[Community_garden] Two compost safety questions

[Mike McGrath]

Hard to imagine that you have huge amounts of either, but sure. I'm almost 
certain that all the toxicity in the castor plant is in the actual beans 
anyway (which should NIT be fooled around with)...
                                                        ---Mike McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Gordon" <gordonse at one.net>
To: "Community GardenNational" <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:20 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] Two compost safety questions


> In trying to compost as much as possible, we are trying to decide what 
> items
> can be added to the compost pile.
>
> We've seen recomendations not to add toxic plants such as to compost that
> will be used on food gardens
> poison oak
> poison ivy
> oleander
>
> We have questions about two other items:
> daffodil leaves
> Mole plant--Euphorbia lathyris
>
> Sharon
> gordonse at one.net
>
>
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