tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post5567676963538532857..comments2024-03-18T15:03:58.758-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: Luis Meléndez, Spanish still-life painterShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-64740430087348604472010-03-03T16:49:10.942-05:002010-03-03T16:49:10.942-05:00I love watermelon and that picture has my mouth wa...I love watermelon and that picture has my mouth watering. I eat the stuff all summer and never tire of it but it has to be really sweet and red so I only buy regional/local. Living in the South that means I can eat watermelon for a long time.<br />As for organic produce, I grow some of my own and try to minimize use of chemicals but find it difficult due to the high prevalance here of blights. So, I do use a fungicide. Bugs I try to deal with in more creative ways.<br />For cabbage flies I make domes out of harware cloth (actually I use old screen windows to create them). These work very well and even provide a little extra shade for tender cabbage leaves. Growing naturally repellent plants like hot peppers next to more susceptible plants helps, crop rotation, etc.<br />It's sounds like a lot of work but there is nothing like fresh fruits and vegetables right out of your own garden.<br />I raised four boys and they ate very well and I had a tight budget. I went to produce stands and farmers markets, bought foods in season and then froze or canned for later use. I also drove over 20 miles every 2 weeks to a meat processing facility that also had a butcher shop (most do) where I bought really good cuts of meat at prices that would have only bought me hamburger in the grocery store.<br />I still shop these kind of places and I save a lot of money without sacrificing quality and variety.rockynchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772988855661101621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-4514580608952514902010-03-03T10:53:45.183-05:002010-03-03T10:53:45.183-05:00Despite protestations from industrial agriculture ...Despite protestations from industrial agriculture and the chemical industry crops can be grown and food can reach the table without the wholesale use of preservatives, herbicides and pesticides. <br /><br />Of course that sort of agriculture threatens their profits...Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-32864368113679418702010-03-03T09:08:15.958-05:002010-03-03T09:08:15.958-05:00Baking your own bread is great! Have you ever rea...Baking your own bread is great! Have you ever read the ingredients for a loaf of supermarket bread? Even healthy multi-grain breads?<br /><br />Better to bake your own or buy it fresh from a bakery than to buy a loaf loaded with HFCS and preservatives.<br /><br />Did you know that oranges are dyed orange to appeal to consumers?Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-65184577672219625572010-03-03T08:58:06.563-05:002010-03-03T08:58:06.563-05:00While it would be nice in one sense to have everyt...While it would be nice in one sense to have everything more natural, if it weren't for those chemicals, I probably wouldn't be able to afford (or even get) the fresh fruits and vegetables that I enjoy even in the depths of winter. It would be blocks of frozen, or even just canned crap.<br /><br />But I may get around to planting a little garden, especially some herbs, and if I haven't mentioned how good my homemade bread is compared to the bagged slice loafs (my loaves look like in the picture)....Patrick Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377933168305160179noreply@blogger.com