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response to Jeff-the other's wise comments.


 Jeff-the-lower 48er wrote: The problem becomes one of marketing and
advertising a very complex concept
in terms that bring people along slowly but firmly to change their ways.
The task is not an easy one for any of us.  Elaine may be a true guru, but
she is not the only guru.  We all need to work together to first get the
basic facts together so we can at least begin to understand and use soil
biology ourselves.  And then we have to share ways to get the story out,
over and over and over again.


Jeff-Alaskan-responds:  Yes, great point.  We have to solve it and I think
some of that gets solved when GWAA does a great survey a la, but better than
the NGB's old survey.  People want to get away from ALL chemicals.

I am taking the plunge, nonetheless. Starting next week my columns will be
infused with Scientific Gardening---soil microbiology, compost and compost
teas.  I will continue to give advice regarding "non-scienctific gardening,
but in Alaska, folks  are going to be heavily exposed to the soil food web.
I have meet with nursery owners and they are all extremely interested in
co-operating. The largest is now experimenting with compost teas (see below)
on his annuals, perennials, trees and hanging baskets. He has agreed to
carry bio-goods, so if any of you sell them out there, let me know and I
will get you in to his nurseries and two or three others up here. The Lowe's
and Home Depot folks will come along later. I can pull this off here because
of the smaller population and "one newspaper"

,.......Incidently, if you want a great tea and tea maker----cheap and easy
to use, check out John Evan's web site WWW.ALASKAGIANT.COM   Some of you may
remember John Evans. He is the guy that grows all the big vegetables in
Palmer, Alaska--has zounds of Guiness records. We all visited his garden
when GWAA was up here (and will again this summer for those who come AFTER
the Seattle meeting. His kit has a mix in it that includes the very same
Alaska Humus he uses. It has some of the best biological diversity
available.....35,000 different kinds of bacteria in a teaspoon.....Since
leaving the big gas project I worked on full time, I have become very
heavily involved in trying to produce this naturally occuring humus in
enough supply to ship it in bulk to the lower 48.


Cheers,

Jeff Alaska
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