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Warning from a scientist about genetically engineering plants

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:33:22 +0100

This eye opening film "Silent Forest" discusses consequences of genetically engineered plants. Re-engineering natural DNA structures may produce more profits initially but later it will cost more money and disrupt natural systems.

Garden planting

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:34:06 +0100

An old man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig his tomato garden, but it was very hard work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.

Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty badly because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me.
Love, Dad

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Dad,
Don’t dig up that garden. That’s where I buried the bodies.
Love, Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That’s the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love you, Vinnie

Corn Gluten - Get the real thing!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:44:06 +0100

Organic lawn care includes using corn gluten at the earliest time in the spring to stop weed germination. This page from Iowa State speaks to the issue: http://www.hort.iastate.edu/directory/gettherealthing.html

Preventing pollution problems from lawn and garden fertilizer

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:03:20 +0100

Here is a article from Univ. of Minnesota that describes fertilizer runoff issues and offers suggestions to reduce the problem. It is our belief that using RhizoChar will help this issue since the microbes it will deliver to the soil live feed off fertilizer and fixes it in a way that the plant root can utilize.

Fertilizers are used by homeowners to maintain and improve landscape beauty and quality. Increased use of home lawn and garden fertilizers, however, has caused concern about pollution of lakes and groundwaters.

The two fertilizer nutrients primarily involved, nitrogen and phosphorus, are needed by all plants for healthy growth. Although an individual lawn or garden seems small, the total area of lawns and gardens in urban environments can be significant. Runoff and drainage waters carrying these nutrients may move over hard-surfaced streets where there is no soil to act as a filter. The potential result is an increase in pollution problems. (read more)

New study of the herbicide Roundup from Monsanto reveals it kills human cells within 24 hours.

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:20:32 +0100

(NaturalNews) Roundup is the world`s most popular herbicide used to control weeds all over the planet and is omnipresent in the food chain of animals and humans. Roundup is claimed to have an active ingredient known as glyphosate (G) and said to be safe for humans even though plants are readily killed. In a first of its kind published study, French researchers recently sought to examine the toxicity of four popular G-based herbicide formulations on human placental cells, kidney cells, embryonic cells and neonate umbilical cord cells and surprisingly found total cell death of each of these cells within 24 hours. (more)

Launching RhizoChar!

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:19:37 +0100

Jim, Drew and Peter working together to bring a great new product to you. Introducing RhizoChar.

This is what it looks like.

Maybe not too impressive to look at but the results are! And we are constantly testing for new uses.

Home gardeners who are concerned about reducing chemical input without sacrificing yields will appreciate this all-natural product. Truly a holistic approach. Not a fertilizer, not a pesticide. It consists of soil enhancing microbes and nutrients on a carbon-based carrier. Check out the Learn link for find out more.