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From: stngiam@athena.mit.edu (Shih-Tung Ngiam)
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Subject: Re: Lead, gardens, kids and veggies
Date: 9 Mar 1994 02:44:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: karenp@sybase.com's message of Mon, 7 Mar 1994 20:35:13 GMT

  
  A good book on the subject of starting a community garden is:

 TITLE:   A handbook of community gardening / by Boston Urban Gardeners;
          edited by Susan Naimark.
 IMPRINT: New York : Scribner, c1982.
 PHYSICAL FEATURES: xi, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
 NOTES:   Bibliography: p. 175-176. * Includes index.
 OTHER AUTHORS, ETC:  Naimark, Susan. * Boston Urban Gardeners.
 OTHER TITLES:  Community gardening.
 SUBJECTS: Community gardens. * Gardening.
 LC CARD: 81-23302
 ISBN:    0684174669 :

  The book briefly discusses soil contamination, and the Agricultural
Extension Service in your area (probably listed under county govt in the
white pages) should have other information.  Did you send the soil to be
analyzed by the Extension Service, or to a private lab for lead analysis
only?
  

Shih Tung
Chem E
Best l'il Tech School 
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