Good afternoon, we got some much needed rain last night, chilly today but the boats are getting on the lake now (around 12:30 pm) A bit windy too with no sunshine. Lots of rain still forecast for tomorrow and Monday.
Our two workers came and got more accomplished yesterday, and I got more accomplished too in the flower garden. I have everything I need now to set up the ornamental grasses on a mound of soil near the lake front. I will work on that once the rain all clears out. That big mound is full of weeds too that need to be cleared. This was a project Larry wanted to do to hopefully bring in nesting ducks or geese.
I have been purchasing an assortment of what I thought was quality dried fruits from an online family company for years now. Larry always liked it and actually requested dried fruit probably 15 years ago or more, so I buy a big box of different dried fruits and then put a small assortment in snack bags and store in the frig. These dried fruits have gotten more expensive the last few years, The fruits have always been large and a quality product. I started eating some too for a healthy snack and helps with digestion for me as well.
I had not really looked at all the ingredients, I just assumed just dried fruit-Not. There is no added sugars but they do use sulfur and other preservatives and the bad thing for me-not packaged in an allergy friendly place-the list is long-wheat-fish -dairy and more. I am thinking they just want to cover everything. Since my digestive system is pretty touchy still-this dried fruit product is not for me-sadly. I don't know why I hadn't really looked into this before. I had always been happy with their products and supporting a family business as well.
So I looked online for organic and allergy free dried fruits. I ended up going to Amazon to see what they had. I found a company that had dates, figs, apricots, and tart cherries mostly in 2 1/2 pound bags, a couple in 2 pound bags for just about the same price that I have been spending for one pound bags. Wow it pays to shop around. I also found organic Sun maid raisins in a large bag too I need to search for a yellow raisin that doesn't have the sulfur preservatives. Maybe that is what keeps them yellow.
Here is a photo of what I found on Amazon
I have noticed that our small size Wal mart store has organics coming in more than before.
I Have 3 pieces of frozen fish from the first company I bought from-wow such a huge difference in portion size than the new company The two salmons that were left are thin and small It does pay to shop around.
Enjoy your weekend
Update: I have been searching online for golden raisins that are organic or at least with no sulfur. I did not find much at all with no sulfur. I did come across something new to me, had good reviews organic and no sulfur added Goldenberries Most seem to be grown in Peru
