Techniques to heal contaminated soil...Please go to the link www.remineralizetheearth.org to learn how different types of Rock Dust will help to heal our soil, protect our forests, alow us to grow nutrient dense food and help to correct our climate. Joanna Campe is the founder of this international organization and is committed to educating all of us on this subject. By spreading a high quality paramagnetic rock dust on polluted soil it will allow the microbes to re-instate themselves and they will correct the situation. Please contact Joanna for more advise and information on this subject.
Thank You, Linda Ludwig The Life Force Institute [email protected] -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Jul 17, 2009 1:00 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Community_garden Digest, Vol 789, 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. Looking for organic solution to manage weed in crusher fine > pathways? (REBECCA WINNING) > 2. Re: Looking for organic solution to manage weed in crusher > fine pathways? (Libby J. Goldstein) > 3. ACGA conference bus from Atlanta has room (William Maynard) > 4. Techniques to prevent leachiing from contaminated soil. > (Denise Rowcroft) > 5. Re: Techniques to prevent leachiing fromcontaminated soil. > (Diann Dirks) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:08:21 -0600 >From: "REBECCA WINNING" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Community_garden] Looking for organic solution to manage > weed in crusher fine pathways? >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >We have crusher fine pathways in our community garden. When we installed them, >we put down black plastic and covered it with crusher fine, but now, two years >later, we have a tough time with weed control. We're looking for a >non-herbicide solution to managing the weeds. Any suggestions? > >Thanks much, >RW > >Rebecca Winning >Winning, Ink >1484 S. Humboldt Street >Denver, CO 80210 >P: 303-722-8388 >C: 720-530-3333 >E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090716/68e24613/attachment.html> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:42:51 -0400 >From: "Libby J. Goldstein" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Looking for organic solution to manage > weed in crusher fine pathways? >To: "REBECCA WINNING" <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; > DelSp="yes" > >20% vinegar or a flame weeder >On Jul 16, 2009, at 1:08 PM, REBECCA WINNING wrote: > >> We have crusher fine pathways in our community garden. When we >> installed them, we put down black plastic and covered it with >> crusher fine, but now, two years later, we have a tough time with >> weed control. We're looking for a non-herbicide solution to >> managing the weeds. Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks much, >> RW >> >> Rebecca Winning >> Winning, Ink >> 1484 S. Humboldt Street >> Denver, CO 80210 >> P: 303-722-8388 >> C: 720-530-3333 >> E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/ >> community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/ >> 20090716/68e24613/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 > >"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired." Fanny Lou Hamer > > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090716/980de0c3/attachment.html> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:37:25 -0700 >From: "William Maynard" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Community_garden] ACGA conference bus from Atlanta has room >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >WOW ! > >if you are heading to the ACGA conference or have been thinking about going >and live off the major highway route between Atlanta Geo. and Columbus Ohio, >you are in luck! > >ACGA Presdent Bobby Wilson will be bringing a bus load of conference attendees >from Atlanta and has room for 10 more persons on the bus... > >your cost round trip bus fair would be only $50 (you make your own conference >registrations at ACGA and hotel res.) infact if you act now there are rooms >available where the bobby and company are staying.. > >bobby needs to hear from anyone that is interested by Monday July 20 at noon. > > >so call him to discuss seat availability and rooms. bobby 404 788-2430 do it >today! > >see you at the conference! > >bill >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090716/354c8e16/attachment.html> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:34 -0700 >From: "Denise Rowcroft" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Community_garden] Techniques to prevent leachiing from > contaminated soil. >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > > <mailman.1394.1247785230.32531.community_garden_list.communitygarden....@list.communitygarden.org> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I am helping to start a learning garden on a vacant city owned lot that is >adjacent to a site that was once contaminated from an old dry cleaners. >That site went through DEQ testing and monitoring and has now been capped by >asphalt and serves as a parking lot. A soil test for 30 VOCs on our lot >came up "non detect" but we want to go above and beyond to make sure that >there is no way that any food we grow from our raised beds can be >contaminated by possible old soil underneath. I have seen a lot of info on >the list serve regarding lead, but I am looking for some sure ways to just >prevent any possible toxic contamination as we will be working with >children from local schools. What are some techniques that others have used >in this situation? Thanks. > > >denise rowcroft | sustainability educator > >the environmental center > >16 nw kansas ave. | bend, or 97701 | tel 541.385.6908x14 | >www.envirocenter.org <http://www.envirocenter.org/> > > > >Embedding sustainability into daily life in central Oregon. > > > >SAVE THE DATE: Join us for Evening for the Environment on Saturday, >September 26th. > > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090716/6ec0b4cf/attachment.html> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:22:31 -0400 >From: "Diann Dirks" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Techniques to prevent leachiing > fromcontaminated soil. >To: "Denise Rowcroft" <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <0e698acbda3647bca0becf7eb8e51...