"Martin" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:09:14 -0700 (PDT), harry
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On Apr 30, 1:11 pm, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:07:35 +0100, Martin Brown





wrote:
On 30/04/2012 12:59, Emery Davis wrote:
On 04/30/2012 12:32 PM, Jake wrote:
AFAIK, though, simply adding the term "organic" to a bag of compost
isn't illegal and doesn't necessarily mean anything as compost is
organic material. The word plus a logo of a certifying agency, such
as
the Soil Association, is an indication that the product is organic
in
the organic sense as it has passed tests. It is confusing!

Yes, I think you've put a finger on it, Jake.

Indeed. The Henry Doublespeak organisation has a lot to answer for.

I am all for minimum inputs growing, but this public obsession with all
natural chemicals being somehow "good" and synthetic ones "bad" is a
serious problem. Ricin is perfectly natural and incredibly lethal.

Brand "Organic(TM)" denotes overpackaged and overpriced food for the
worried well to buy in supermarkets.

And so long as the Irish (and now also the Germans after shutting down
their nuclear plant) are burning peat for electricity on an industrial
scale the amount an amateur gardener uses pales into insignificance.

The Germans call it brown coal.
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I know quite a bit about how Germany is trying to bury their nuclear waste
in the Wendland where my friend lives.
Every year, around November that transport comes and every year they go wild
about it.
Well you would, wouldn't you?





Brown coal is not peat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignite

but it is what Germany burns in power stations.
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Martin