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With all that talk about soil contamination and growing food, we figured we should get on learning more about it. We applied for $500 through NSPIRG, and seeing as this is truly an issue of Public Interest, we got the money. Attached is the outline of the project: basically we are going [...]

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From Brent:
I would like to share some advice to all city gardeners:  Please get your soil analyzed for heavy metal contamination!
I would not recommend eating anything that has been planted into the topsoil in Halifax without having a heavy metals scan done. On the up side, container gardens or raised beds with that have [...]

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Well, the beds are planted, the fence is up, some paths are mulched, the bulletin boards are up, our rainbarrels have arrived, and the university is engaged.
The garden has seen some lovely help in the last week, and is looking well loved for the efforts. Thanks to the transplant donations from Ted Hutton [...]

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