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Re: [SG] Green Sand??

...................................Jane Diehl posted on 4/7/98........
........................................

>Fellow robin members,
>
>Relative to using greensand as a soil amendment, Jaime wrote (in
part):
>
>>However, for those who care, greensand is not an
>>especially renewable resource; no more so than crude or natural
>>gas or peat.  And the methods of retrieval from the ocean & bay
>>floors off the NJ coast cannot be done without environmental
>>disruption.
>>
>>FWIW to you.
>>Jaime
>>jknoble@warwick.net
>>NW NJ, zone 6/5
>>
>
>If Jaime's information is accurate, how can any of you consider
purchasing
>a product that might be environmentally damaging?  Surely, there are
better
>ways to deal with soil problems.
>
>Jane Diehl

Well, Jane, since you have brought it up again, I suppose that we can
talk about it. In some respects it is a valid question but where do
we draw lines when we don't want to use something that has an even
more damaging affect as the chemicals that people pour into the
environment (using non renewable petroleum products to make them)?
Any mining operation that produces  minerals including limestone can
have damaging affects on the environment. I like to use Kelp
concentrate for it's superior natural growth hormones and trace
minerals but I wonder if  there may be environmental upsets as they
harvest the kelp from ocean waters.
What are our alternatives? Does not gardening itself actually upset
the eco patterns set up in a paticular area before the garden was
started? hmmmmm....... What do have to offer as an alternative?

Thanks,
Dale Neil
Zone 5 Rock Island, Ill
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