On Tue, 29 May 2007 15:21:22 -0400, Ann wrote:

"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......

Wow, I never knew he was that young! That's horrible.