[cg] Compost creatures

Does anybody know of any good books/references/guides for the common (and not so common) life forms found in the garden and compost piles? I have a slow and a fast compost pile and the number of life forms in the slow pile is astounding, and I think it would be quite a fun 'get to know the world ar

Re: [cg] leaning community garden soil

Deborah and Evan I agree that using bioremediation would be great to use to heal the soil. It is not right that pollution can be an excuse to take the land and use it for private gain. It also shows such a lack of respect for a garden that has been there for so long. What about raised beds for the

Re: [cg] leaning community garden soil

Evan, I don't have all the answers to help you "clean-up" your soil but there is one arthropod that has been used successfully in Europe to eradicate DDT from the soil is our dear friend, the Springtail. I had a hands on experience with them when we had our wet and wild El Nino winter. We had so

[cg] leaning community garden soil

Hi I am from a community garden in Sacramento. Our garden is 30 years old and soil tresting just revealed that there is lead, arsenic, DDT and PAH in the soil. The state wants to destroy our garden to clean up the land and then build condos on it. Does anyone know of ways to clean thsose chemicals

[cg] pittsburgh gardeners?

I'm a graduate student doing research on community gardening in Pittsburgh as part of my Masters thesis. So...I'm looking for people in Pittsburgh who would be interested in taking my survey. Can anyone help me out? Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks a lot! -Jennifer Lauzon _

[cg] pittsburgh gardeners?

I'm a graduate student doing research on community gardening in Pittsburgh as part of my Masters thesis. So...I'm looking for people in Pittsburgh who would be interested in taking my survey. Can anyone help me out? Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks a lot! -Jennifer Lauzon ___

Re: [cg] The 150K Community Garden Plus

Jim, I read this your story (with my first cup of coffee, thank you) before a day filled with meetings. It is impossible to create a community garden without grassroots community support propelling it forward. You story is classic, a prime example of how a Mother (or Father) Bountiful gets a

Re: [cg] needs assessment question - Mickey not Andy Rooney

Clarification: Andy Rooney is a 60 minutes television columnist. Mickey Rooney put on several shows with Judy Garland in MGM musicals. The "y"s got me Sorry about that! Adam Honigman, Who gardens more than he watches TV or sees old moves,

Re: [cg] needs assessment question

Re: interests needs survey models As a person who currently works in publishing, media and marketing (some days, I have so many hats on my head. It feels like I'm wearing helicopter propellers) I respect and use paper and Internet survey questionnaires, in person and conference call focus gro