I wouldn't. Can you call around to garden centers, landscape yards, and other places in your area to get a different source of donated compost? Sometimes garden centers will give away broken bags. Or advertise on freecycle -- sometimes individuals buy a truckload and then would rather have the driveway space than use it up until it's gone. Someone regularly leaves containers of the liquid drained from worm bins at my community garden -- I'm guessing they compost to get rid of kitchen waste but don't have a garden?
Free coffee grounds aren't the same thing as compost, but they're available in large quantities from coffee shops and work great as a soil amendment, as long as they're not put on the soil in a thick layer to form a water-repellent crust. The many forms of compost teas are a way to get some of the benefits of compost. Green teas get slimy and ferment fast! I wouldn't use any weeds that had gone to seed or any diseased plant material. I make comfrey tea for the garden a few times a year, and sometimes borage tea. At 10:00 AM -0700 3/13/08, Eliza Sutton wrote: >I'd love some feedback on this. Normally, we get 150 yards of free >compost made by a nearby compost facility for our 10 community >gardens. Apparently, their generosity has ended, and we are left to >our own devices. I found a nearby compost facility who makes >compost from yard waste and sludge, Class A Biosolids. We can get >this for free. Is this safe to use for the community? The data i'm >finding is mixed. > > >thanks, > >Liza Sutton >Community Gardens Coordinator >Southside Community Land Trust >Providence, RI 02907 >401-273-9419 ext. 25 _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
