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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] compost in france
  • Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:09:07 -0600


Here's a fairly detailed answer to that, Dave
http://www.compostnetwork.info/countries/france.htm


paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 7/5/2006 at 8:33 AM David Anderson wrote:

>Im not what youd call an expert on composting but it has interested me
>recently. I wanted to make a good pile or 2 to help in the veggie garden.
>Im away from home now in france visiting relatives. All the farmers here
>with livestock save and compost the manure then spread it in the fields
>during the fall. It breaks down and in spring they have great crops. Im
>in normandy and the crops grow really well here. They dont use raised
>furrows here like they do back home in LA but the crops grow very well
>indeed. Is this standard practice in Europe? It seems to be benefitting
>the farmers here and they have done it for centuries according to the
>locals. I dont really know what kind of herbicides and fert they also use
>but the fields look great here and they are sold on the process.








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