WHEN THE RAINS COMB

摘要

The floods that ravaged so many areas this year were damaging to gardens as well as homes. As Consumer Horticulturist B. Ro篿e Lerner of Purdue Extension (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907) writes, "questions arise as to the safety ofproduce from flooded gardens, as well as potential damage to landscape plants." "The issue of food safety from the garden should not be taken lightly. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, if the flood waters contained waste from septictanks, sewage lagoons or pastures, your garden will take about a month to become clean.