Welcome words on pesticides

Re “What’s Lost When the Spray Clears” and “Doing What Comes Naturally” (June 3): Emily Green makes eloquent and important statements about holding the pesticides and leaving nature to nature. The insidious plague of pesticide and herbicide use accomplishes only two things: a dangerous, toxic interruption of nature and fat bank accounts for the snake-oil-pushing chemical manufacturers. The articles gave good advice about how to choose the right plant for a particular location and resources for more information.

Patrick C. Murphy

San Gabriel

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Emily Green’s articles are excellent, not only in terms of the information about organic gardening but also the practicality and clarity of her writing. If more well-meaning people had her rhetorical gifts, we would have less of a one-sided battle against Monsanto et al.

Margaret Morris

Ventura