"Ann" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" expounded:

I've been gardening for about 35 years. I digested news about chemicals
for
several years before that. To me, there was never any connection between
gardening and chemicals. Although I think "Crockett's Victory Garden" is
one
of the most useful books ever written for new gardeners, I was surprised
to
see how often he suggested dousing things with chemicals.

Jim Crockett's Victory Garden was my first vegetable gardening book,
but even back then I was reading Organic Gardening and Farming and
knew Jim's use of chemicals was a Bad Thing. Jim died of cancer at
age 64 (which is looking younger and younger every day to me!). Ya
gotta wonder......
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
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Yeah..I wonder about his death, too. I still use that book as my calendar.