Good Morning Everyone,

Well the week is starting to get crazy and I have not even planted anything yet. Need to get into the greenhouses and plant today. One peep we have diagnosed with "bumble foot". Some kind of nasty infection. See if I can get it treated.  Grass is growing and the ducks are playing in the pond. Spinach is going crazy and so far no big pest issues like last year. Trying to get information about this new federal program called GAP that came about with the big spinach contamination issue a few years back. It's looking to be another big agribusiness/federal government one size fits all program that will do a fine job of putting small growers like myself out of business (competition) with the big guys. I worked in the restuarant industry for many years and am very versed in sanitation issues, protocals, systems that are food related.  This program is a potentail disaster for small scale farming. Here is a website everyone should check out. I realize I am starting to sound like a paranoid farmer with my subversive big government plots but...........Joe

http://www.LeaveMyFoodAlone.org