RE: COMPOST--and Black Walnuts

	Steve S. wrote:

> Also, as you mention, butternut =
>is another such tree, and so is a weeping willow.

	Centuries ago when I was a little girl of 9, I had my first garden,
	all planted from seed, very near and almost under a huge butternut
	tree. It was a rock garden planted on an incline and it thrived for
	years. My mother had a very large planting of TBs in the vicinity
	but in full sun.

	At the present. I have two very large weeping willows in my back
	yard and the leaves blanket most of the gardens, containing lilies
	and irises among other plants, and they have shown no ill effects.
	I do rake the leaves off in the Fall.

	We do use willow leaves combined with all the other leaves in the
	compost bin.

	Just my experience,

	Ellen




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Ellen Gallagher  / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin   /   sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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