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Re: Milorganite Users?

Sheri Semones wrote in response to Ron Carson's question about
Milorganite:

> >  The bag identified the contents as sewer sludge that
> >had been purified.
>
> To give my .02 worth, I wouldn't touch the stuff. Just the thought of
> putting people waste onto my garden gives me the willies. Not only
> that but wouldn't there be some kind of health hazard? I think I'll
> stick with horse manure, composted of course.

This topic (sewer sludge) has come up a few times on the compost mailing
list. Personally I don't think it's a great idea an a vegetable garden,
where the produce is either in contact with the soil or in close
proximity to it (soil splash). As a general rule, E. coli is not
destroyed by composting. I think it'd be fine on ornamentals or on the
lawn.

In a roundabout sort of way, your vegetable garden will still benefit,
because you get to compost the prunings/clippings from your more
vigorous ornamentals/lawn.

Tony

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