Organic Gardening
Following up on my previous posts about Summer Vegetables (here and here), Ellamae has a very good post on Organic Gardening.
Organic gardening is big thing with me. Just on the environmental front, pollution from home gardens (in particular lawn fertilizers) is a significant source of pollution. In some areas a bigger problem than any farming activities could ever be. On top of that, gardening is a way to get back to the basics. I don't want to get too mystical here, because I don't look at it that way, but there is something very satisfying about getting your hands dirty in the garden. You just don't get that same satisfaction behind a pump sprayer.
DIANA.... WE BOUGHT 3 JAPANESE MAPLE TREES FROM YOU LAST 2 YEARS. ONE SAYS IT IS A BUSH NOT A TREE? IT IS NOT PRODUCING THE LEAVES AS SOON AS THE OTHER TWO? THE OTHER TWO TREES ARE IN BLOOM. DARK PURPLE LEAVES ON ONE AND THE OTHER IS GREEN AND BLUE LEAVES. THE ONE THAT SAYS IT IS A BUSH IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BRIGHT YELLOW AND ORANGE/RED LEAVES. RIGHT NOW,,,IT IS JUST STICK LIMBS. NO LEAVES. ONE OR TWO HAS A BUD ON IT.???? CAN I TRADE THIS IN FOR A JAPANESE MAPLE TREE THAT WILL HAVE COLORFUL LEAVES SOONER? I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THIS TREE IS SURVIVING??? PLEASE HELP?
Posted by: CHRIS WIEGMAN at March 29, 2004 09:30 AM