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LOL, I am not getting older :) I need to get a will that states. I want
to be cremated and my ashes put in to the flower garden.
When someone ask "Where is Dan?" They can say "Dan is pushing daisies" :)
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Enjoy Life... Dan
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.
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> > > Merryb wrote:
> > > >> In article
> > > >>
> > > >>> Hi all,
> > > >>> I cut a dozen rhubarb stalks from my yard the other day, and
> > > >>> proceeded to put the leaves in the compost pile. I know the leaves
> > > >>> are posionous, but does anybody know if they will break down okay? I
> > > >>> really didn't think about it at the time- duh!!
> > > >>
> > > >> Forgiver the cut and past, but his is the answer you were looking
> > > >> for.
> > > >>
> > > >> Are rhubarb leaves safe to put into the compost pile?
> > > >> While the rhubarb leaves do contain poisonous materials, they can be
> > > >> used in the compost pile. Oxalic acid and soluble oxalates are not
> > > >> readily absorbed by the roots of plants. Compost containing
> > > >> decomposed
> > > >> rhubarb leaves can be safely worked into the soil of vegetable
> > > >> gardens.http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1997/5-2-1997/rhubarbsa
> > > >> fe
> > > >> .h
> > > >> tml
> > > >> --
> > > >> - Billy
> > > >> "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
> > > >> merger of state and corporate power." - Benito
> > > >> Mussolini.
> > > >> ld
> > > >> tr
> > > >> aveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html
> > > >
> > > > Thank you! I'll make sure I work in in. When I turned it this last
> > > > weekend, I saw lots of worms...a good sign!
> > >
> > > I have two big bins, and don't turn them. They just go for a year or more
> > > before
> > > they get used, and a bit of incomplete stuff gets thrown into the "input"
> > > bin
> > > as
> > > I use the older one. It makes composting less of a chore.
> >
> > Turn that pile! Its not a chore, think of it as good exercise. After
> > turning a cubic yard of compost my arms and legs are pumped! Turn that
> > pile and use all of those muscles. Its like doing several specific
> > weight lifting routines all wrapped up in one motion.
>
> Worse comes to worse. we'll attend your service ;O)