How do you come about really learning how to ply your trade, what techniques work best, how best to plant and what amendments to recommend? What kind of garden folklore do you swear by? You will likely agree that it's hard to find any two designers or horticulturalists to agree on any particular method in answer to questions we get from clients. Our work by its very nature is so difficult enough to manage. I can't think of any other discipline that is so grounded in mis-information. OK, Politics is like that, sure. Relying on falsehoods to manipulate votes is one thing, but we are trying to understand natural processes, not whether Ted Cruz's dad killed JFK. In our world, we are focusing on nature, how plants respond, what least - adverse practices yield the best results and how homes and habitat are affected by our works. To do this effectively - and importantly - to be able to clearly educate the public, our potential clients (and maybe while you are at it - maybe steer your brother in law off the Maga ledge at the Thanksgiving table) - we need to be relying on science rather than folklore, wishful thinking and loose opinion.
Look up these links online:
The Myth of Biodynamic Agriculture (pdf)
The Myth of Folklore Gardening (pdf)
The Myth of Compost Tea Part I: Pest Control (pdf)
The Myth of Compost Tea Part II: Disease Suppression (pdf)
The Myth of Compost Tea Part III:
Disease Suppression (pdf) (EPA Statement (pdf) on Pesticidal Use of Myths, Miracles or Marketing?
Compost Tea (pdf) (References)
The Myth of Soil Amendments Part I (pdf)
The Myth of Soil Amendments Part III: Compost (pdf) https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/soil-amendments-2.pdf https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/mycorrhizae.pdf
The Myth of Weed-Killing Gluten (pdf)
The Myth of Pretty Mulch (pdf)
The Myth of Landscape Fabric (pdf)
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