[Homestead] Soil remineralization beyond NPK
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Sun Jan 27 20:48:40 EST 2008
On Jan 27, 2008, at 5:57 PM, tom wrote:
> But still, nobody has every given a solid reason as to why
> meat scraps, dairy, animal parts, etc. shouldn't go in, other than
> the vague 'something might dig it up.' Is there any other reason?
There has been a concern about pathogens, even before Mad Cow Disease
came to notice. That is also the strongest--beyond the "eeooo" factor--
admonition against using humanure. So I put my humanure into little
fence circles next to fruit trees.
>
> "A bear goes in the woods and it takes two years to decompose.
That is only likely in a very dry area. In any area with adequate
moisture there are lots of little critters that just love to eat feces.
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