>>I am using standard row covers and so far, the state organic >>cert folks haven't complained about it. >> >>Jaime >>jknoble@warwick.net >> >You're just not "pure" enough to know. If the Feds set up their cert >program the way they do everything else you will have to have blood and >urine tests to be certain you are growing the "proper" herbs. Not to >mention a monthly physical to ensure your body is pure enough to be >involved in certified organic growing. Just see what the FDA and the Ag >Dept has done to everything from soup to nuts to ensure that absolutely no >one will ever catch anything. > >George I take it you are not a democrat, George. :-) Cheryl Schaefer schaefer @epix.net Zone 5 in the fabulous Finger Lakes of NY