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[Cob] Outhousejane at kirstinelund.dk jane at kirstinelund.dkThu May 5 13:50:31 CDT 2005
Lucynda wrote: > . . . we are willing to pay money to buy 50 pound bags of cow manure but are horrified at the thought of putting our own manure on our gardens. > Well, I'm told there are some bacteria in our own shit (and maybe other omnivourous animals' too), which are particularly harmful to us. Properly composted (over a few years) it shouldn't do any harm though. But there are still regulations in my country forbidding use of human manure (even composted) directly on plants that you eat. You may fertilize fruit trees and other plants where the part that you eat have no contact with the ground. I don't know if this has rational background or not. Jane
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