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I drove down by the mighty Ohio to watch the water flow and eat my French Fries. It must be spring because a man was out flying his kite high above, wafting on the breezes that flit over the broad river. The pictures are not the best because I was aiming up into the sun for some of them. I also caught some coal barges going about their business, taking full loads of coal upriver to all points east and north and empty barges heading south to pick up their new loads. North is Louisville and south would be Paducha. All along the river going south are where the barges can refill coal from all the local mining. Kentucky mines the coal that runs the generators that that makes the electricity that lights up your houses and helps heat your homes. So there. How is that for run-on sentencing.

Anyway, as some of the top analysts are worried about food shortages and empty shelves I am thinking of some of the basic garden plants that should be in a garden.

1. Beans-all kinds. Beans are high in protein, low in fat and cholesterol.
2. Corn- a starch, but good for you
3. Potatoes-equally good and full of natural potassium. It isn't the potatoes that is "bad" for you, but what your put on(dress)them with.
4. Greens-all kinds. Anything green carries iron that carries the oxygen that flows through your blood stream. If you don't have or are iron poor you probably tire easily or are anemic.
5. Calcium-some veggies have some calcium. Whereas you "can't" plant a cow in a city garden be sure to have milk, cheeses and eggs in your diet.

In my next Saturday post I will try to tell how to store eggs without refrigeration.

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