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dusty wrote:Isn't it illegal to ship produce across state lines without a permit and inspection? I know it is in Arizona. If you are carrying it in the car and get stopped at a check station, they will confiscate.

That's because of the cactus mentality!(not that anyone would want transport them:D).

So now it is illegal to take food on vacation?:rolleyes:

JPG40504 wrote:That's because of the cactus mentality!(not that anyone would want transport them:D).

So now it is illegal to take food on vacation?:rolleyes:

Kentucky probably DOESN'T want ya to import Ash wood either. I heard years ago that the CUBS had to get special permission to bring their bats to a St. Louis game because of the emerald ash borer.

JPG40504 wrote:That's because of the cactus mentality!(not that anyone would want transport them:D).

So now it is illegal to take food on vacation?:rolleyes:

Actually, the State Tree (the saguaro) is protected and it is against the law to move one from one place to another (even in your own yard) without a permit. You can come to take away from my property all of the prickly pear cactus that you would like to have. I'll even help.

dusty wrote:Isn't it illegal to ship produce across state lines without a permit and inspection? I know it is in Arizona. If you are carrying it in the car and get stopped at a check station, they will confiscate.

I have only run into agricultural inspection stations going West from AZ. Never going East. I believe these stations are a branch of CA Gov't. They were only looking for apples.

charlese wrote:I have only run into agricultural inspection stations going West from AZ. Never going East. I believe these stations are a branch of CA Gov't. They were only looking for apples.

This was some years back but we were relocating from California to Texas, through Tucson, and had all potted plants, bananas and all citrus confiscated from us at a check station east of Tucson but before the New Mexico border.

The rules may have all changed over the course of time. I have not been able to travel much lately. I hope that is all changing now. When I get back on the road, I'll update this post.:rolleyes::):)

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical (CPI-W) increased 0.73 percent in March 2014. To calculate the 2015 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), the indices of July, August and September 2014 will be averaged and compared with the 2013 third-quarter average of 230.327. The percentage increase, if any, determines the COLA. March's index, 232.560 is up 0.97 percent from the base.

(The CPI represents purchases of food and beverages, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education and communication, and other goods and services. Included are various government fees, such as water charges, auto registration fees and sales and excise taxes.)

Oct. 2013 229.735 -0.3
Nov. 2013 229.133 -0.26
Dec. 2013 229.175 +0.02
Jan. 2014 230.040 +0.38
Feb. 2014 230.871 +0.36
Mar. 2014 232.560 +0.73


This is the calculation for military, military retirees, social security recipients and federal employees and retirees. Posted on page 40, June 2014 issue of NARFE magazine.

I do all the grocery shopping and I didn't witness any price reductions in Oct-Dec, but I have noticed the steep increases in the past 3 - 4 months. Prices of gasoline is also skyrocketing. Natural gas was supposed to be cheaper, but my heating bills say otherwise. Going to eat more beans and rice.

dusty wrote:Actually, the State Tree (the saguaro) is protected and it is against the law to move one from one place to another (even in your own yard) without a permit. You can come to take away from my property all of the prickly pear cactus that you would like to have. I'll even help.

Hey, if that's the same kind of "prickly pear" cactus that grows in Tennessee, them is some pretty good eats! Kinda tough to peel, but the flesh tastes like cucumber. Way tastier than cattail roots, and maybe even better than fresh wild-violet greens, which I would enjoy in a salad still. (Yes, I was once a Boy Scout.)

In South Texas, the prickly pears are huge!!! Almost like another species. Ranchers burn fields of prickly pear. Burns off the spines and then cattle can eat them without getting impaled.