At 09:26 PM 4/7/99 GMT, Rain wrote: >-> Golly gee. I've combined organic methods with petrochemical assists for >-> thirty-five years. No one's unhealthy at my house and we depend on the >-> garden for most (in season) fresh vegetables. >x >Right on. If chemical fertilizers used correctly (and that does usually >mean lightly) are so inadmissable, how come my grandmother fed a family I've recently read reports of cases of food poisoning from organically grown veggies as the result of improper use of manure as fertilizer. I guess any method of food production can have benefits and hazards depending on how carefully they are used. =Mark "Runs With Scissors" Stevens @ http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens @ @ ICQ# 2059548 @ Where ya' from? Jersey. Yeah? What exit?