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Old 08-10-2007, 12:30 PM posted to alt.permaculture
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JakeD wrote:

The gardener who takes care of the rest of the garden seems to burn
all the weeds he pulls up, along with all hedge trimmings. I could use
all that material for making compost.


Well... it depends on the weeds. Some weeds have seeds that are hard to kill
in compost bins unless you are really conscientious about the compost (and I
am not). The ash might be good, though, especially if your soil is naturally
acidic.

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