Cherie, When you become a yooper you will need to plant lots of potatoes, rutabaga and turnips to bake in your pasties, since that is about all yoopers eat. 40 acres should be enough unless the July 4th freeze is a bad one. Cousin Chuck, growing citrus for sangria in AZ. > [Original Message] > From: C. Koch <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/8/2006 12:29:42 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne OT > > I thought that potatoes were part of the nightshade variety and were not > supposed to be eaten raw. I heard that they could be harmful when eaten > raw. You know..."THEY say..." whoever 'they' are.... > > Cherie >