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compost heap question
"Stephen Howard" wrote in message ... On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:53:52 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: John, I keep seeing wishy washy definitions of what is considered as being "organic" by organic gardeners. None of them stand up to any detailed scrutiny. Talk to the Soil Assoc. people then - I'm sure they'll be only too pleased to debate the issue on the scientific level you aspire to....us lot are just 'umble gardeners. I have read much of the literature produced by the Soil Association. I am sure that its heart is essentially in the right place, but I have nevertheless not yet seen a definition of what constitiutes "organic gardening", except perhaps for one along the lines "organic gardening is gardening conducted according to the rules laid down by the Soil Association". If that is the case, they have hijacked the meaning of the word "organic". Surely there are only beneficient and deleterious substances as far as gardening is concerned. Keep on using the beneficient substances and cease to use a substance as soon as it is proven to be sufficiently deleterious to warrant such action. Might be too late then....DDT, Creosote etc.. It is never too late. What on earth more could one in fact ask for? No unpleasant surprises several years down the line, for one. So we must sit on our hands because even pyrethrum, which was once an organically acceptable chemical, is no longer amongst the good things of life? And Bordeaux Mixture is a non-poisonous substance? I'm perfectly happy to stick with my 'wishy washy' definition of organic gardening - it renders the need for concern about the use of this and that academic. If, in future years, I see a report on the telly that says such-and-such a chemical is implicated in such-and-such an illness I can just shrug my shoulders and get on with my dinner. If I don't see such a report then everyone's happy. Franz |
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