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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Gypsum was Tillers...was Soil
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:50:47 EST

In a message dated 1/27/2009 7:58:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:


> >You did, so
> here is what I suggest: put in under fruit trees and ornamentals where
> it will not leach into your veggie growing soil. That is what I do
> with my raw humanure, which I believe to be safe but I choose to err
> on the side of caution.
>

That's reasonable. Until I know for sure, as sure as one can be in this
mortal life, I wouldn't put anything on my garden either. Things is, in this
case, a chemist, even a chemical aficionado, CAN be sure.

That is, the 'can't be sure' could be applied to absolutely anything if we
took it far enough and then we'd never put anything on the garden. I had one
person tell me they'd never put horse manure on their garden because they
heard
horse people routinely give horses toxic wormers and they want no such goings
on in their garden.

I applaude the caution, but not the ignorance. It behooves us then to find
out, as much as we of common clay can do, to find out what the facts really
are. In this case the wormers are indeed toxic, to worms at least, and
entirely
organic so they don't even survive the horse's gut intact, much less rotting
in the garden.

Besides the paper and adhesive, both of which are organic and good fodder for
compost, USG made gypsum board is hydrated calcium sulfate. Might they have
snuk other things in there we don't know about? Always possible, but then
again that's equally possible for anything you might put on the garden.

James




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