Veggies
Ok, that’s a strange title but here’s the reason. All along the roads all the way up the West coast of Newfoundland, you see the roadside gardens. Potatoes, turnips, sometimes lettuce and carrots are planted. We were told some people drive 50 miles to tend their little roadside gardens. When the roads were built, the richest peat soils were stirred up by the heavy equipment and that makes it the best spots to have these small gardens.
The small communities across Newfoundland have very interesting grocery stores. The stores we went into in the smaller communities didn’t have very much in the way of fresh vegetables for sale. Actually, nothing that I could bring myself to buy. The pop coolers contained the veggies. What can I say except that I wouldn’t keep those veggies – they would be in my compost bin really quickly. And there they were, for sale! Kids who get to go to the bigger city grocery stores must be amazed to see the selection of veggies you can buy.
All of the smaller stores had large chest freezers lined up down the aisle, with labels carefully stuck on the lids showing what was inside. Everything was frozen. I can understand why that had to be done. There just wasn’t the population to purchase the fresh foods and to stop waste. I have to say, though, I won’t look at potatoes the same anymore. That’s about all I could eat.
