chemicals

In the old days, people used chemicals in their gardens without much thought. Even though many of the chemicals used in the past are now banned, there are still countless others that abound. When I hear people talk about organic foods, I can't help but wonder how they can truly be organic. I mean, look at them, there's not a spot, blemish, fungus, nor worm-hole anywhere on the product. To me, that means a chemical was used somewhere in the process. Maybe I'm just totally clueless as to the "proper" ways of farming, but every time I've ever had to shell peas from a farmer who doesn't use chemicals, we ended up throwing half of them out due to worms and other such pestilences.

Our pear tree, which has always done well, has 13 branches on it where all the blossoms have died. From what little I've been able to find, that means a disease/fungus is on the tree that can only be eliminated with -you guessed it: chemicals.

So while I don't want to fill my body full of poisons, I also don't want to spend an hour every day weeding my garden, or planting trees only to have them die or bear rotten fruit, nor have worm-infested peas or half-moldy apples. I guess that's why I think all this organic mess is a more than a little on the devious side. There's no way you can get truly healthy products without the use of some chemicals. At least not that I've ever observed.

Now that I've posted this, there may not be quite as many people willing to eat at my house, but provided everything continues to do well, I should save substantial time and money on our fruit and veggies. And for me, that's worth it.