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Is This Gardening Method Organic? Q. Where can I get information that tells how the Mittleider Method is considered organic? A. Opinions on whether or not the Mittleider Method is organic run the gamut. ... Last Modified: 2008-09-15 Number of views: 1055 Small-Plot INtensive gardening - First Look Q.  I am looking at several options in gardening and hope you can clarify something - I am mainly looking at the Mittleider and the SPIN Farming www.spinf... Last Modified: 2008-04-25 Number of views: 1202 WARNING! Antibiotics Fed to Animals Are Absorbed by Plants Fed With Manure! The following just came to my attention, and makes me glad we don't promote the use of animal manure to feed our healthy vegetables! 12 July 2007Antibiotics Absorbed By Vege... Last Modified: 2007-07-14 Number of views: 1638 Do Your Fertilizers Pollute the Ground Water? Q.  I have one concern about the Mittleider Method.  Since you use mineral nutrients from commercial sources, do those - or could they - cause a toxic build-up in th... Last Modified: 2007-06-21 Number of views: 1647 Are Chemical Fertilizers Threatening Our Reproductive Capacity? Q.  I've heard that chemicals may cause low sperm counts in men, and that people who eat organically produced produce are healthier.  Is it true?   A.  ... Last Modified: 2006-09-14 Number of views: 2553 Can a Mittleider Garden Be Organic? Q.  Can a Mittleider Garden Be Organic? A.  In response to a woman who is growing a 1-acre organic garden in California, I wrote the following.  I've enumerat... Last Modified: 2006-09-14 Number of views: 2706 Do Commercial Fertilizers Harm Soil Microbes or Make Nutrients Unavailable to Plants? Q.  It is my understanding the microbes found in organic compost materials is what packages the nutrients for the plants. Sort of like the good bacteria that yo... Last Modified: 2006-09-14 Number of views: 2389 Fertilizers qualify as organic? What about Mad Cow Disease? Mittleider Gardens Organic? What about Mad Cow Disease! Q. Does a Mittleider garden qualify as organic? Have any of his fertilizing formulas been approved for organic garde... Last Modified: 2006-09-14 Number of views: 2718 How to Grow the Healthiest Vegetables Q.  I want to grow the healthiest vegetables possible. Isn’t organic gardening healthier than the Mittleider Method – tell me the truth! A.  This is a very good que... Last Modified: 2006-09-14 Number of views: 3143 Natural Fertilizers Preferred Q.  I am curious if there are any Mittleider Method materials that have been adapted for organic vegetable production.  I have grown vegetables for many ye... Last Modified: 2006-09-14 Number of views: 2359 Organic Fertilizing and Nitrogen Deficiency Organic Fertilizing & Nitrogen Deficiency Q. Sometimes I have seen gardens with compost and manure as the fertilizer of choice become very yellow. What causes this, and... Last Modified: 2006-09-14 Number of views: 2982 Organic or Chemical - Or Both? - What Kind of Garden Should You Grow? Today we will discuss a fundamental question in gardening.  Previously I was posed this question:  “I hear that chemicals are poisoning our waterways, and that org... Last Modified: 2006-09-04 Number of views: 2054

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