http://www.blogto.com/feed/recentcomments/?5014 Comments recently made in this post on blogTO Copyright 2009 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:24:13 PST http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c612349 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c612349 Toronto, Environment Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:52:12 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c612342 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c612342 Toronto, Environment Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:44:55 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c599125 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c599125 Toronto, Environment Sun, 17 May 2009 15:40:20 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c164930 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c164930 Toronto, Environment Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:55:58 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c139117 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c139117 Toronto, Environment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:52:01 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138376 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138376 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:19:39 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138341 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138341 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:27:57 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138333 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138333 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:11:05 PDT vermiculite: "An article published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 3, 2006 reported that vermiculite ... had been found to contain asbestos which had led to cancers such as are found in asbestos related cases." I am not a gardener, but shredded bark might work well as a substitute. Also, regarding the general accuracy of the Farmer's Alamanc: "In the October 1981 issue of Weatherwise, pages 212-215, John E. Walsh and David Allen performed a check on the accuracy of 60 monthly forecasts of temperature and precipitation from the Old Farmer's Almanac at 32 stations in the U.S. They found that 50.7 percent of the monthly temperature forecasts and 51.9 percent of the precipitation forecasts verified with the correct sign [i.e., as correctly predicting temperatures above normal or below normal]. These may be compared with the 50 percent success rate expected by chance." The Almanac's "Frost Chart" is "Courtesy of Environment Canada," though, and so is thankfully based on actual science rather than the "secret formula" used for the Almanac's long-range weather forecasts ... and the associated, laughably weasel-worded claim that their predictions are "almost always [!] very close [!] to our traditional claim of 80 percent." Not to rain on yer parade ... er, garden.... :) ]]> http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138313 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138313 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:30:42 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138281 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138281 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:31:10 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138253 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138253 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:40:37 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138214 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138214 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:05:36 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138205 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138205 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:39:44 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138203 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138203 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:33:53 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138193 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138193 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:01:41 PDT http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138192 http://www.blogto.com/environment/2007/04/sustain_yourself_grow_a_garden/#c138192 Toronto, Environment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:56:41 PDT