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Re: Could use some advice

Ah ha!

Thanks Denise, you have reminded me of why manure, bone meal, etc gave
me second thoughts.  It was a report on TV during the beginnings of the
UK mad cow disease hysteria.  They said they had seen some mysterious
physical conditions in the brains and sculls of nursery workers who'd
died, and they suspected that cow products like bone meal, manure, etc
had transmitted something to these people.  Given the over-abundant junk
journalism over MCD at the time, this story was simply filed away with a
caution note.  Have there been any confirmed problems to humans using
these products?  I guess if you combine the virus issue and the
anti-biotic issue it's probably not worth the risk huh?  

Also regarding neighbor grass: "Just Say No".  Too many people use
assorted chemicals on their lawn to kill everything that isn't their
desired strain of grass.  Some know little more about these chemicals
than brand name and desired effect.  Their broad leaf weed killers may
at best target your plants as broad leaf weeds, or worst, do nothing to
your plants just slip undetected into your food chain. Pesticides would
be a big problem too.  I'm trying to make sure I don't even get my
neighbors' runoff, since our properties are sloped.  I would make sure
any grass collected was from people known to avoid chemical pesticides
and herbicides in their lawns.



 denise beck wrote:
> 
> phosphate rock, builder's sand (to break up the clay and add drainage)
> peat, dolomite lime if it's acid, seaweeds of any stripe, cocoa bean
> shells, coffee grounds (if it's too limey) any amount of chopped-up leaves
> from your local park, all your friends' (that don't use round-up) grass
> clippings, cottonseed meal for nitrogen, crushed shells of any kind,
> chopped-up waste from local farms, i.e. corn stalks, etc.
> 
> But there's nothing wrong with manure, especially chicken, and especially
> from a free-range place. Oh, and rabbit manure is very good, too. They're
> vegetarians, and aren't fed ground up sheep, like the cattle that have BSE,
> aka Mad Cow Disease.
> 
> Denise McCann Beck
> USDA Zone 7
> Sunset Western 4
> Coastal Bristish Columbia
> 
> ----------
> > From: SequoyahGa@aol.com
> > To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> > Subject: Could use some advice
> > Date: September 18, 1997 12:49 PM
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I could sure use some advice. I'm new to gardening and am planning my
> first
> > vegetable garden next spring. Is it too early to start preparing the soil
> > (Georgia clay)? I would prefer not to use any animal products in my
> garden
> > such as manure or bone meal, what other options do I have to add
> nutrients to
> > this hard clay soil?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Victoria
> > North Georgia, Zone 7
> > SequoyahGa@aol.com
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