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Re: Organic

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill DeWitt <bdewitt@gateway.net>
To: Sqft@Listbot. Com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 1:54 PM
Subject: RE: Organic


Hi all:

I too am new to this list but have been lurking for some time.  Really
loving it!

I also organic garden but do not wish to debate what is and what is not
organic.  That is what has been on another list and it is just too time
consuming.

I really don't square foot garden yet either  but am reading the book and
really like it.  I have lots of room but rather than square foot it is more
intensive gardening.   I have 4 beds that are 53x4 (raised beds because of
water here)

I hope to learn lots from this list and enjoy what I am reading already.
Since I have to have raised beds I really like the idea of the blocks but
have to find a really cheap supply.   I am having to replace some of the
2x12's that are about 6 years old already.   (I wanted untreated wood so it
is my fault)

Just wanted to say Hi


Barbara



>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>This is -not- an organic gardening list, it is a Square Foot Gardening
list.
>It is based upon the method described in the book Square Foot Gardening, in
>which practices which might not qualify as Organic are described. Although
I
>and several others on the list -do- practice Organic Gardening, it would be
>wrong to assume that this list is appropriate for the discussion of Organic
>Gardening except in passing as it relates to a question about Square Foot
>Gardening.
>
>I have problems sticking to this suggestion myself, but I still think it's
a
>good Idea to keep this list on topic without excluding folk who go by the
>book. Although I am sure we would welcome -any- other gardeners who want to
>learn about SQ FT gardening,  I would be among those who would complain if
>we got too far into Organic Gardening. Partly because I also get sick of
the
>Elitist bickering you are talking about, and wouldn't want it to start
here.
>
>The problem is that Organic Gardening does not have a book. It has many.
>Each different. Even the terms you used in your short description lead to
>debate. Which chemicals are 'not Natural'? What did 'Mother Nature' give
us?
>Are pyrethrums OK when you make an extract in your kitchen, but not when a
>large company does the extracting? Problems and debates everywhere.
>
>However, whenever we have a question, at some point we can go back to the
>book and say, "Well, you can do whatever you want to, but Mel says to do
>it -this- way". And if Mel says it, it is -by definition- Square Foot
>Gardening. No debate. He made up the name, he gets to write the definition.
>
>Just my Opinion.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Deborah J. Martin [m*@zianet.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 1:40 AM
>To: sqft list
>Subject: Organic
>
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Hello All,
>
>I am a member of this really great, or better yet was a really great
>list that is being torn apart by a select few debating what is and what
>is not organic.  I was always lead to believe that the use of any
>chemicals that were no natural was not organic.  That you needed to use
>only what mother nature gave you to grow in the garden.  I do not wish
>this to become a debate, just correct me if I am wrong. Also, do we have
>members that do not square foot garden?  Is it ok for me to give out
>this URL to those member on the other list that wish to garden
>organically??  I am so new at gardening that I don't want to do it
>wrong. Debbie
>
>http://www.zianet.com/martin/martin9.htm
>
>
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