Cabbage loopers, grub worms, army worms, tomato hornworms … etc. These enemies of a happy vegetable garden can really damage, or wipe out a vegetable garden in no time.
In my early days of combating these invaders to my garden, I went to the Farm Store and bought chemicals to kill these pest, and even thought I was being ‘really smart’ if I could get Industrial Strength stuff…. ya’ know, like the Farmers used! I mean to say, if I could use THE SCIENCE that the professionals used … good for me! Bad for the worms!
I actually had no idea that THIS SCIENCE was toxic not only to the worms I sought to kill, but also the good worms, the soil, the water, the birds, the bunnies and the bees… OH! AND ME!
BUT I WAS FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE! from the FDA, and all the other National, State, Local Governments. After all, the Government, and Industries, and all Authorities WERE LOOKING OUT FOR ‘MY GOOD’ … right? Sure they were! I could TRUST them! They all flew the Stars and Stripes in front of their buildings, wore nice clothes, and some may have even bowed their heads and said ‘Grace’ over the meals their Science Confirmed Chemicals had made toxic.
BUT THEN ONE DAY …. I discovered ‘Another Science’.
I really hate to admit this, but I was listening to THE RADIO around noon time ( WBAP Fort Worth) when this ‘alternate’ farming/gardening weirdo called THE DOCTOR OF DIRT ( funny huh?) came on saying the use of ANY CHEMICAL in Landscaping, Farming, or Gardening was … really TOXIC for everything and every living thing… including HUMANS.
And HE WAS BASING his beliefs on …….
(WAIT FOR IT >>>)
SCIENCE.
OMG! Y’all !! Was he the DEVIL ? How could WBAP allow such a voice to continue being broadcast!?!?
Where was YouTube, Facebook, IG, Twitter, and our other SAVIOURS and Fact Checkers to protect us from such offensive and hurtful LANGUAGE … ( I hear whimpering and sniffles out there !!)
The Government Agencies, and Big Agriculture/Chemical Companies … ie SCIENCE … said these Chemicals were safe, and The Doctor of Dirt said that was not true.
How DARE someone stand up and say THE SCIENCE was WRONG?
Well that SCIENCE WAS WRONG. And that weirdo Doctor of Dirt WAS RIGHT!
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When you study SCIENCE, you find a species of bacteria called ‘Bacillus thuringiensis’ that can be applied in powder, or liquid form that will kill these worms that want to eat your veggie crops. According to The Doctor of Dirt, it is harmless to the environment, and humans too. He said you could eat it, and it could not harm you! Honestly, after using THE SCIENCE from THE DOCTOR of DIRT, it is such a delight to come out to the garden and find these invasive worms shriveled up, and no longer consuming your supper.
Science. It is a wonderful thing.
So, you may want to consider being careful throwing around the phrase, “I CHOOSE FOLLOW THE SCIENCE”. WHICH SCIENCE are you following?
And you may want to consider the worth of someone who claims, THEY ARE THE SCIENCE, and scold you for doubting them and their …. Science.
After decades of following THE SCIENCE, our ‘fruited plains’ have soils that are now DEAD, and waters that are TOXIC … and all this because of someone’s SCIENCE …. a science that is killing everything, and everyone.
Perhaps we should be very careful about WHICH Science we chose to follow …
Science can be used for Evil, and Science can be used for Blessing.
What SCIENCE do you follow?
