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RE: New Rant Expanded

This is rather late in the discussion now, but if one can enjoy a <rant>, I
did want to say that I enjoyed Jeff's tirade.  He makes a good point and
offers accurate examples.
At the same time, there are some techniques that do translate well from
commercial agriculture and can be valuable to the home grower.  I'm
thinking now of row covers, mini-tunnels, plug trays, and foliar feeding as
examples in my garden.
There are instances when it pays to emulate the pros in our backyards.
-Ted

At 10:04 AM -0800 1/26/02, Jeff Ball wrote:
>When you look at the history of gardening in the past 100 years, many of the
>gardening and yard care techniques espoused by garden writers today, are
>techniques and practices developed for commercial agriculture and
>horticulture and simply scaled down for the home gardener.  In many
>instances, that translation was not appropriate.  Let me give you just a few
>of many examples I have collected.
>1. IPM ...
>2. Roto tilling ....
>3. ...lawns are mowed too short...
>4. Allowing bare soil to remain ...
>5. Raised beds are the only way to veggie garden ..., we still set
>out our gardens in rows and paths because the farmers
>in the late 1800's planted their crops in rows.
>6. Gypsum ...

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