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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Irrigation
  • Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:06:57 -0600


On this list, last year was ancient history, Zack. We've covered so much
territory I can't keep up with it all. Certainly I've picked up a lot of
good info myself, which was one purpose in setting up this list in the
first place.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 6/2/2007 at 9:39 AM Zachary Domikez wrote:

>Hello,
>last year Paul asked me to support my statement that
>Urine was antimicrobial (killing soil microbes) for
>only three days.
>
>I did not have the material at hand then, but hvae
>since found it at
>http://www.urbanwater.org/dyndefault.asp?P=2709.
> . . . . which basically reports that urine is a fine
>fertilizer, after a week in Norway's cold.
>
>also - Carol Steinfeld, Cambridge, MA, conducts
>workshops worldwide on wastewater recycling. Her book
>Liquid Gold focuses on how urine can safely be used,
>providing free and safe fertilizer.
>
>There is more technicl info at
>http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/full/32/4/1405?ck=nck
>but logic dictates that urine is a valuable source of
>Nitrogen.
>
>Regards,
>Zachary
>







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