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Re: Public compost/Ammending Clay Soil

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----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Wintermute <jwintermute@erols.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Public compost/Ammending Clay Soil


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> I agree with everything Kitty said in her long post about the use of
manure
> in composting.
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> Just for the record, one reason some folks are worried about using horse
> manure is that horses are often dosed with antihelminthics ("worming"
> agents), and these drugs can allegedly remain active in the manure.  Their
> presence might kill those very earthworms Kitty is encouraging with her
> lasagna composting routine!


Janet-OMYGOSH! Now THAT is scary!Makes you want  to run out and check to see
if the little poor little varmits are under there. Like I said before- it
feels sometimes like you just can't do anything without doing the wrong
thing-there is so much that we don't know and we can't just say"well that
just doesn't matter" becasue it does!But Mercy! I almost don't want to
know,Ya Know?It bothers me more to think I am killing earthworms more than
to think of getting lousy tomaters-especially if you are piling all that
other work and $$ into your garden!

Don't most horses get wormed? What dogs don't get wormed? Mine all
have?(Dogs that is)-Does anyone know- do the antihelminthics remain active
even after a year of composting?-I got my stuff from the boarding stables
this year -last year used chicken poop that took me forever to compost.(do
chickens get wormed?LOL)--kitty


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