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Old 05-08-2007, 10:39 PM posted to rec.gardens,rec.gardens.edible
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Default man arrested for compost pile

In article ,
zxcvbob wrote:

rachael simpson wrote:
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 8/5/07 1:22 AM, in article ,
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In article ,
says...
did y'all hear about this?

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/loc...rsemanure,0,88
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http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=10117

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Florida Man Arrested for Illegally Composting Horse Manure
by: Erin Ryder, News Editor
August 01 2007 Article # 10117

A Loxahatchee Groves, Fla., man has been arrested by authorities with
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection because he had
allegedly collected around 20,000 cubic yards of horse manure, the
South
Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

You wanna have your drinking water supply - well or stream -
downhill from that?

Hell no, but surely you can see the funny side!


my question is: if he's in jail, then who had to clean up the mess?? I
sure wouldn't want that job. Another news report on it said that it
would take at least 10 farm (dump) trucks to haul it off. These articles
said some of the piles were 15 foot high....don't you know that's a mess
to have to load up? AVALANCHE!!! lol



"At least 10 dump trucks" is a lot less than 20000 cubic yards. A
standard dump truck holds 6 cubic yards, and the big ones hold 12. So
maybe he had 100 yards of it.

I would get 2 or 3 yards of horse manure if I could, just for my little
garden. It doesn't stink nearly as bad as pig or chicken.

Bob


I've had 20 loads of wood chips in the last six month. One neighbor
suggested I was causing the area to look amiss. I said GF.

Bill

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