Re: Catching up

Your puppy looks sweet Melody.
The info on vermiculite came out about a year or so ago, I believe.  I don't
handle it in large enough quantities to worry about it myself.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:55 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Catching up


> Wow! Only away from the computer for 2 1/2 days and came back sunday
> night to 276 messages! Took me until just now to get through it all! :-)
> Took some new pictures last night for anyone interested:
>
>
> http://photos.yahoo.com/mhobertm
>
> You'll notice there is a new Daisy at our house, but she's not a flower
> obviously...she's a miniature Australian Shepherd that we got about a
> week ago! She's a doll!!! Only going to be about 18 inches tall and
> about 35 pounds.
>
>
> In the pictures, I included some "before" shots from about 2 months ago
> so you can see how different parts of the garden are progressing! We've
> had some awesome rains in the past couple of weeks so everything is
> looking lush and full!
>
>
> In one of Kitty's posts, she mentioned vermiculite. I saw a news article
> last week that says the EPA has begun testing vermiculite and has found
> asbestos contamination at a level that worries them enough to recommend
> that people who use vermiculite in gardening should wear asbestos
> quality respirator masks when using it, should not shake off vermiculite
> dust inside the home from clothing, and should wash all articles of
> clothing immediately upon coming inside and taking them off, as well as
> good washing of skin that comes in contact with it. Has anyone else
> heard/seen/read anything about this?
>
>
> Hope you all had a most enjoyable 4th of July...ours was spectacular!!!
:-)
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
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