you remember we're a bunch of weirdos here on the fediverse, right?

Who are you telling that to? I pick up trash in my free time...

But seriously: That’s awesome—I tip my hat to your lifestyle and take back what I said.

In my free time, I also enjoy gardening, hunting, and fishing.

This is more of a personal opinion, but I think that with homegrown vegetables (as long as you don’t use chemical pesticides and aren’t gardening right next to the highway), you’ll likely still have lower levels of contaminants than with regular, non-organic vegetables from most supermarkets—even if your garden borders a street in a residential area.

In any case, good luck with the kumquat—I have a small tree in a pot, and it would have borne a good crop this year… if I hadn’t neglected to water it over the winter.