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Efficacy of sawdust, was, Old Sawdust
Just as an example of how valuable sawdust and other organic material can
be, sawdust was used (dozens of tons of it) in conjunction with sand and human waste to help bioremediate a truly scary landscape, that being the former Seattle Gas Works, now the lovely Gas Works Park. Several weeks ago I listened to the principal designer of that park, Richard Haag, give a talk about the site. The 'soil', if you can call it that, was simply industrial waste piled 5-10 feet thick in places-- 'Industrial Afterbirth', he calls it (while acknowledging the melodrama of such a label). In the mid to late 1970's Mr. Haag oversaw the beginning steps to remediating that horrorshow, first by introducing bacteria that would start to heal the space and second by slowly, over time, increasing the soil's fertility. The initial steps were the laying of tons of sawdust from nearby lumber mills, tons of human sewage, and also tons of sand, all of which was turned into the space as deeply as possible (think 'double digging', but with bulldozers). A good history of the space can be read at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/park173.shtml Dave "Beecrofter" wrote in message m... "kyrustic" wrote in message ... I have access to tons of very old saw dust. Would it be ok to work this into my garden? What uses would it have ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Support American Families, Buy Made In USA! Kentucky Rustic Barrels http://www.KentuckyRustic.com It would be a fair mulch. It would be an awesome ingrediant in composting things like fish wastes dead animals and chicken manure. Worked into the soil it would provide organic material (mostly carbon) but you would need to provide some supplemental nitrogen to the crop. |
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Efficacy of sawdust, was, Old Sawdust
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:16:26 GMT, "David J Bockman"
wrote: Just as an example of how valuable sawdust and other organic material can be, sawdust was used (dozens of tons of it) in conjunction with sand and human waste to help bioremediate a truly scary landscape, that being the former Seattle Gas Works, now the lovely Gas Works Park. Several weeks ago I listened to the principal designer of that park, Richard Haag, give a talk about the site. The 'soil', if you can call it that, was simply industrial waste piled 5-10 feet thick in places-- 'Industrial Afterbirth', he calls it (while acknowledging the melodrama of such a label). In the mid to late 1970's Mr. Haag oversaw the beginning steps to remediating that horrorshow, first by introducing bacteria that would start to heal the space and second by slowly, over time, increasing the soil's fertility. The initial steps were the laying of tons of sawdust from nearby lumber mills, tons of human sewage, and also tons of sand, all of which was turned into the space as deeply as possible (think 'double digging', but with bulldozers). A good history of the space can be read at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/park173.shtml Dave "Beecrofter" wrote in message om... "kyrustic" wrote in message .. . I have access to tons of very old saw dust. Would it be ok to work this into my garden? What uses would it have ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Support American Families, Buy Made In USA! Kentucky Rustic Barrels http://www.KentuckyRustic.com It would be a fair mulch. It would be an awesome ingrediant in composting things like fish wastes dead animals and chicken manure. Worked into the soil it would provide organic material (mostly carbon) but you would need to provide some supplemental nitrogen to the crop. Howdy, There are advantages, but adding sawdust will (radically) deplete the area of nitrogen... HTH, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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