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• • A LOAD OF MANURE
  • by kendrive
    

  • in grumpy.blog.co.uk

  • 91 days old
  • Entrepreneurial schoolboy wins 10-month legal battle with council over his 'illegal' sign advertising bags of manure A 14-year-old schoolboy who earns extra pocket money selling bags of manure has won a 10-month legal battle against a council over his 'illegal' advertising sign. Stunned Steve Sayer was told his board, which reads 'Steve's horse... more
  • Tags: + entrepreneur , + life , + planning
• • Contaminated Compost - Muck - BBC
  • by the_gardener
    

  • in the-gardener.blog.co.uk

  • 97 days old
  • This week Radio4 Gardeners World covered the Contaminated Muck issue. The information they gave was all good advice and ties in with my research. Compost contamination as opposed to Muck is rarer, so rare that I so often get the response that I am the only one. Interesting then to note this from the comments page on the BBC site. I am sure... more
  • Tags: + bbc , + compost , + contaminated ,
• • It is Public - Toxic Manure and Compost
  • by the_gardener
    

  • in the-gardener.blog.co.uk

  • 107 days old
  • The Observer Yesterday. Home-grown veg ruined by toxic fertiliser Caroline Davies Source: The Observer Gardeners across Britain are reaping a bitter harvest of rotten potatoes, withered salads and deformed tomatoes after an industrial herbicide tainted their soil. Caroline Davies reports on how the food chain became contaminated and talks to the... more
  • Tags: + aminopyralid , + compost , + toxic
• • The Chemical Desert
  • by the_gardener
    

  • in the-gardener.blog.co.uk

  • 107 days old
  • This a photograph actually used to promote the Herbicide product that contains Aminopyalid. A good caption would be "Look Jim we have killed every god-damn thing for miles except for the straw." A few excerpts from the product label are disturbing. 'should not be applied to residential or commercial lawns' But it is OK to have residues in the... more
  • Tags: + aminopyalid. , + new york
• • Compost Contamination - Case Study
  • by the_gardener
    

  • in the-gardener.blog.co.uk

  • 109 days old
  • So I am not alone with my Tomato destruction. According to the RHS, manure contaminated with Aminopyralid a hormone weed killer active in the following products - Banish, Forefront, Halcyon, Pharaoh, Pro-Banish, or Runway has been causing widespread problems this year. This picture from the RHS shows typical symptoms. Once again the Big Chemical... more
  • Tags: + aminopyralid , + compost , + farmers , + hormone weed killers , + rhs , + tomatoes