Recently, the news is full of food contamination articles. Food imported from China, a country with a horrible history of illnesses and death due to food contamination, is somehow allowed to be imported in to the US. No one carries the blame, or the responsibility. What started out as numerous deaths of our pets and a recall of pet food has now expanded to our pork and poultry supplies. Someday, somehow, people will get the notion that we should be growing what we eat, or buying from known reputable suppliers of our vegetables, fruits, and meats. I read that a hog farmer 45 minutes away had their animals quarantined because contaminated feed went to their farm. How horrible is this?
I'm trying several gardening experiments this year. I took cuttings of a blackberry bush from a nearby creek and planted it in a gallon pot. So far, the leaves it already had died off, and it LOTS of small, firm, lush, green leaves growing from every bud. I also found a small blackberry seedling growing, so, I dug that up and it's also doing well. 2 months ago, I did a major pruning of my apple tree and set aside all the branches to dry and use as kindling/BBQ smoking for next year. While relocating the woodpile 2 weeks ago, I found one of them contained new buds. I put the bottom end in rooting hormone and planted it, to see if I can keep it alive or not. I'm also going to try growing potatoes in a trash can. I recently purchased organic potatoes to use as seed and they are outside in the sun, to encourage the sprouting eyes to grow more. I'll plant them in a trashcan this weekend and we'll get this experiment started. I have one other experiment somewhere, I know, but I can't think of what it is.... Below is one of my tomato gardens, along with long green peppers, sweet basil, and calendula.
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