Monday, October 11, 2010

Dirty Dozen Fruits and Vegitables

Menu Plan Monday

If you are eating these food as non-organics you could be ingesting countless pesticides.
*celery
*peaches
*strawberries
*apples
*domestic blueberries
nectarines
*sweet bell peppers
*spinach,kale, collard greens
cherries
*potatoes
imported *grapes
*lettuce

The good news is that all of the ones with an * can be grown at our elevation with a bit of know how.
Education is a must however and great effort as well. I have grown celery (an English variety),spinach,kale and Swiss chard very successfully. Lettuce is so easy. On my wish list are others that I do hope to get into the earth as the budget permits.

See the full news article here