The following article warns about the possible fallout from wide spread use of Roundup:

http://farmandranchfreedom.org/gmo-miscarriages 

 

This does not surprise me - every time we alter the natural balance some new opportunistic organism will fill in the void.  If these studies are correct the consequences to health and food supply will be staggering.

Food Safety Modernization Act (bill S 510) has been working its way through Congress for a while and is expected to come up for a vote during the lame duck session. It gives numerous new powers to the government to control the food production and will have a very negative impact on the small and organic growers and home gardeners. Is it really necessary… Continue

Three days of 50 mph winds? Enough already! I gardened a bit on Mother's Day but crazy winds made it feel even colder than 40-ties and my fingers turned into icicles. We might get a frost tonight and all my hopes for the stunning hydrangeas this summer will be shattered. Fruits have set already on cherry and peach trees and on currants and gooseberries - they too would perish! Mother nature first teased us with a deceptively warm April for zone 5, only to come back with a vengeance in mid- May.… Continue