On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:16:40 -0000, Jennik wrote:

Local news showed a resumption of the carrot harvest as temperatures
have risen. I had wrongly asumed that the fields would have been frozen
salid beneath the surface.

That is good to hear. Getting crops out of the ground in '47 and '63
was a serious problem leading to food shortages. I wonder how big the
"buffer stocks" are of staples like the root crops?

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.