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To: Corin Stormhands
Starbucks will also give you coffee grounds for your compost pile.

Do they really! I'll give you horse poo for your compost pile!

1,551 posted on 07/16/2004 9:57:43 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (~*-,._.,-*~Loves her hubbit~*-,._.,-*~)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Do they really! I'll give you horse poo for your compost pile!

Yeah, they'll give you a couple of bags of grounds for free.

I ain't built my compost pile yet. I've got to figure out a way to do it cheaply, but also have it covered and make it look attractive. Sometimes I hate suburbia...

But when I get it built, if you want to box up the poo, send it on...

1,558 posted on 07/16/2004 10:04:05 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I'm going on vacation in 14 days...)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands
Many years ago, when my mother was teaching in a one-room schoolhouse in Alpine, Texas, she lived with Mrs. Morrisette, who grew all her own veggies.

Alpine, at the time, was a town that existed to service the many ranches in the area. Many of the men who had houses in town were ranch hands, and rode horseback to work every morning. As one of the neighbors rode past Mrs. Morrisette's house, she would yell, "Cowboy! Cowboy, you bring me some cow poo and some chicken doo for my garden!"

Mamma said Mrs. Morrisette always had the best food in town ...

1,727 posted on 07/16/2004 3:43:23 PM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... amazing, isn't it, how poo makes things grow? ...])
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