Yup, I would say if you don't want to see inflation, STAY AWAY from the hardware store.
So, I remember, not because I'm old and can remember when gas was 0.389$/gallon, but am old and can still remember this last Spring when I was in Bear Hardware and said, "These 40 pound bags of composted manure are now $3.99, and just last year they were $2.99 ! And I can also still remember yesterday, when I bought some more composted manure for my garlic patch, saying, "These 40# bags of manure are no $4.99 and just this last Spring they were $3.99 !
Now two things:
Thing 1: Selling composted manure by the pound is just a rip-off -- it should be sold dry by the cubic foot or cubic yard! You're just paying a whole bunch of money for water!
Thing B: This is the time of year to plant garlic. See:
Reading the news feels like Orwell’s 1984. You have to read between the lines and sometimes the end of an article to get any truth at all. Not to mention the government agencies that do the exact opposite of what they were created to do....like the DOJ, FBI, FDA, CDC et al.
Yup, I would say if you don't want to see inflation, STAY AWAY from the hardware store.
So, I remember, not because I'm old and can remember when gas was 0.389$/gallon, but am old and can still remember this last Spring when I was in Bear Hardware and said, "These 40 pound bags of composted manure are now $3.99, and just last year they were $2.99 ! And I can also still remember yesterday, when I bought some more composted manure for my garlic patch, saying, "These 40# bags of manure are no $4.99 and just this last Spring they were $3.99 !
Now two things:
Thing 1: Selling composted manure by the pound is just a rip-off -- it should be sold dry by the cubic foot or cubic yard! You're just paying a whole bunch of money for water!
Thing B: This is the time of year to plant garlic. See:
https://timellison.substack.com/p/another-public-service-announcement
Reading the news feels like Orwell’s 1984. You have to read between the lines and sometimes the end of an article to get any truth at all. Not to mention the government agencies that do the exact opposite of what they were created to do....like the DOJ, FBI, FDA, CDC et al.