tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post4466144959160411627..comments2024-03-14T14:32:56.802-05:00Comments on Garden Musings: Organic AgnosticismProfessorRoushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-68762691815421335582010-11-28T20:47:13.310-06:002010-11-28T20:47:13.310-06:00Thank you Professor, well said.
In discussions on ...Thank you Professor, well said.<br />In discussions on the topic of natural products, I have reminded them there are natural elements (in the periodic table) such as mercury. This seems to help them understand that natural doesn't always equal good for you.<br />SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-16770567267137290352010-09-07T08:37:47.645-05:002010-09-07T08:37:47.645-05:00I am so glad you left this link on my rose post on...I am so glad you left this link on my rose post on the Antique Rose Forum!<br /><br />You have voiced my opinion beautifully and so much better than I could have put into words.<br /><br />Loved the WEE acronym.<br /><br />The pillar rose is beautiful. I wonder if I could tame my Awakening in the same manner.<br />If not, it will have to be removed from the front porch where it sends out 20 foot thorny canes. It is a good thing we never use that porch. <br /><br />I am a retired dairywoman and I recall the lunacy with all that! I found another group of fanatics when I bought my Shorthorn milking cow.<br />There is a group who are so sure you will kill a cow or make her milk unfit for comsumption if you feed grain, that I am astonished. I never get in nutritional discussions with them.<br /><br />I even failed to grow cucurbits this year with an application of Sevin. Do you have a secret thing you use?gldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-64316303670691755232010-09-05T14:38:11.817-05:002010-09-05T14:38:11.817-05:00Yes, I'm a veterinarian (former dairy practiti...Yes, I'm a veterinarian (former dairy practitioner), so I know about the controversy. That's a perfect example of where the organic movement goes too far; we're worried that there might be growth hormones in the milk and that the hormones get in the manure and then we feed it to our plants and the plants give the growth hormones back to us. That's a pretty long trip for an organic molecule to remain intact!<br /><br />And all the while, we're getting xenoestrogens from the bisphenol used to make our drinking water bottles.ProfessorRoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-80660899408986296782010-09-05T09:56:25.757-05:002010-09-05T09:56:25.757-05:00OMG!!! This is what I profess every time someone ...OMG!!! This is what I profess every time someone asks me about organics!! (though you said it WAY better.) I get labeled 'organic' because I'm a bit of a hippie at heart, and I use very few chemicals. The ones I do use, I use judiciously and sparingly ... systemic fungicide, and the odd application of soluble fertilizer, for example. I explain to people that organic doesn't mean safer OR chemical free ... it only means that your chemicals came from natural sources. Lots of natural things will kill you just as dead as synthetic chemicals. Few people get it.<br /><br />Learned something interesting the other week. Did you know that a farm probably can't get a govt organic certification if they use manure? Gotta be able to certify the feed and conditions of the animals that produced the manure. How ridiculous is that?Connie in Hartwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127877285792861166noreply@blogger.com