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Thought some of you might enjoy this. I’m embarrassed that I forgot to mention Diane Kennedy and awesome Finch Frolic Garden www.vegetariat.com/ at the beginning. I’ll do better next time :-) The best to everyone. www.puravidaaquatic.com/ Spread the Good News … Continue reading →

Source: Study shows hazardous herbicide chemical goes airborne “Dicamba drift”—the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere—can result in unintentional damage to neighboring plants. To prevent dicamba drift, other chemicals, typically amines, are mixed with dicamba to … Continue reading →

Source: https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/23/environmental-toxins-neurological-disorders-parkinsons-alzheimers Doctors warn exposure to omnipresent yet poorly understood chemicals such as microplastics could play a role in dementia and the astronomical rise in neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s You think? Or as Homer Simpson would say … Continue reading →

ramonaevents.com/events/sustainable-ramona-harvest-festival/ I am going to speak briefly on permaculture shortly after 11:00 am. I will post a synopsis of my talk in a couple of days. Best to everyone. www.puravidaaquatic.com/ Spread the Good News Below: Permaculture!    

This coming October 22nd I’m going to give a little 10 minute talk on my views of permaculture at the Ramona Harvest festival. There will be musicians and other talks as well. The particulars are as follows. And more information … Continue reading →

Hello my fellow gardeners, Most all community garden members are great, great, great neighbors. They are genuinely concerned about toxic chemicals, friendly, and happy to talk to you about what they’re growing, and how they are doing it. And I … Continue reading →

If we Google something like:https://www.google.com/search?q=hydrogen+peroxide+to+control+algae We get a lot of pond and aquarium sites explaining how to use hydrogen peroxide to control algae. Some of these sites even explain what hydrogen peroxide is such as… Hydrogen peroxide is a colorless … Continue reading →

The dragonflies in the pond of one of my clients are dying. Not just dying but they are failing to molt into adults correctly. This looks to me like they are being poisoned by molt inhibitor pesticides. This client would … Continue reading →

I am a fan of community gardens!! Community gardens are a library of information about how different people, and even ethnicities have found ways to do a variety of different gardening activities and grow food that work for them. Community … Continue reading →

The movement to bring DDT back after its ban found a curious ally: Big Tobacco. But the endangered industry was after something bigger. Source: How the Battle Over a Pesticide Led to Scientific Skepticism ” according to Bate. A revision … Continue reading →