Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Hi ... I just got a note saying a hyperlink in an old post I made wasn't working so I have edited it.

Leslie
Canada

--- In Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com, "Leslie" <lesscrim@...> wrote:
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> I believe someone else already said that the clippings would be a bad thing to add to the compost but the leaves would be fine.
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> This is true. The problem with the clippings is that the herbicide used may be one of the persistent ones that can really do a number on your garden. The leaves would not have the same problem.
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> Most herbicides and pesticides do breakdown well in compost. I have a page on my website that goes into more detail about the herbicide issue. Go to http://www.the-compost-gardener.com/picloram.html
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> Cheers
> Leslie
> Canada
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> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Donna <gone2thebirds@> wrote:
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> > > Hi,
> > > I'm new to the group. I'll have lots of questions. 1st one, I have a
> > > neighbor that bags his grass clippings. I'm sure he would let me have them,
> > > the only draw back is he has people come and put all kinds of things on the
> > > grass, weed killers, chemical fertilizers, etc. How safe would the clippings
> > > be to use as compost? What about the leaves he collects in the fall?
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> > > --Donna in northern Indiana, USA
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