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# Tuesday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/45832/
- Published: 2018-04-17T06:01:55.000Z
- Updated: 2018-04-17T06:01:55.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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Miscellany: The Trailer

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

One significant inconvenience has dogged me this gardening season: a new car. My old van died on me last November. I bought a 2017 Kia Sorento, which I really, really like. I like it so much, I don't like to get it dirty by transporting my implements to and from the field. I talked with a used-car dealer client of mine about getting an old pickup truck, but he said pickup trucks are now status symbols (WTH?) so I couldn't touch a rust-bucket truck for less than $3,000\. He recommended I try an old cargo van, which he said he could get for less than $2,000, but the insurance on it would've ran me $1,200 a year. He then suggested I simply buy a small trailer to hook to the back

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of my Kia. That was a good idea, but I didn't want to install a hitch on my Kia, spend over $500 on a trailer, and then hassle with backing it up, unhooking it every night, etc. And then it hit me: a bike trailer. The field is a half mile from my house; I have a pretty decent Schwinn bike. Marie and I looked at various options, and finally settled on the Burley Flat Bed, with a cargo net. It was the largest we could find, and it had quite a few recommendations. It's supposed to arrive later today. I'll let you know how well it works.

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

Meg, my teenager daughter, is both amusinged and horrified that I'll be riding my bike to the field with this thing hitched to the back. I think I'll take away her car and get her one of these instead.

![Ceiling. Trastevere](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ceiling.-Trastevere-225x300.jpg)

GMO Battle Round Two: [Inside the Coming Battle Over Gene-Edited Food](https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-this-tomato-engineered-inside-the-coming-battle-over-gene-edited-food-1523814992?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Interesting piece. Gene editing is the science of deleting DNA, whereas gene modification is the science of adding DNA. Big ag is arguing strongly that they're not the same thing. I have no idea, but why is big ag trying so hard to distance its new product from GMO?