3 ms·
Unless their soil contains lead, arsenic, cadmium, or mercury, which in a lot of places it does. Have your soil tested before planting a food garden.
by kibwen 3y ago
Unless their soil contains lead, arsenic, cadmium, or mercury, which in a lot of places it does. Have your soil tested before planting a food garden.
- jstarfish 3y agoDoubly so if you were ever warned that your property may contain unexploded ordnance. That sounds shocking, but is a red herring. Unexploded munitions are a malfunction-- being warned about it means someone detonated a large amount of it in your area. Same goes for former/adjacent shooting ranges. Assume the soil is contaminated until tested.