
it'll take longer to dry it than it does cutting it.
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/13/12 09:03 PM
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jeremy brua
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I thought that was yarow(sp)?
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/14/12 08:02 PM
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jeremy brua
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Im glad i never tried to use what i thought was yarrow. There is quite a bit of that stuff (wild carrot) growing around me. It would take a lot of cuttin to get 100#.
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/15/12 07:36 AM
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it doesn't take as long as you'd think if ya get at it and don't quit.
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/16/12 11:14 AM
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/16/12 11:19 AM
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grykl, i'm getting $1.25 per dried pound..........but this is just a special order......not an everyday item.
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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Re: wild carrot time
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06/16/12 05:12 PM
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it doesn't take as long as you'd think if ya get at it and don't quit. ya a few good sized hay fields and you should be good to go.
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
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Re: wild carrot time
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07/20/12 02:48 PM
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I should have took a pic, one of the places i trap had a strip of it next to the road. It was solid 8' wide and about 1/2 a mile long. Easy pickin!
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
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Re: wild carrot time
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07/20/12 09:59 PM
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it is quite edible too.........just make sure you get the young roots........the older they get, the tougher they get...........kinda like a radish...too big and they get pithy and woody.
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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