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Re: Compost!

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:36:24 EDT, CynMob@aol.com , late of Pablo
Fanques Fair wrote:

>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Wow.  I'm doing a Homer Simpson, smacking my head and muttering "Doh" over a 
>lot of this.  Need to rethink the dog poop (kill the worms -- of course it 
>will!) and fertilizer, I think. 

I should perhaps apologize if I led you down the path on the
fertilizer. I use organic fertilizers, like fish meal, as a nitrogen
source when I want some. I don't use much at all since I have
concentrated on building up my soil with compost and mulch, and
otherwise leaving it undisturbed. But on occasion I think certain
plants or certain beds need a little help, and I give it.

While I prefer to be organic, this list is not intended to be an
organic-only list, as I understand it. 
 
>I have started one small pile that's a "dump everything and leave it" one, 
>and I'll have time to leave it all.

Nothing at all wrong with that.

>Thanks to everyone for the lessons.  It's very kind of you to take the time 
>to spend time educating the less experienced -- I bet there are a number of 
>lurkers who're echoing in appreciation.
>I'm saving these notes.

We are all learning things all the time. I just learned from Frank
that coffee grounds are high nitrogen, something I didn't realize.
In my time here, this list has been a very friendly and relaxed
place.


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