I don't think we have any big ag farm pesticide problems "up ditch" from us, but you never know. We also have a pipe directly to the river (not viable in low water months) and a deep underground well. We'll do the best we can.
Do you find using a pendulum useful in your farm work? Have you used to check hunches on water, seed and soil quality? I use one for checking vitamin supplements but not much else. After reading how so many of the list use one I think I'll have to practice dowsing on food, compost, and other practical matters. It's been great to receive inspiration from the list. Tom >Probably not a problem in your area, Tom, but you have to watch >irrigation ditch water as a possible source of highly contaminated >runoff from your chemically managed neighbors. I read a study a >while back that California farmers who were trash pumping 'lost >water' on their off days (water that escaped from other farms and >was fair game for other growers downstream to use even if it wasnt' >their water day) were getting up to 3x as much insecticide as the >maximum recommended dosages. Of course, since these insecticides >were not 'applied,' it's presence didn't affect subsequent >applications of more insecticides on the farm. > >-Allan Do you mean East Coast? Irrigation in the Spanish and pueblo Southwest of course pre-dates the Mormons by hundreds of years. T > >PS But, boy, do I wish that we had an irrigation system here on the >west coast. Praise to the 19th cent Mormons, eh? > >>m
