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  • From: "Craig Gilbert" <GarlicBed AT Comcast.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Horse manure in garden - safety?
  • Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:23:57 -0500

I got enthusiastic and went to the stable and dug from their pile old manure. I can not tell you the age, but it was visibly steaming and was a rich black color. No evidence of the wood chips and poop which it was formed by.
 
I lightly top dressed my garden which now has leeks in it which I still wish to eat, and has garlic in it which was fall planted and are perhaps 4 - 6 inches high. I will harvest the garlic in June. With the latest health scares, I am wondering.... are the leeks safe to pull and eat now. Should I wsh with soap and water or just rinse?  Need I worry about the garlic.  In years past, I just tilled the stuff into the soil and did not worry about it.
 
Thanks for being a sounding.
 
Craig Gilbert



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