[CH] Satanic chemicals
GarryMass@aol.com
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 13:08:31 EDT
"users of chems are somehow "substandard" individuals and probably
related to Satan"
Golly gee. I've combined organic methods with petrochemical assists for
thirty-five years. No one's unhealthy at my house and we depend on the
garden for most (in season) fresh vegetables. If chiles were accompanied by
the same warnings as pressure treated wood, you know the "don't put sawdust
from this wood on your cereal" no one would dare eat one.
Like Scott, I feel a little scolded when a fellow chile grower announces to
the list that stone, concrete, or other alleged inerts are the "only" way to
go when creating raised beds. There is no "one best way." That's why we're
here, on this list, to ask and offer advice, to learn and to grow.
Pronouncements, especially assumption pronouncements (2x10's should not be
used for raised beds - anyone assuming pressure treated?) tend to chill
reasonable discussion.
Anyone who is having great luck "flat" gardening is still a great source of
information for me. Some farmer-gardeners claim that peppers do best in
poorer soils, so improving organic content may be counterproductive. Surely
someone on this list has tested that hypothesis - and I'd love to hear the
feedback.
Every now and then any one of us might succumb to the urge to get carried
away with the profundity of our own verbosity. That's fine. Just please
climb down from your perch before doing so.
Gareth the ChileKnight