All blog posts tagged with organic gardening
S.F. Markets Sewage Sludge as "Organic Compost"
Does your organic compost contain flame retardants, heavy metals and endocrine disruptors? Well it might if you've been getting your compost from the City of San Francisco. Activists poured sewage sludge on the steps of San Francisco's city hall last week in protest of the municipalities practice of marketing sewage sludge as "organic compost." The word from our beloved EPA is that the sludge is safe, but many activists and scientists disagree. The USDA seems to somewhat agree, at least with…
Playing in the Garden
This weekend I was over at a neighbors house admiring the work he has put into expanding his home garden. While we were looking at the explosion of color from the chard I noticed there were holes in some of the leafs and questioned as to what happened. My friend told me that the birds lie to get in and pick away at the chard leaves that aren't growing as well as the rest. I asked if he would be putting up netting over the top so the little rascals wouldn't steal peaces of his bounty and he s…
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