Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Charlie <ckavin@charter.net>]

I was shocked to hear Jerry Baker on Channel 9 in Saint Louis giving advise on how to kill earth worms. He is a nut and a dangerous nut. Yes people do follow his advice. My neighbor told me that she sprayed beer, insecticide and mouthwash on her lawn.
--
Charlie, Gardening in Saint Charles County, Missouri Zone 5/6

---- Laura McKenzie wrote:
>I managed to get our PBS network to stop airing Jerry Baker. Think of this.
>He suggests making a highly potent pesticide using tobacco in a bottle you
>might have laying around the kitchen. Who is to say a little child wouldn't
>open that bottle and drink it thinking it was apple juice. Do you know how
>dangerous that could be? Or imagine little kids walking under trees sprayed
>with his tobacco extract. I think his suggestions are flagrantly
>irresponsible.
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>I made a little page on my website in response to someone asking about
>Jerry Baker. I tried to keep it simple because I've noticed that my
>gardening enthusiasm overwhelms beginners who ask me stuff. If you see
>something about it that isn't correct, I'd love to hear it:
>http://home.att.net/~ekyorigins/remediesx.html
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>Laura
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>Laura's Homeschooling, Garden, and Genealogy Site
>is found here: http://home.att.net/~ekyorigins
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