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oh fruits & veggies

so many of the fruits i love are showing up in the grocery store again (at reasonable prices) and i'm so happy.  (side note:  i would like to say farmer's market, but i'm still working saturdays so they don't work out with my schedule.  hopefully soon...)  i remember coming back from mexico and buying all this delicious fruit and making fruit salads every morning for breakfast and it was all for me (karen wouldn't touch half of it)!  it was wonderful!  and i'm so excited we're getting back into the season for more...


then this release came out.  really?  apples now have the highest pesticides.  i think i saw 98% of apples.  ugh.  i vaguely remember not too many years ago (4 tops) apples were one of the safest and strawberries were the worst.  which sort-of makes sense because strawberries soak it up.  but apples.  apples and bananas were my fruits i never worried about purchasing organic.  maybe i'm crazy.  i'd rather not eat pesticides.  i mean.  it's not natural.


but even buying organic may not solve my problems.  after the mention of it in the last article, i looked into it a bit further.  so "fewer dangerous chemicals, but certain pesticides are still allowed."  ugh.  i know people have told me how pesticides are used to keep certain bugs from ruining the crop.  i just wish i could afford to buy food without any.


i can dream.


so basically i need a garden so i can monitor my food's growth.
actually i think i would really like that.

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