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Re: Help buy Soft rock Phosphate?
You might want to contact a gravel pit in your area. According to a report by
David Yarrow in the Summer '98 issue of "Organic Farms, Folks & Foods" put out
by NOFA-NY, "talings" can often be had for just the cost of trucking and do
much the same job of remineralizing and refreshing soil.
The price is certainly right -- at least until quarry owners figure out that
somebody wants their former waste by-product! <G>
I'll be running an experiment next season -- fertilizer on one plot, quarry
talings on another, everything else equal. Will let you know how it freshens!
Dori Green
Ash Grove Community Farm & Center for Sustainable Living
Corning, NY