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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> > Personally, I would not want compost made of yard waste.
>
> Because of the chemicals??

Yes. Lawn chemicals are very big business. While some chemicals break 
down and are benign, others persist in the soil for a long time. They 
might be okay under fruit trees but I would not want compost that 
contained them in my garden beds.

In Phoenix I could have had unlimited yard waste and golf course 
clippings. Chemicals dominated the decision process. Urbanites, like 
farmers, have become indoctrinated by Ortho and other chemical 
queens. See that bad patch of grass in your perfect lawn? Here's a 
"product" that will fix it. "Read entire directions before using." We 
don't want a lawsuit over Fifi.