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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Jersey
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any reason to keep these flower petals out of the compost pile? the tree sheds them like crazy
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Oklahoma
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Nope. They are food for worms. I would just leave 'em.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Jersey
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if i leave them they'll become food for the worms in the lawn. if i compost them they'll eventually make it into the garden about 75 yards away
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Oklahoma
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AHA rake them from the lawn and into the compost pile. SURE. By all means!
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Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: zone 5
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