HARD FREEZE

It stayed below freezing for at least 8 hours last night. Jamie had covered the tomatoes, early in the evening, when it was still in the fifties. It got down to 26.6F and it was in the high twenties most of the night. Too much for the tomatoes, despite being heavily covered, they didn't survive. It is always one of those garden milestones when your tomatoes bite the dust. We need a little more warm weather so our Brussels Sprouts will fill out.

It is another remarkably, beautiful day on this piece of Planet Earth. It is not difficult to see paradise, today.

I have been trying to get a good count of my broilers. Did you ever try counting chickens as they pour out of the barn door in the Morning? They scatter swiftly far and wide. I have been trying to count them in the Morning and then again in the afternoon, when they come together to eat some corn, I throw out. I started with 50, one died, and I butchered ten. Instead of 39, I count 36 plus or minus 1. That is three or four that have been ingested by Brer Fox or other woodland creatures. That's fine, I don't mind sharing a little with my furry friends, but that is enough.

Corn is the basis, of all of the feeds, we give our chickens. I have been concerned about GMO corn for the last few years. The feed mill I go to doesn't segregate GMO corn from the standard. Up until this year, GMO corn was not raised by many farmers in this area. This year there seems to be a proliferation of GMO corn raised in our area.

I mentioned a study on Roundup and GMO crops in my last blog. The research was done by Prof. Gilles-Eric Seralini Ph.D. The study demonstrated that, rats exposed to even the smallest amounts of Roundup and NK603 Roundup tolerant corn developed tumors and severe liver and kidney damage. Rats given water, with Roundup at levels permitted in drinking water, developed tumors. This study was published Sept. 19, 2012 in "Food and Chemical Toxicology"

 Two youtubes are available on this subject; "GMO Global Alert" is one. The other is "Genetic Roulette". The latter includes how the FDA hid this information from the people.

The good news is that this nefarious behavior is about over.  There should be such a groundswell that will force the FDA to re-look at this practice. It is, for sure, that many of us will  make sure that we do not eat any of these foodstuffs.

 There are so many things coming to light right now. One could be upset that, the powers that be, have contaminated
our very food for their own profit. Instead of being upset, celebrate, the love and light shining on the Earth, that forces the hidden out into the open. This is just the beginning. We have been really fooled. But with each disclosure the Light shines brighter and paradise is closer.

Love and Peace,  Gregg