mdvaden
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- Location
- Beaverton. Oregon
Going to share an email with you that arrived today. Claims that content in one of my webpages contributed to virtually destroying a rural home garden outreach program.
But first, the groundwork. Here's my page ...
The Dark Side of Lasagna Gardening
The reason for the page was to add an aspect to gardening that generally omitted from virtually every sheet mulch or organic gardening webpage that covers lasagna gardening. In fact, I think most folks are completely aware of the recycling aspect.
So, then this email arrives today ... here is most of it ...
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MD, someone posted a comment about the dark side of sheet mulching and it created a controversy that virtually destroyed a rural home garden outreach program and took the wind out of the enthusiasm of several would be first time gardeners. I'll spare you the details but since the post lipped on about recycling data I thought I would send a few data points that may be left out of your data sphere. The united states involves a vast amount of land east of the rocky mountains. Many of those people endured a civil war that caused 100's of thousands of people to die and have their land scourched by fire only then for those unlucky soles to be starved and denied education and to be characterized as racist, even to today. People west of the rockies were as yet only settling in and were not identified with such a horror. They went on to aspire to a greater good and left a legacy that the west coast can be proud of. But the fact is simple. People east of the rockies are not progressive, they are broken, confused and misinformed. Much of the rural south functions at or below third world "standards". And except for the large cities and a few big box stores, there AIN'T NO RECYCLING. So the cardboard and newsprint is burned in peoples home trash cans or buried in local landfills. Just thought I would share the data. If your article were changed to embrace the greater truth about recycling so that people could make a more informed decision it would be helpful. As it stands it's shock value bulls__t.
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I've got 140 separate pages on my website. And get a ton of thank you notes and positive feedback. Except ... for that one page. For some reason, this sheet mulching and lasagna gardening practice is one part of gardening that some gardeners appear very fragile or emotional about other pieces of information being made available.
But first, the groundwork. Here's my page ...
The Dark Side of Lasagna Gardening
The reason for the page was to add an aspect to gardening that generally omitted from virtually every sheet mulch or organic gardening webpage that covers lasagna gardening. In fact, I think most folks are completely aware of the recycling aspect.
So, then this email arrives today ... here is most of it ...
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MD, someone posted a comment about the dark side of sheet mulching and it created a controversy that virtually destroyed a rural home garden outreach program and took the wind out of the enthusiasm of several would be first time gardeners. I'll spare you the details but since the post lipped on about recycling data I thought I would send a few data points that may be left out of your data sphere. The united states involves a vast amount of land east of the rocky mountains. Many of those people endured a civil war that caused 100's of thousands of people to die and have their land scourched by fire only then for those unlucky soles to be starved and denied education and to be characterized as racist, even to today. People west of the rockies were as yet only settling in and were not identified with such a horror. They went on to aspire to a greater good and left a legacy that the west coast can be proud of. But the fact is simple. People east of the rockies are not progressive, they are broken, confused and misinformed. Much of the rural south functions at or below third world "standards". And except for the large cities and a few big box stores, there AIN'T NO RECYCLING. So the cardboard and newsprint is burned in peoples home trash cans or buried in local landfills. Just thought I would share the data. If your article were changed to embrace the greater truth about recycling so that people could make a more informed decision it would be helpful. As it stands it's shock value bulls__t.
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I've got 140 separate pages on my website. And get a ton of thank you notes and positive feedback. Except ... for that one page. For some reason, this sheet mulching and lasagna gardening practice is one part of gardening that some gardeners appear very fragile or emotional about other pieces of information being made available.
