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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - Aug 24 2013 : 09:18:54 AM
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Another reason to be very careful about only buying organic garden and ornamental plants....The latest newsletter I received from Organic Gardening reported about a study that was done on nursery plants. Apparently a large number of nursery plants, are loaded with pesticides that endanger the bees. The report said that 7 out of 13 samples from commercial nursery plants tested positive for pesticides. The plants retain the pesticides year after year too. How sad...I wonder how often I've contributed in the past to the demise of local pollinators by unknowingly buying tainted nursery plants. Here we think we are doing a good thing to help out the bees and butterflies by planting bee-friendly plants to only find out we are poisoning them.
Here is a link to the report:
http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/93/07/d/3118/Gardeners_beware_report_8-13-13-acknts.pdf
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2013 : 08:03:04 AM
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Oh, my gosh! That's scary! Thanks for sharing this report! I'm forwarding to my friends at the county extension who are also master gardeners!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2013 : 1:38:47 PM
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I dislike this news. I just love all the bees. I do grow almost everything from seed and heirloom at that. But on occasion I buy a ready to plant transplants. I will have to stop that I think. I am trying hard to be able to raise bees on my property but its taking awhile to convince DH. Thanks Paula for the post.
Farmgirl #5111
Blessings
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2013 : 6:44:31 PM
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Wow, Paula, what an eye-opener. It never occurred to me, but yeah, makes sense. We're better off trading seeds and plants with friends through local organizations like our Virginia Native Plant Society here, or just informal networks, that help bring folks together for purposes like this. I'll bet a lot of Farmgirl chapters are doing this.
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countrynmore
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sharon
CA
USA
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2013 : 2:05:49 PM
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Oh my goodness! Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Paula! I never really thought about this before, either. I am very grateful to you, and will definitely share this information with our family and friends!
Hugs-
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2013 : 3:08:30 PM
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It is all getting somewhat confusing, isn't it? Organic seems like the safest choice, in general.
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