Hi all
this is very silly and i'm very new here, I have been gardening and growing my own food for self sufficiency and environmental reasons since 2020 , I am based in the UK however I find that I have actually developed a tad phobia of eating the food I've grown incase I become ill from improper care, for instance right now I am growing potatoes in compost and "mushroom manure" but am too scared to eat incase of pathogens, we also have a dog and I am careful but since I am absolutely uncertain if her poop could have gotten into the garden on fruit trees I am very uncertain of eating fruit (even though it doesn't touch the ground ((blackcurrants)) ) I know this is probably very irrational but i'd really love to be cooking with my own food, i also sometimes feel like i'd have to have someone braver than me try them first even though all of what i'm growing mentions that they're edible. I was simply wondering how can i know for certain what i'm growing is definitely safe to be eaten ? how can I avoid getting ill and avoiding things like botulism eating raw veggies ?
any advice or science or even help would be much appreciated as I feel very silly but am also a bit uncertain of if what i'm doing is right
thank you
