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• August 20, 2009 - Produce Problems
Posted By Cathy in Farm Life
Just a little vent.
Anyone been noticing a continued downturn in the quality of produce? My oranges from Fred Meyer are now from Australia (probably due to the California government not letting orange farmers water their trees because of a supposedly rare fish in the water supply). They taste like lemons. I keep trying them again in hopes... Then, I noticed that my Fred Meyer only carries seedless watermelon as of this year...and you may not have to spit a seed out, but they are tasteless, tasteless, tasteless. So, I go to a local "fresh produce" store. Ah, they have watermelon with seeds. Oh, but I get it home and crack it open and discover it is quite old and not so yummy. Green beans - I can only ever trust the ones from Costco to not mold in a day or two - and then only if they have a lot of them and I can tell they are fresh.
My garden and my greenhouse are supposed to offer some relief, but so far, I don't have much relief. My watermelons never formed fruit. (Perhaps I needed two plants?) My tomatoes still aren't ripe. Green beans have been slow in coming. The slugs ate the broccoli so far. I have lots of scallopped squash, but only one zucchini squash survived and isn't ripe yet, and you can't eat scallopped squash for dinner every night. I think to some degree our garden has been slow in coming because we didn't lime it this year. We added our freshly made steer compost, but the soil on our property is not exactly "sweet" - it is highly acidic and clay based. Well, that's my rant. Maybe I should check out one of the corn - maybe that's ready...
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August 21, 2009 - Untitled Comment
We have the same problems. I cannot find local produce in the regular grocery stores. Why do we have peaches from California when we live in NC? What they have looks like it will go bad if you look at it too long. The farmer's market is 45 minutes away. My gardening attempt was a complete failure and waste of time and money.
August 24, 2009 - Gardening is a Gamble
Oh Cathy you have my condolences. Most of my green beans went the way of the large black beetles that seemed to take over my whole garden this year. I was able to get about six quarts into the freezer before they went bye bye. My tomatoes never had a chance with all the rain we had and my squash gave up early this year. The okra is still doing fine and there are still a few carrots out there but as a whole the garden is just about finished for this year :-).
Hey there's always next year!
Blessings, Julie
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