"Bill who putters" wrote in message

http://www.theinformedgardener.com

I for one was brought up with the idea that burning bones was a good
addition to the garden soil. This evolved into a Tablespoon per bulb
bone meal with a dash of dried blood.
The garden myths section is a good read.

I looked at the bone meal item in the myths section. Yet again as we've
seen in recent cites, there is no mention that what is being said cannot be
universally applied. Not one caveat so it must be a universal truth. Not!

She mentions Proteas being sensitive to too much phosphorus and that they
ahve evolved that way but doesn't make the leap from that to link Proteas
with country of origin (and others in that family in other countrys where
that family of plants grow) and that those countries are deficient in
Phosphorus.

Good for newbies and good
for us set in our ways. Wonder why or how to do garden tasks is laid
out in an organized manner. I'd love to see the same organization
concerning traditional ways.
I read the PDF lightly as old dogs have a hard time changing and I'm
not sure she addresses issues I value like wood chips which I work in my
way.

I didn't bother once I'd read the bone meal section and noted her failure to
mention caveats and make appropriate linkages.