Re: "organic" vegetables?

So how does one rinse with salt water...and why isn't tap water adequate?
Kitty

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> Kitty, this is the very reason I do grow as much of my food as possible. I 
> like to 
> know exactly how it was grown and what went into or onto it. I don't mind 
> rinsing the leafy things in salt water to remove any creepy-crawlies. It has 
> to be washed to remove sand anyway, and my home-grown vegetables rarely 
> have anything more than a few green cabbage-moth caterpillars which the 
> salt water takes care of. In all my years of growing vegetables I have never 
> had a problem with black aphids. Admittedly, by broccoli does get a few of 
> the green worms, but a salt-water rinse takes care of them quickly. 
> Many things I feel quite comfortable eating right in the garden - the early 
> peas and beans don't even make it back to the house. I take great pleasure 
> in flowers, but home-grown vegetables are essential to my sense of well-being. 
> Auralie 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/13/2004 10:50:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> kmrsy@comcast.net writes: 
> I don't have an answer for you Auralie, but this is one of the reasons I do 
> not grow food. 
> 
> Kitty 
> 
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> 
> > To me, the term "organic" as applied to produce is pretty silly - anything 
> > that grows in organic, however, I usually choose organically grown 
> > produce at the grocery store if it looks reasonably good and isn't too 
> > much more expensive than the non-organic. 
> > I bought a nice-looking bunch of "organic" broccoli the other day, and 
> > started to use some of it raw in a salad. As I began to cut the florets 
> > apart, I discovered that it was just riddled with black aphids. Of course 
> > this confirmed that it had been grown without pesticides, but hey, I 
> > don't like black aphids in my salad. I know I could have carefully 
> > cleaned it in salt water, as I do with what I grow in my own garden, but I 
> > was in a hurry, so tossed the whole bunch out. I would like to support 
> > the "organic" movement. I really believe in it, and don't use any 
> > chemicals in my own garden, but I found this really off-putting. I 
> > don't really know the answer. 
> > Auralie 
> > 
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