I am an avid gardner. I would be in the country if I could and I would have horses, cows, a donkey or two, chickens, ducks. But I am stuck in town so I make the best of it. Instead I have frogs, geckos, corn snakes, birds and squirrels. And watching what is happening with climate change, we are going to be in a world of hurt. My personal opinion, we have all better learn to grow our own food. We have a recall alert on romine lettuce. It contains E coli again, different strain this time. Well, I gather my greens from my back yard. I have dandelions growing. I have swiss chard. I have purslane. I also have Turks caps. All but swiss chard are considered weeds. However, they are very good in salads. I have planted Swiss chard, lettuce, mustard greens, sugar snap peas. If all goes well, I will have lots of greens that I know are safe. And I am building raised beds to have a garden year around.
Another thing, with global warming and if you garden, stick with native plants. I mentioned the Turks Caps. Those are native to Texas. They attract humming birds, butterflies and bees. So what is not in vegetables in my yard, is planted in natives. I am tired of trying to get non natives to grow. Well, with the exception of roses. Roses will grow anywhere.
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