Free compost from the city..

easttx_hippie · February 9, 2013

I wouldn't put anything directly into my garden if I was not absolutely positive there was never any weed killer used on it. There's an article about killer compost in the newest Mother Earth News that makes me scared to use any compost I don't know the complete source of. It seems the weed killer survived being processed into commercial livestock feed, survived passing through the animals, and survived having the resulting manure being composted. It then destroyed a lot of good crops and caused major problems for a lot of folks.....especially the company that thought they were selling some great organic compost.

February 9, 2013	#12
easttx_hippie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Piney Wood Hills Posts: 423	I wouldn't put anything directly into my garden if I was not absolutely positive there was never any weed killer used on it. There's an article about killer compost in the newest Mother Earth News that makes me scared to use any compost I don't know the complete source of. It seems the weed killer survived being processed into commercial livestock feed, survived passing through the animals, and survived having the resulting manure being composted. It then destroyed a lot of good crops and caused major problems for a lot of folks.....especially the company that thought they were selling some great organic compost.