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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] organic label
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:27:40 -0600


I have this 700-page book from Rodale (where else) and it IS comprehensive.
If I ever have bug problems I'll use it. Ounce of prevention, you know ...

Organic Plant Protection: A Comprehensive Reference on Controlling Insects
and Diseases in the Garden... Rodale Press, 1977
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=FOYCwMoETbTVKeRtdJLQOWFjn0k
_8733637876_1:2:37
used starting about $14.

OR, just go to http://www.bookfinder.com/ and plug in Organic Plant
Protection for title and Yepsen for author.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 7/3/2007 at 5:48 PM elderberryjam wrote:

>I am amazed at the number of people who think they don't use many
>chemicals,
>but when you ask a question like, are there any good ways to get rid of
>poison ivy, they chime that Round Up does great. Or on a goat forum I
>participated in often for a couple of years, people suggest spraying down
>the barn with fabric softener to help with insects and smells; or dusting
>their goats (and even the barn) with Sevin. I think that if I were to ask
>some of them if they used chemicals, they would answer, "no," and feel
>they
>were being honest. Chemicals are something big farmers use, that come out
>of
>sprayers and looks white.
>
>Yes, direct questions, like asking if a person uses heirloom seeds - or
>even
>better, open pollinated seeds - is helpful. Many people don't know what
>that
>means. Direct questions about weed and insect control is more revealing.
>
>I am just beginning to discover the pests in my garden. I've always lived
>with them and shared with them. I need to get to know them just a little
>better though, because I don't like rice-sized nits under my kale much.
>That
>one I think is some kind of moth. Any good books on organic pest control
>that anyone has to suggest?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gwen
>







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