Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 64, Issue 5

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Lynn

I appear to have miscommunicated my question. I honestly only wanted to know
what 'toxins' were released and under what circumstances; you knew something
that I didn't; I was seeking information. I intended nothing more by my
question.

Regarding some of your questions: we do the best we can--don't we?

Maryann

Maryann Whitman, Journal Editor
Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes

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[Whitman's response] ==============
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Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 19:58:34 -0400
From: Lynn Jenkins <ljenks@tds.net>
Subject: Re: [GWL] Polymers- jello
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
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We all pollute daily...
Do you drive, read a paper, use the internet? Do you hang clothes to 
dry rather than use your electric/gas dryer? Do you use petroleum 
based dishwashing soap, shampoo and cosmetics or do you make the 
effort to find plant-based alternatives? Do you take a 5 minute 
shower instead of taking a bath? Do you put buckets in your shower to 
save water as you shower so you can reuse it on your plants? Do you 
have rainbarrels or does rain wash down your drive to the street, 
into the storm sewers and then pollute the waterways for your 
watershed?  Do you have a reel mower or an electric one instead of a 
gas mower? Do you use solar night lighting rather than turn on garden 
lights at night? Do you bike, walk or take the bus instead of 
driving? Do you turn off your computer, and unplug electronics before 
going to bed in a completely dark house? Do you eat only seasonal, 
local and organic foods?  Do you only wear natural, organic, and 
locally made clothes? Have you purchased the "green option" from your 
utility company, and do you not use your A. C. in the summer? How do 
you vacation?  Only at local eco resorts? Do you buy carbon offsets 
for all you do that is not eco-friendly?  I dare say most of us do 
not do ALL those things and the many more that would make us "no 
impact." Most of us try to do what we can.

There are MANY actions that are "serious to consider" in our daily 
lives.  Yet most of us still do them. I do not use the polymers as a 
whim. I don't use them in my own containers but only for my business 
since I know my clients will not go out and water daily. It's a 
necessity for my income, as I suppose many of you would admit you use 
electricity or gas, eat outside your 100 mile area, and wear other 
than hemp because you must.

At 06:29 PM 5/2/2008, MaryannWhitman wrote:
>Because their breakdown elements are toxic, I use them only in 
>containers, not directly in the garden.
>
>Lynn
>
>Please tell me more about the products that you use and *how* you 
>use them. That they break down into toxic elements is something 
>serious to consider.
>
>Thanks
>Maryann
>
>
>Maryann Whitman, Journal Editor
>Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes
>
><http://www.for-wild.org>www.for-wild.org
>
>Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes 
>environmentally sound practices to encourage biodiversity through 
>the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant 
>communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit, environmental, 
>educational, and advocacy organization.
>

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