tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157796120640152479.post7425827891942702548..comments2023-03-10T21:22:12.685-08:00Comments on The Veggie Patch Re-imagined: CORNOttawa Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486499450332482461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157796120640152479.post-92218860554772045112009-04-11T16:50:00.000-07:002009-04-11T16:50:00.000-07:00Good info. I've seen some strange sights lately, l...Good info. I've seen some strange sights lately, like the corn growing in the house you saw. Recently I saw nasty looking white plants growing from cracks in a bathroom of an abandoned house near here. Yuk!<BR/>AiyanaAiyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525758484165324330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157796120640152479.post-44806530513850632352009-04-08T02:38:00.000-07:002009-04-08T02:38:00.000-07:00Another must read in my opinion is this article fr...Another must read in my opinion is this article from a number of years ago in Harpers Magazine:<BR/><BR/>http://www.harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html<BR/><BR/>One of the things mentioned in the article is the state of Iowa is now about 6 feet (about 2 meters) lower today than it was before the Green Revolution. 6 feet! The entire state!<BR/><BR/>This is mostly due to intensive growing of corn and other monocultures for animal feed.<BR/><BR/>There aren't really any signs yet things are about to change either.Patrickhttp://www.patnsteph.net/weblognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157796120640152479.post-26987969354584953032009-04-06T13:32:00.000-07:002009-04-06T13:32:00.000-07:00Sounds like an interesting read. I'd hate to know ...Sounds like an interesting read. I'd hate to know what would happen if some disease or bug strikes the monoculture corn fields. The farming indistry never seems to learn from past disasters.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.com