@lorenpc> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Dear Denise, >Unless you have a way to detect off-gassing on this property and confirm >that there is no atmospheric contamination, or have a way to test ground >level (just above the asphault) out gassing or leakage, I would go with >'earthbox' or 'earthtainer' types of growing conditions which completely >separates the growing medium from the contaminated dirt. The information on >how to make these or contact the people who are knowledgeable about this >kind of planter are available by doing a search on-line by keyword Earthbox >or Earthtainer. > >These have been used successfully in locations in as far away as Africa and >in this country for mass plantings. Earthbox has a whole farm in Florida >using this type of growing container. To make the Earthtainer type (which >works on the same principles as Earthbox) requires the use of large plastic >storage containers (the best ones are rubbermaid from my recall) which can >be purchased almost anywhere such as Target, Walmart, etc. in the big box >stores. One 32 gal. container can grow 2 tomato plants and grow 50 lbs. of >tomatoes in a season. Anything can be grown in this type of container, very >versitile. > >They need to be filled with good growing soil which can be purchased by the >bag (pricey), or through a landscaping supply company in bulk (cheaper) and >delivered to the garden area. I recommend this approach as they are easy to >line up in rows, are tall enough to make approach by people in wheelchairs, >people with bad backs, the elderly easier, and anyone really. If good >composting techniques are applied (over heavy plastic, or in bins), >fertility can be achieved long term. > >In container gardening, one needs to restore the fertility of the soil every >season by mixing in more organics, manure, etc. because the plants >themselves eat up the nutrients, and even the soil level will drop from >using the soil as building material. And as the growing season progresses, >it's a good idea to fertilize the plants regularly (I prefer organic liquid >material such as compost, worm compost, or manure teas, or fish emulsion or >kelp type liquid concentrates and add them to the watering about every 2 or >3 weeks in weak solution). > >If this is too pricey a solution for the neighborhood you are working in, >Perhaps heavy duty plastic sheeting (at least 4 mil) over a wood frame in a >raised bed would suffice. These would be cheaper to produce but one must be >careful not to tear the plastic while planting, mixing soil, harvesting etc. >Drape the plastic from the rims of the wooden frames (at least 6" high) and >staple around the rim, with the plastic held close to the wood down into the >well created by the box. Then fill with soil and plant. One must only be >careful not to overwater as this creates a 'wet feet' type of situation >since there is no drainage. Or one could put a few drainage holes in the >base of the box through the plastic so the water doesn't rot the roots. > >Good luck and let me know how it goes. > >Best, Diann Dirks >"The Garden Lady" of Georgia >Certified Permaculture Designer >Director, Auburn Community Garden Project >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Denise Rowcroft" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:00 PM >Subject: [Community_garden] Techniques to prevent leachiing fromcontaminated >soil. > > >>I am helping to start a learning garden on a vacant city owned lot that is >> adjacent to a site that was once contaminated from an old dry cleaners. >> That site went through DEQ testing and monitoring and has now been capped >> by >> asphalt and serves as a parking lot. A soil test for 30 VOCs on our lot >> came up "non detect" but we want to go above and beyond to make sure that >> there is no way that any food we grow from our raised beds can be >> contaminated by possible old soil underneath. I have seen a lot of info >> on >> the list serve regarding lead, but I am looking for some sure ways to just >> prevent any possible toxic contamination as we will be working with >> children from local schools. What are some techniques that others have >> used >> in this situation? Thanks. >> >> >> denise rowcroft | sustainability educator >> >> the environmental center >> >> 16 nw kansas ave. | bend, or 97701 | tel 541.385.6908x14 | >> www.envirocenter.org <http://www.envirocenter.org/> >> >> >> >> Embedding sustainability into daily life in central Oregon. >> >> >> >> SAVE THE DATE: Join us for Evening for the Environment on Saturday, >> September 26th. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090716/6ec0b4cf/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of >> ACGA's services to community gardeners. 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