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Turning compost windrows Applying compost
IT'S TIME FOR SHARING (Continued)
increase. Crops fertilized with cow something on
manure had a 256% yield increase, the order of a
whereas soybean meal increased cult publication,
yields by 299%. Source: Yahoo News. nothing more.
He was an
The goal here is to encourage
avid vegetable
thinking about organic soil
and fruit tree
amendments. There is no doubt as
gardener and
to the benefits. This article focuses on
maintained
how we can hurdle the number one
about a dozen
objection to using compost – cost
beehives. He
including labor and equipment.
sold excess
As a young boy I observed my production on
father reading Organic Gardening the street side
magazine cover-to-cover every with an honor
month. I had no idea what it was all system cigar box
about, and we really had no good for customers to
'father/son' discussions about it. put their money
I read it a little but thought it was in. Every year we

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