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Subject: Re: beer for my garden?
From: Gary Woods <gwoods@albany.net>
Organization: Monmouth Internet
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 99 11:55:28
Message-ID: <MOD$991010.22812@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
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"CoFarb" wrote:

>I'm about to pour out a couple gallons worth of homemade beer that's
>been sitting around for at least 10 years. Before I send it to the
>water treatment plant, I thought I'd ask if it would be at all
>beneficial to pour it in my veggie garden?
Thanks for heading off all the "You should run it through your kidneys
first" replies. After all that time, the yeast residue is probably stuck
pretty well to the bottoms of the bottles. Probably not a lot of value in
it, but to steal a famous punchline, "It couldn't hurt!"

My growing season came to a screeching halt last Wednesday night. Except
for various greens, which are as happy as can be. The Bok Choi and the
Chard probably have a few more weeks in them, and I won't pull the leeks
until Thanksgiving.

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