Re: JI Fertilizer Conflict

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Nick Zentena wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         On a sort of related note. I intend to take advantage of the
> > city's compost program. Problem is they only sell it by the tonne.
> > Nobody seems to have a clear idea how much a tonne is. Anybody have a
> > rule of thumb to convert tonnes to cubic yards? Also can I assume the
> > compost is safe?
> > 
> 
> One of the things that you should keep in mind with city sponsored
> compost programs is that you have the potential of getting everybody
> else's disease problems.
> 
> Not all disease or spore based diseases are killed in the composting
> process. Spores in particular are difficult to kill in that phase of
> their life.
>

	I've been worried about this. OTOH won't I be facing similar
problems no matter what? Some one posted about the problems with bagged
topsoil. It even made the local papers. 

	The world is a danagerous place when you can't even play in the
dirt-(

	Nick


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