http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/food-fetish/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/food-fetish/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 chris youngblood Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:03:04 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/10/01/food-fetish/#comment-4646 I used to have a lot of trouble keeping potatoes. There was no place reliably cold enough in my house. A couple of years ago I started storing them in a fridge. It works great. I have an extra fridge for potatoes, onions, turnips, apples, pears, anything that needs to stay cold. I go through all the boxes once a month to catch anything starting to spoil. Once the extra fridge gets eaten out some I can put the produce in my regular fridge and turn off the spare. I used to have a lot of trouble keeping potatoes. There was no place reliably cold enough in my house. A couple of years ago I started storing them in a fridge. It works great. I have an extra fridge for potatoes, onions, turnips, apples, pears, anything that needs to stay cold. I go through all the boxes once a month to catch anything starting to spoil. Once the extra fridge gets eaten out some I can put the produce in my regular fridge and turn off the spare.

]]> http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/food-fetish/comment-page-1/#comment-4645 Bruce Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:09:21 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2008/10/01/food-fetish/#comment-4645 I'm glad country of origin labeling finally made it through all the intentional bureaucratic blockage. I more likely trust the "organic" designation from say, New Zealand, than from a country like China. However, the only foods that I can absolutely count on as being untouched by chemicals are the ones I grow myself, so I'm putting much more time and energy into intensive gardening year round. What started out as a hobby has turned into a lifeline to health. By the way, while I'm on the subject of intensive gardening, does anyone out there have any clues as to how to produce big potatoes? I've tried watering the heck out of them, growing them in a trench, adding compost only after they flower, and now am considering growing them in mulch, as suggested in an organic gardening article. So far, no luck. I’m glad country of origin labeling finally made it through all the intentional bureaucratic blockage. I more likely trust the “organic” designation from say, New Zealand, than from a country like China. However, the only foods that I can absolutely count on as being untouched by chemicals are the ones I grow myself, so I’m putting much more time and energy into intensive gardening year round. What started out as a hobby has turned into a lifeline to health. By the way, while I’m on the subject of intensive gardening, does anyone out there have any clues as to how to produce big potatoes? I’ve tried watering the heck out of them, growing them in a trench, adding compost only after they flower, and now am considering growing them in mulch, as suggested in an organic gardening article. So far, no luck.

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