Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Fortunately we don't have to choose between Baker and extension agents ;-)  
My personal preference is "The Dirt Doctor", Howard Garrett, a down-to-earth, 
long-time, organic radio host in Dallas. Barb and I had the chance to talk 
with him there before retiring to NM. Howard's website is 
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/ . Esp useful is his Organic Program at 
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=1005 .

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not 
television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism. Only 
those who know the most about it can appreciate how little we know about it.
   - Aldo Leopold in  Round River, 1933

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On 3/25/2006 at 8:29 AM Nadine Hild wrote:

>My introduction to Jerry Baker was by way of a Master Gardener who I was
>buying a Troy rototiller from.  He had had a problem with some trees in
>his orchard and had not been able to solve the problem.  He tried a remedy
>from Jerry Baker and had success.  He said he didn't know why it worked
>but it did--this from a USDA trained Master Gardener.
>
>My second experience with Jerry Baker's remedies was from a neighbor who
>has an immaculate yard, garden, orchard--everyting looking picture
>perfect.  He is also helped me as I learn about tending livestock and
>processing them.  He swears by Baker's concoctions and methods for his
>lawn, etc.
>
>I have one of Baker's books and I look at the ingredients and have chosen
>not used his formulas because of the toxic ingredients in them.  My
>neighbor uses urea on his pasture and I will not having read "Soil, Grass
>and Cancer."  But I am considering using up some mouthwash containing
>fluoride on my white fence posts to rid them of the "green algae" that has
>formed.
>