permaculture

[Scott Pittman <pci@permaculture-inst.org>]

At 07:13 PM 4/22/02 -0400, you wrote:


> That does sound neat Toby, but I gotta tell you, I'm on the volunteer fire
> dept. here  and this is our busiest time of  year.... around here, people
> are in the habit of burning their lawns - - - I Sh*t you not....Kind of a
> holdover from the old farming days when burning the stubble was used to
> release a quick shot of phosphorous.....Why people think lawn needs added
> phosphorous for lawns I've no idea, as I try and tell them : Just try and
> get the grass to NOT grow around here !
Are you sure it's phosphorous?  I have always heard it was potassium that 
you got from wood ash.  Just checkin'

Scott P.