{"id":2066,"date":"2011-03-27T01:56:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T01:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2016-03-20T18:56:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T22:56:21","slug":"gardeners-be-aware-of-the-ghost-of-lead-products-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/gardeners-be-aware-of-the-ghost-of-lead-products-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners be aware of lead products"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gardeners be aware of lead products<\/h3>\n

As the time passes from March to April people in this corner of the New England states start thinking about summer and all that it brings.\u00a0\u00a0 New England summer\u00a0 is a magical time full of boating, bike riding, golf, hiking and much more; including my passion of gardening.<\/p>\n

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Turning the Compost<\/p><\/div>\n

Playing in the dirt makes me as happy today as it did as a young girl.\u00a0 No longer am I pushing my brother’s trucks and gadgets around; instead I am moving soil with hoes, shovels and other gardening tools.\u00a0 Thoughts of the garden and soil always makes me happy but a new article has me a bit concerned as to “what lies beneath” all that green lushness.<\/p>\n

An article I read from “Huffpost Green” titled “Urban Gardens Tainted with Lead, Arsenic<\/a>” I learned that remnants of lead paint, run off from roofs, leaded gasoline and other lead tainted products have contaminated soils in urban area.\u00a0 Areas closest to roadways, around the drip edge of roof lines and soil that comes in contact with contaminated wood products tend to test the highest.\u00a0 It isn’t a surprise to have one area of a yard test higher for contaminants than others.\u00a0 Indianapolis tests show that approximately 9 out of every 10 urban gardens test positive while in Boston 4 of every 5 urban are testing positive. Surprisingly enough New York City has low levels of contamination, perhaps due to most garden soils being trucked in or being made up of good quality compost.<\/p>\n

The good news <\/strong>is that the testing levels are rather low and plants don’t tend to draw lead up into the plant itself<\/strong>.\u00a0 So what is a person to do and why should we be concerned about these contaminates.\u00a0 First off you should wash your hands after gardening and wash produce before serving or storing.\u00a0 Don’t\u00a0 wear garden shoes into the house, leave the contaminated soils outside the door.<\/p>\n

We live in an older home, more than 170 years old, which has seen a lot of abuse when it comes to questionable building products I am sure.\u00a0 Now that I have read this article not only will I have my soils testing for levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium but will also ask for a test of lead and arsenic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gardeners be aware of lead products As the time passes from March to April people in this corner of the New England states start thinking about summer and all that it brings.\u00a0\u00a0 New England summer\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[802,801,800],"class_list":["post-2066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","tag-contaminants","tag-lead","tag-soil"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2010-04-21-composter.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qEFP-xk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5530,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/biochar-benefits-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":2066,"position":0},"title":"BioChar Benefits Your Garden","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"March 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"BioChar Benefits Your Garden I just opened an issue of Organic Gardening, the first article I stumble upon is about BioChar titled \"What is Biochar.\" When I first saw the piece, it seemed like I was looking at a popular advertising campaign's \"most interesting guy in the world,\" that got\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "garden"","block_context":{"text":"garden","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/category\/soil\/garden\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Craig Sams Carbon Champ via Organic Gardening BioChar Benefits Your Garden","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rodalesorganiclife.com\/sites\/rodalesorganiclife.com\/files\/images\/carbon-champ-780_0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1607,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/local-gardening-suppliers-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2066,"position":1},"title":"Local Gardening Suppliers","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"March 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Local Gardening Suppliers Gardening was something I have been doing since a very young girl, I remember stooping over picking row after row of green beans.\u00a0 (I plant pole beans now) Bush beans are low to the ground and I picking until my back ached, even though I was only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "garden"","block_context":{"text":"garden","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/category\/soil\/garden\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gardener's Supply Vermont","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2010-03-26-14.03.29_edit0_edit0.jpg?fit=746%2C586&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2010-03-26-14.03.29_edit0_edit0.jpg?fit=746%2C586&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2010-03-26-14.03.29_edit0_edit0.jpg?fit=746%2C586&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/2010-03-26-14.03.29_edit0_edit0.jpg?fit=746%2C586&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2123,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/mother-earth-garden-planner-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":2066,"position":2},"title":"Mother Earth Garden Planner Update","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"April 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Mother Earth Garden Planner Update We are now fast approaching the planting season here in northern Vermont.\u00a0 If you recall from a past post titled: \"Mother Earth News Garden Planner\" I am trying this online planner vs hand written notes. 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