Tastes like dirt

the other night while sitting down at the dinner table my youngest son filled his plate with a bunch of food that came from our garden this year. As he started eating he looked at me and said " Mom, you know the potatoes at school, they taste like dirt."
Well with my amazed face I looked at him and said " well that's weird" I mean what else do I say. So from there I said " what does these potatoes taste like?" Pointing at the potatoes I fixed for supper out of one of our organic gardens. And without skipping a beat he said " like potatoes".

Now this is not the first time this year that I have heard someone say something tastes like dirt, whether it be potatoes, tomatoes, peppers. Which got me to thinking about how others are growing there gardens and with what sprays or fertilizers they use. I then offer them to try our tomatoes and they say they taste wonderful. Like a warm juicy tomato should taste like.

So with this it can only mean one thing, we will never use un-natural fertilizers on our garden. If un-natural sprays are covering up the great taste of a vegetable, what else is it doing?

Our youngest son

Our youngest son brought a cabbage plant home the other day from school. He is very excited to have it and watch it grow. He has always been excited about growing there our "kids garden". All the kids in the class received the cabbage plants to bring home and plant. Then before the Sept. deadline take a photo of the head of the cabbage and one student from each state could win a scholarship. I was pleased that his teacher is getting them into gardening. With the hard time so many are facing its time to get back to the basics.
He has decided to plant it tomorrow, although has not yet decided where. The kids' garden is very wet right now but with any luck it will be dryer before they get home from school.
He has been watering it and talking to it since he brought it home.
I will keep you undated on his progress with his plant.
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