Giant Eagle Inc. hoisted the food safety bar to new depths today when the company warned people not to eat any among an unspecified number of cases of Valu Time and Food Club canned pumpkins because, um, well, they didn’t really want to say, nor did pumpkin vendor Topco Associates LLC. But our brave guardians [...]
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Now is the summer of our discontent supplanted by an honest Fall, complete with fog and mist and even genuine rain, enough to soak our grounds and command the grasses to grow once more. (Not enough, though, to fill empty Texas reservoirs, many of which are below 40% capacity in evidence the dreaded drought continues [...]
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A couple of days ago the weather shifted and high temperatures around 90 replaced daily highs that had consistently hit 104 or more in the shade. You would be amazed at the amount of stress that took off of the garden and tropical plants here. However, what looked like a sure rain-relief thing in the [...]
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We’ve all been praying, here at home and at church, too, for some rain to put out the vantage of outer space that the Big Guy is preparing to answer our prayers in Some Way. While my hope is for a three-day session under something akin to a planet-sized grocery store produce watering system, it [...]
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In the post below I noted the USDA announcement that giant meat-packer Cargill is recalling some 36 million pounds of ground turkey that may be contaminated with a strain of salmonella resistant to antibiotics. A few minutes ago, the USDA released a list of retail establishments that had been selling packages of the suspect meat. [...]
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It’s August, and past time around semi-South Texas to clear out the burnt-up vegetable plants and allow the garden beds to just bake a little in the sun to drive the nematodes and pathogens back into the Earth’s core. Heh. August also marks the abrupt end of our tomato and fig harvests. Now it’s our [...]
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Nature can provide some valuable life lessons, if she doesn’t kill you first. Today’s: Don’t get too comfortable. Avoid complacency. Maybe you shouldn’t even drive to work along the exact same route every day. Habit and routine may provide the illusion of comfort but, as illustrated herein, it is only an illusion.
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