Do we worry too much, don't in our house check the fresh veg but don't seem to get the extras some do, lifted potatoes again, beetroot and picked peas without a qualm, haven't had any aphids or slugs on what has been brought in from the garden.
Those are not the issue. @cornelly. Anything lurking within is easily spotted and dispatched. I would happily eat those. Unfortunately,out of that lot, I've only grown spuds. I think I've refined my irrational distaste down to cruciferous vegetables. I looked up the word. Know thine enemy👺
As you have probably noticed B3 we grow a wide variety of veg, the grocery bill goes down quite a bit during the summer into autumn, only time I've never had a garden when in the RN, for nearly 8 years, even then when in married quarters had a veg plot, at home when a lad we had over an acre cultivated, so it is in my blood.
Not to ramp up the paranoia but I have found ants in my potatoes (hiding in the holes conveniently left by slugs) and carrot fly is more than a nuisance - neither are cruciferous veg.
I understand your issues @B3 but wonder if you have oversimplified the treatment?
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
What do you mean @herbaceous ? My treatment of the potato would be to spot the hole and cut around it, thus removing anything lurking within. I don't know about carrot fly so I will seriously consider worrying about them.
A good solution @B3 and it might work for me if I remembered to wear my glasses when preparing veg .........to add to my embarrassment I shall add a few family proverbs -
What doesn't kill you will make you stronger - my Dad tried to explain that to me many years ago and apart from the Darwinian observation it still seems a bit off.
What you don't know can't hurt you - my Mum tried to explain that one but I have become sceptical what with ricin and other bio-hazards.
I wonder how 'old wives' got to be old if they were following their own advice
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
They might have been true in simpler times when you were more likely to die of something rather than survive weakened. But if you came upon a dinosaur to whom you had not been introduced, I suspect that it would have hurt you quite badly.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
That takes me back to a time when graffiti used to have words in it😊
I think I've refined my irrational distaste down to cruciferous vegetables. I looked up the word. Know thine enemy👺
I understand your issues @B3 but wonder if you have oversimplified the treatment?
I don't know about carrot fly so I will seriously consider worrying about them.
What doesn't kill you will make you stronger - my Dad tried to explain that to me many years ago and apart from the Darwinian observation it still seems a bit off.
What you don't know can't hurt you - my Mum tried to explain that one but I have become sceptical what with ricin and other bio-hazards.
I wonder how 'old wives' got to be old if they were following their own advice
But if you came upon a dinosaur to whom you had not been introduced, I suspect that it would have hurt you quite badly.