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-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: May 1, 2009 12:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Community_garden Digest, Vol 734, Issue 1 > >Send Community_garden mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Community_garden digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Contaminated park brings end to community garden plan (IMI 360) > 2. Pat Vanderkooy is out of the office this afternoon April 14. > ([email protected]) > 3. Re: Contaminated park brings end to community garden plan > ([email protected]) > 4. Re: Contaminated park brings end to community garden plan > ([email protected]) > 5. Re: Contaminated park brings end to community garden plan > (Ken Hargesheimer) > 6. Tomato Seedlings (Robert Mader) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:53:57 -0600 >From: IMI 360 <[email protected]> >Subject: [Community_garden] Contaminated park brings end to community > garden plan >To: Community Gardens <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; > DelSp="yes" > >Any info out there about organic remediation of contaminated soil? > >Contaminated park brings end to community garden plan > >Stanley Avenue Park, in Ottawa's New Edinburgh neighbourhood, was >fenced off last week after soil tests showed high levels of lead and >hydrocarbons. > >According to the city, the waiting lists for garden plots in most of >Ottawa's neighbourhoods are two years long. > >full story...http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/04/30/ >ottawa-090430-soil-contamination.html > >Paul Hughes > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090430/749945c5/attachment.html> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:23:10 -0400 >From: [email protected] >Subject: [Community_garden] Pat Vanderkooy is out of the office this > afternoon April 14. >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: > > <ofbc07054a.eba16fee-on852575a8.005f8142-852575a8.005f8...@region.waterloo.on.ca> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > >I will be out of the office starting 04/30/2009 and will not return until >05/01/2009. > >I will respond to your message when I return. > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:43:50 -0800 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Contaminated park brings end to > community garden plan >To: IMI 360 <[email protected]>, Community Gardens > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <f06110401c61fae1e6...@[66.81.69.80]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Lead? No, use raised beds and imported soil. I believe Rufus Chaney >(and others) have looked for plants that can remove some heavy metals >from soils (the plants are then disposed of), but the last time I >looked into this, no plant was found that selectively sequesters lead. > >Hydrocarbons? Yes, compost, mushrooms, etc. Google >bioremediation >Stamets bioremediation > >At 10:53 AM -0600 4/30/09, IMI 360 wrote: >>Any info out there about organic remediation of contaminated soil? >> >>Contaminated park brings end to community garden plan >> >>Stanley Avenue Park, in Ottawa's New Edinburgh neighbourhood, was >>fenced off last week after soil tests showed high levels of lead and >>hydrocarbons. >> >>According to the city, the waiting lists for garden plots in most of >>Ottawa's neighbourhoods are two years long. >> >>full >>story...http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/04/30/ottawa-090430-soil-contamination.html >> >>Paul Hughes >> >> >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: >><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090430/749945c5/attachment.html> >>_______________________________________________ >>The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one >>of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the >>ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to >>http://www.communitygarden.org >> >>To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] >> >>To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: >>http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:57:13 -0800 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Contaminated park brings end to > community garden plan >To: IMI 360 <[email protected]>, Community Gardens > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <f06110400c61fb2947...@[66.81.69.80]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > >I googled Chaney lead and found this. Eight inches of compost!! > >The article has more info/caveats on growing food in lead-contaminated soils. > > >"Dr. Rufus Chaney, along with co-workers at the U.S. Department of >Agriculture, has developed a method of "deactivating" soil lead. This >bioremediation entails tilling large amounts of compost rich in both >iron and phosphorus into the soil. You need about five pounds of >compost per square foot, or an 8" depth, plus you must add limestone >or wood ashes to make the soil more alkaline. These treatments have >reduced lead bioavailability by more than 50 percent and work in soil >with lead levels up to 2,000 ppm. Granted, this bioremediation >requires a large amount of compost, but the process is a one-time >deal. In addition to deactivating the lead, it also creates a very >rich soil that, in turn, nourishes dense grass growth that helps keep >the soil in place. > >"Dr. Chaney is exploring the possibility of specially formulating >composts for lead remediation. " > > >http://www.oldhousejournal.com/magazine/2005/nov/lead.shtml >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090430/3d6b208b/attachment.html> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:40:50 -0500 >From: Ken Hargesheimer <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Contaminated park brings end to > community garden plan >To: IMI 360 <[email protected]> >Cc: Community Gardens <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > >http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6300121.html > >http://www.ipo.uc.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=technologies.results&item_number=093038 > > >http://library.pchrd.dost.gov.ph/index.php/news-archive/724 >Generally, lead in soil is hardly taken up by plants. Even in farm soils >amended with sewage sludge, this metal is minimally taken up by roots ? the >reasons being the presence of organic matter (OM sequesters the metal to an >unavailable form) and the high pH of soil (typically around pH 5.5 to >seven). > >Ken Hargesheimer >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090430/c9791245/attachment.html> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 02:59:09 -0500 >From: "Robert Mader" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Community_garden] Tomato Seedlings >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <73841e8ad46a4822806b37e5b9f09...@mader01> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I have a brand new article up on GrandBobs Garden Blog called: > >"Transplanting Tomato Seedlings into Pots" > >Lots of useful information and lots of pictures to make it fun and >interesting. 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