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>Before you crush any wallboard up for your gardens, be very sure it is  
>natural gypsum and not synthetic gypsum.  Synthetic gypsum is a  byproduct 
of 
>the flue-gas desulfurization process used at coal-fired  power plants. 
>Synthetic gypsum contains not only the sulfur that was  removed but also any 
>other heavy metals and impurities that were in the  coal and not combusted. 
>I wouldn't put this stuff anywhere near my  garden and question the wisdom 
of 
>even building houses with  it.
>Wendy
 
Wendy - thank you for making an important point. Terminology and clear  
definitions can be crucial. Case in point: I've always heard ashes are good  
for...the soil. Along with coffee grounds, banana peels, etc. My daughter and 
I  
couldn't figure out why, on the purest of aquifers (coming down from Big 
Bear)  
everything we planted died, on a property where there was a history of  
'abundance'. Duh. We were spreading ashes from the barbeque. Briquets. Full 
of  
chemicals and toxins and foulness.
 
Live and learn.
 
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
P.S. Red ants and little pink scorpions thrived, though. Ought t'tell ya  
somethin'.



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