Register your garden?

[moparal7]

http://morphcity.com/home/117-utah-gard ... or-suckers More good news from big brother.

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

Thanks for posting this. Interesting article. I will not enter into any state fair contests on my wine for the same reason. It's none of their damn business.

What a change 50 years can make. I remember back when helping the government helped us all (or so it seemed). Now so many people are suspicious of government intrusion, and with good reason.

This spring garden was my best ever! Tomatoes bigger than baseballs. Best cabbages & cauliflower. Purple hull peas galore! Lots of good stuff! Now it's turned hot and the red spider mites are doing their annual onslaught. I got all other garden pests within a natural balance with their predators, but nothing seems to stop the mites.

[knibloe]

We have a small farm. Small as in under 5K in sales and rarely make any profit.

Every year we get a "voluntary" survey from the USDA. Voluntary as in if you do not mail it in, they call your house for the info. Voluntary as in if you do not answer the call, they send an agent to your door.

We have never sent the form in, but do give vague answers to the phone call. I don't need the agent showing up.