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Re: worms and oak leaves answer

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Well Holy-that is encouraging. The garden center I went to must have just
been trying to sell me supplements- they told me that a lot of things won't
grow in  areas where Oak leaves fall- and in my front yard I have a billion
of them. But come to think of it you are right. I added globs of compost
and peat moss to the flower beds and nothing seems to be suffering- in fact-
all the stuff I planted last spring is doing well. Sometimes I wonder if we
should just put the books down and experiment. At my old house I had a black
walnut tree -I always composted the leaves and then 2 years later-read that
those leaves are very bad- would stop growth etc. Well no one told my yard-I
guess because everything grew just great- even had stuff growing like crazy
in the beds under the tree.  Thanks for the encouragement.!-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: sneaky one <sneakylady36@hotmail.com>
To: <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: worms and oak leaves answer


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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> >
> > >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
>
> Oak leaves are all I have for leaves.  I don't do anything to combat the
> acidity.  They do take a while for me to break down, but I haven't had any
> troubles with any plants in my garden or by my flowers either.
>
> I have 2 compost heaps. The one heap is the one that is large and I quit
> adding too, then the other is the one I keep adding to. I have a middle
heap
> of leaves, that I use all winter and add those with my greens to the pile.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Holly
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