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worms and oak leaves answer

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>thing I am wondering- is with all the fresh stuff in the beds for the worms
>to eat- -how will they tell the difference between the kitchen  garbage-IE-
>old vegies and the new growing stuff?Silly sounding question and if it
>didn't work- I guess Patricia wouldn't have done it all those years- but I
>have visions of me feeding worms my hard earned transplants!I am also still

I don't have a technical answer, but they really won't eat them in my
experience.  Slugs and snails however....

>waitng for one of your oldies to tell me it is ok to use somne of the tons
>of Oak leaves that I have in my compost. They are partially decomposed and I
>am grinding them up in a metal trash can with the weed eater(what a great
>idea) . What should I use to counteract the acidity? Thanks ahead of time- I
>love this list. I am totally out of control - waiting for the mail to

Those leaves will make an awesome top dressing for your beds.  Or in any
other layer for that matter.  This is precisely the way a forest feeds
itself, with the slow break-down of leaves in layers, a bit of animal
manure mixed in here and there.  I'm sure someone else can give you more
specific answers on why these things work, but let me assure you that they
do in my experience work great.  I'll have to try the weed whacker thing on
some of my leaf pile.

Regards, Laurie
Wappingers Falls, NY


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