It's the fall, the fall, this lovely time of year
As much as I love the summer--which I do. I have forgotten the spectacular joy of fall. It has a sense of abundance and reflection that makes me grateful. The light is less piercing, the heat calms down and the nights are cool. The southwest still maintains temperatures in the mid 80's. So, I get the best of all worlds. One bonus from fall is the delightful colors. The sky is bright blue instead of a faded too hot. The grass is recovering from the summer and looks good again. My favorite set of colors is the produce. Right now you can eat corn, peaches, tomatoes, black berries, blue berries and green beans. We have had corn chowder, blue berry muffins, peach cobbler, tomato salad and so on. I have a challenge to anyone who reads this to try a little organic this fall. There are 12 foods that are of most benefit to buy organic. They are:
- peaches
- apples
- bell peppers
- celery
- nectarines
- strawberries
- cherries
- kale
- lettuce
- imported grapes
- carrots
- pears
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We have our most abundant garden harvest ever and I have loved being out gathering all of the tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, squash, corn, peppers ... Somethings worked better than others (the corn cobs look a bit mutant, as do the peppers).
One question. Where did you get the list of the 12 foods that are of most benefit to buy organic? Benefit nutritionally because the food is best for you, or because the non-organic varieties tend to be more toxic (use the worst pesticides, or whatever)? Not that it really matters. I'm just curious.
: )
We've been eating pears out our ears. Yum!