May 29, 2013
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Long time no see…
Long time no see…I will admit that I have been a voyeur and only too happy to do check out your sites..
I have no excuses.. Buttttt…today when I finished planting potatoes I was thinking I should share.
I read this article on GMO.. The bees are mostly gone .. and I make sure that the few I have get fed good blossoms.
I try to remember why I don’t spray for white fly and hose the heck out of my fruit trees instead.I’ve always had food gardens to augment my table.. and after reading what is going on commercially in the food world is frightening.
I have many friends who have green houses and sell to health food stores.. another friend. At an ‘I think we survived the holidays’ party.. they really cut loose with information.I admit, I did have some idea. but the reality is … well get yourselves onto the internet and check it out before the mega corps buyout the rest of the voices.
Last years garden was a literal disaster.. straggly plant, produce that was so mis-shappen they were not edible on that basis alone.
I have visited their gardens and g-houses and they are on track and finally, I asked for help. They asked about my soils and worms..We agreed they were healthy.My seed saving was my problem … when I found a particularly great piece of food, I would save a few of the cherished seeds. I had no idea how much altered food had come to my table. I was shocked!
I tried for months to get potatoes to go to seed.
They are either bred to not seed. Lately some new thing is waxing the potatoes foe a longer shelf life.. and they don’t seed for me.
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Finally.. I found some… guaranteed non GMO’d or waxed. They seeded. I set them in the ground this morning.Heirloom seeds are getting harder and harder to find and when you do find them, they are sold out almost immediately.
Long Story Short.. If you think you’ve lost your green thumb, take another look.
Every day there are new layers of legislation that our politicians vote for that is so NOT in our best interest…
HEADS UP! Why would any GMO corporation fight so hard to keep the truth from you?????
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Makes me think I wish I had a larger patio.
You inpspire me Rickie. I have a good sized garden box that is just crazy with weeds. I need to clean it out and plant a few veggies. Nothing crazy – maybe this weekend. I’ll email you questions. I have to do something – and something healthy would be the best. So, do you think my organic veggies from Nugget are crap too? SO GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE!!! xxoo Your California Fan Base – Cassi
Did you know that soybeans cannot be killed by Round Up? Yeah, so basically the growers can just douse the entire field of soybeans w/ anything they want and the soybean will live right on through it. I don’t know that I’d be happy to eat that soybean…
The food products at Wildtree (http://www.wildtree.com) are going as GMO as they can and adding to their list of ‘good’ products as much as possible. You buy from them thru parties much like Avon or Tupperware. Don’t know if you have a Trader Joe’s over there but my sister contacted their company to ask if they will be listing GMOs on their lablels (other stores are fighting to NOT have to put it on the label) and TJ’s replied saying that anything with the TJ label will be GMO free and anything other brands WILL have it on the label if it is not.
You have to pick and choose around so much lately!! Geesh! Hope your garden does well this year!