GardenersCardiff answers:

Give it a break–the facts below

I will speak for many farmers-the 80% who don’t want illegals here. Your food is covered-most farmers do not support the big corp farms who use migrant workers.

Less than 10 percent by Mexico (10%pickers-less10% other farm related)–the other 90% of the farms say your welcome. We don’t need you -you need us. Be nice

“Phillip Martin, an economist at the University of California, Davis, has demolished the argument that a crackdown on illegals would ruin it, or be a hardship to consumers. Most farming — livestock, grains, etc. — doesn’t heavily rely on hired workers. Only about 20 percent of the farm sector does, chiefly those areas involving fresh fruit and vegetables.

The average “consumer unit” in the U.S. Spends $7 a week on fresh fruit and vegetables, less than is spent on alcohol, according to Martin. On a $1 head of lettuce, the farm worker gets about 6 or 7 cents, roughly 1/15th of the retail price. Even a big run-up in the cost of labor can’t hit the consumer very hard.

Martin recalls that the end of the bracero guest-worker program in the mid-1960s caused a one-year 40 percent wage increase for the United Farm Workers Union. A similar wage increase for legal farm workers today would work out to about a 10-dollar-a-year increase in the average family’s bill for fruit and vegetables. Another thing happened with the end of the bracero program: The processed-tomato industry, which was heavily dependent on guest workers and was supposed to be devastated by their absence, learned how to mechanize and became more productive.”

If every illegal alien here today currently left America, the immediate economic impact would be insignificant and over the long haul, the impact would likely be negligible.

Got it!

Employment-the same-thing-not much of an impact
do your research here. We manage well before. Quit looking for excuse like the big corps do.

We will have some shortages–but because of drought and other things——I know corps will say different—get informed. Stop the spread of lies.

GardenersCardiff answers:

Umm mycylium (the “roots”) should only be white – off white. Any other colors in there should be considered contamination (ie mold) and the cakes should be removed. If there are splotches of furry looking dufferent colored shyt then definitely discard. If theres funky smells, discard. You can try to salvage but success of these salvaged cakes is little to none. When it comes to shrooms, dont f around cuz bad shrooms can make u rly sick.if u have a microscope than u can look at the substrate under the microscope for contamination… But when innoculating you must make sure everything is clean (rubber gloves, spray glade or other disinfecting spray constantly, vaccuum so no dust, and no airflow are just SOME precautions). Be careful and happy growing!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Yes, if you have a garden or allotment it’s a great way to supplement your diet. I shared a house with a friend for several years and in the garden, which wasn’t very big, we managed to grow runner beans, broad beans, onions, garlic, courgettes, rhubarb, peas, tomatoes and several varieties of herbs.

Home-grown vegetables always taste better and you have the satisfaction of getting something to show for the work you’ve put in. If you’re new to growing there are plenty of books on the subject which you can buy or borrow and when you buy seeds, the planting instructions are printed on the packet.

You need seed trays, a decent set of gardening tools, a greenhouse (or if that isn’t possible, a cold frame), flower pots, watering can, beanpoles, lots of twine, some bird netting (but you don’t want to discourage the birds completely – see below), some kind of insect repellent, a compost bin, a bit of muscle power and some patience.

One good thing to do is set up a bird table with plenty of seeds and vegetable scraps to encourage the birds, especially at this time of year when it’s nesting season and they’re raising their young. Not only will they be less likely to start feasting on your seedlings, they will also gobble up lots of creepy-crawlies that would otherwise attack your plants.

If you’re really lucky you might even find you have a resident hedgehog. These are called the gardener’s friend for a good reason – they eat slugs and other pests. So do slow worms. Slow worms like to hide under rocks – put down a few rocks on a patch of bare earth and who knows, you might find one.

Reward will come when you realise you have produced e.g. A year’s supply of garlic…

GardenersCardiff answers:

Sure…not that it stops me from growing other things. =P