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We want the best, most nutritional vegetables, but we often incorrectly assume our gardens provide exactly that. When we talk about healthy vegetables, we really should be talking about healthy soil. If the soil is healthy, the plants and their vegetables will be healthy. Healthy plants can fight and repel pathogens (diseases).

While Gov. Gregg Abbott has lifted the statewide mandate to wear a mask in public and allowed all businesses to operate at full capacity, many businesses, schools and other entities say they will continue to require that masks be worn. Abbott issued the order last week, effective March 10.

It was the “could have been a whole lot worse” times, it was the “when are things going to start looking up” times; it was the winter we couldn’t believe the daffodils were already starting to bloom, it was the winter we thought we’d all freeze to death; we thought we had the answers to everything, we found out we had the answers to nothing; we knew we’d all end up in heaven, we knew that everybody else would end up going the other way. To be honest, if we were to be magically transported back to the Victorian Ages, we’d fit right in, except we’d miss our automobiles and weep for the fact that microwaves and packaged Ramen noodles hadn’t been invented yet.