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Re: making soybean meal amendment

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> 
> Margaret M Daniels wrote:
> 
> > I am doing some soil bed preparation and in looking thru a list of organic
> > fertilizers I started wondering if it was possible for a home gardener to
> > make one's own soybean meal to add to the garden. Actually, I'm not sure
> > what is meant by "soybean meal".From reading  a cooking article I have on
> > soy products, I thought it might mean defatted ground dry soybeans.

Soybean meal is a feed for animals.  It is relatively cheap if you want to 
use it.  Buy from a farm feed store.  However, I agree with Joshua that 
composted "wastes" is the ideal way to go.
Barbara             zone 7/8                (southwest of Fort Worth)


  Joshua wrote:  
                                 <snip>
> Why are you going to destroy food to enrich your garden? This goes against the
> entire ethic of gardening for food.
> 
> Compost is how plant wastes are returned to the soil. If you can't locate
> sufficient quantities of waste materials, grow a cover crop and dig it in to
> enrich the soil.
 
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