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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> You can't have an organic garden if chemicals have been used on the land.

Well, that's true...it would be more like 'transitional organic'. I 
appreciate Michelle Obama's effort; we can't help what the previous tenants 
of our property did :-)

My city garden was a toxic nightmare...they tore down the house that had 
been there and buried it in the basement, lead paint and all. The only 
'soil' I could get lots of for free was Phillymulch...composted sewage 
sludge. It grew beautiful plants, but who  knows what was in it. The theory 
was that the organic material in the compost bound up some of the bad 
stuff...I don't know if it's true, but I'm so glad I'm not raising veggies 
there anymore. .

I hope the White House goes to organic lawn care soon. I'd rather see a few 
weeds and have them encourage less use of lawn chenicals.

Lynn Wigglesworth