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From: seb@mtgzz.UUCP (s.e.badian)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Organic Gardening
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 17:54:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 17:54:48 1985
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	I am about 1/2 through "Square Foot Gardening." It's a very
interesting book and as soon as I buy a house I will be sure to pick
out my garden spot and follow his suggestions to the letter. Because
a square foot garden is so compact and well-planned, it's very easy
to use organic gardeing techiniques. Mel doesn't use any insecticide
or recommend the use of inorganic fertilizers. That's all fine and
good, but what about other types of gardening?
	When I buy my house I'd like to plant some dwarf fruit trees.
A pear, cherry, plum, and a peach maybe. Well, how do you keep the
little buggies from eating the leaves off your fruit trees and more
importantly how do you keep them from getting inside the fruit?? 
There's nothing more disgusting than biting into a beautiful pear
and finding a worm. Unless you find 1/2 a worm! :-) When I lived in
California we had a nectarine tree with beautiful juicy fruit (I've
never tasted any better), but you had to split every nectarine down
the midddle to look for worms. The worms hung out by the stone so
they were easy to find. We didn't spray our trees at all so it's
not surprising to find a few worms. The question is  are there
organic gardening methods for discouraging bugs from eating your
fruit? Anyone know if the Rodale Press on someone publishes books
that contain info on organic insect control? The thought of using
chemical pesticides on my own produce really turns me off. It's
bad enough having to eat tons of the stuff in the produce from
the market.

Sharon Badian
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