UK tenants should have ‘right to garden’, leading horticulturist says
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Comments (59)tox, It's a good point, but target plant selectivity is a hallmark of herbicide development. What everyone wants is high effectiveness with only the target plant, and no effect on the crop being protected. For clopyralid, as an example, forage and grass hays are permitted a residual level of 500 ppm. We know that tomatoes are sensitive to levels of 30 ppb in the soil. If you couple that kind of effective selectivity with some environemtal persistence, then the stage gets set for someone, somewhere to have an issue. edit - To illustrate the point -- if the half life for degradation were 30 days (about the average for clopyralid), and the soil level were 10 ppm, then by my calculation it would take ~9 months for that 10 ppm to decay to a level of While farmers did use to love the persistent aspect, many are now questioning the desirability because of how their options can get cut when faced with a need for crop rotation. That hit ND wheat farmers when scab became an issue. I have heard anecdotally that WI dairy farmers in some areas are now prohibited from exporting their manures off-farm, and many are running out of places to keep the stuff. My suspicion is that market forces in the ag world may set a new direction before EPA and registration become a major issue. This post was edited by TXEB on Thu, May 2, 13 at 12:44...See MoreSince when does a neighbor have the right to tell you how tall
Comments (44)What...we're not supposed to be all drunk and whatnot on here? G'bye folks! +oM PS....I do get what Floral speaks of. I live in what is considered (and is) one of the northernmost states in the US. The 45th parallel-that's half-way between the equator and the N. pole-runs right through here. But if one looks at a map of Merry Old, they'll see it is much farther north. As such, sun angles in winter take on a meaning that may seem quite foreign here. For my part, I don't know a single soul who doesn't come down with at least a touch of Seasonal Affective Disorder around November in these parts. Day after day of gloom, each one of those days a little shorter than the prior. Makes it easy to have a feeling for what the UK resident may experience. I didn't look at the videos but I get the sense of what's happening here. A couple thoughts: In all cases of neighborhood strife, it seems best that the parties involved talk to one another first, long before it gets to this point. I wonder if opportunities weren't lost in that regard. The other point-Leylands grow sufficiently fast that you can't say the angry, shade-hating guy shouldn't have foreseen this and went with an different property, if in fact he moved in after the plants were installed. Finally, there is a fine line in all cases where your freedom to do as you wish conflicts with someone else's freedom to live as they wish. In any and all such cases, compromise of some type is far superior, IMO, to rigidly holding your ground. Life's too short. And as much as I am a tree-lover (Anyone who follows my thousands of trees planted knows this) there are legitimate cases, and this appears to be one, where the other factors may trump the desire to leave these be. The fact this is a hedge gone awry does seem to have a part to play in this matter. +oM...See MoreHow to become a a horticulturist with a BFA in fashion design??
Comments (19)I tend to agree with laag on this one......this is a profession that draws a wide range of individuals and with very few exceptions, most of the folks I know that are currently earning their living in horticulture pursued their undergraduate studies in another field or entered it as a second career. So yes, it is certainly possible to make a transition from fashion design to horticulture or landscape design. But not necessarily easy :-) You have an immediate advantage over Joe Blow having had training and graduated in a design field - the basis is there. However, like any other profession, there are technical aspects of the business that must be learned, either through OTJ training or by additional formal education. You've already received some good suggestions on how to obtain this needed feature. There is much to be said for entering a profession that is more in the way of a passion rather than *just* a career. It is very satisfying to go to work each day and do something you love and to be able to create things that others, as well as yourself, find meaningful and appealling, but in accepting that philosophy one often gives up some other quality and in this case it is income that tends to be on the losing end of things. If you can accept that your rewards in entering this profession are likely to be something other than monetary and it still appeals, then by all means, go ahead and make the switch. There are many aspects to the field of horticulture besides just design and some of them are more lucrative than others. But those on the upper end of the income level will require specific training. You can decide how much more time and money you wish to invest before making the leap, but it is certainly advised to investigate exactly what you want to do and where and then talk to those in the field there before making a final decision. None of these comments are made to discourage you, only to enlighten you that success in this profession is not nearly so easy as it may appear on the surface and as with any other profession, takes dedication, hard work and dealing with the competition that exists in any creative endeavor. Good luck!...See MoreLead paint inside kitchen cabinets
Comments (29)If lead paint was 10% as awful as the EPA proclaims, we baby boomers would be sitting in a corner somewhere babbling nonsensically to ourselves and drooling out the right side of our mouth. It's not that grave a threat. And I have *had* lead poisoning, albeit a minor case, about 30 years ago. And it was my own stupidity that brought it on. In 1980, I restored an old 1913 duplex and spent DAYS sanding several miles of millwork and trim that hadn't been painted since the 1950s. The air was so think with dust you couldn't see across the room. Admittedly, that was stupid. The most memorable part of the event was the next few days I could NOT get rid of this weird taste in my mouth. But I was in my late 20s, and otherwise healthy and I took a break from the work, and the next time I sanded old baseboards, I wore a face mask. Problem solved. Back to the "hazards" of lead paint. Let me tell you about my friend, "Rick," who had an early 1900s apartment building. It was the cheapest rent in town and the house was not in bad shape, but it had never been "modernized." One day, some low-rent people moved into his low-rent place and the little kid was found to have lead poisoning. Inspectors found lead paint on the woodwork, including window sills. Rick moved the low-rent people into another property (with no lead paint), and absorbed the expenses of putting people in far nicer place (temporarily) while he rehabbed their place. Rick then spent thousands in abatement. Fine, old, thick, tall moldings were thrown into the dumpster and sent to the landfill. Old wavy-glass windows were tossed and replaced with expensive new double-glazed, vinyl windows. The old house was stripped of all its character and charm. And Rick was out a whole lot of money. He moved the low-rent people back into his not-so-low-rent property (same rent, so as to not run afoul of the scary bureaucrats), and at specified intervals, the child's blood was checked again and again. After a few weeks, the child's lead levels were still elevated. More inspectors came back to the rental house and double-checked Rick's work again! How could this be? It must be the crappy old house!! AFter a few such visits, the real culprit was found. The family was using an old painted crib. Said child was nibbling on the crib. The crib had been painted many years prior with lead-based paint. Woopsie! said the EPA. Meanwhile, Rick had spent a small fortune, and another old house had been decimated for no reason whatsoever. And - after those people moved out - he raised the rent on his newly renovated rental house. Oopsie, there goes another low-income rental. Now, how many times has this happened across our great country? Probably millions. BTW, I'm a mother of three girls. I'm all about "saving children," and I think our energies and dollars and time should be spent on doing some *constructive* to save children, rather than investing millions of dollars on politically correct causes that - really and truly - are one of the smallest potential threats that our children face today. Rose...See Moreprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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