Thanks, Bonnie. The state inspector, Christine, who lives here in Sandpoint, is a friend of mine. She called me tonight and I am going to meet her in town next week with my Pfeiffer Field Spray and Directions/Label and the Soil and Plant Amendment Statutes and she is going to give me her take on it. The wording in the definitions in 22-2203 was done by a lawyer who covered every contingency! I hope something positive comes out of this for someone. The wording says that "unmanipulated animal manure" and "vegetable organic waste-derived material" are excluded from the definition of a plant amendment. The definition of maniulation is "actively processed or treated in any manner." Is putting manure or flowers or bark in a horn, bladder, mesentery or small intestine and burying it in the ground processing it or treating it, or is the earth doing the processing? I'll see what Christine says next week.
Merla Bonnie York wrote: > On Friday, March 22, 2002, at 01:19 PM, Merla wrote: > > > I am thinking about just that. I went over the directions again. I > > still have > > to > > have a set of compost preps and they can't have been bought or traded > > for. It's > > in the ordinance 22-2203 "To distribute means to import, consign, > > manufacture, > > produce, compound, mix or blend soil amendments or plant amendments or > > to > > offer for sale, barter or otherwise supply in this state." > > Is there any way of getting around the wording? I'm sure you've thought > of it before, but is there any way around using the word amendments? > Would just not using the word work? > > It just seems strange that someone couldn't just privately apply the > preps. If it's not under the auspices of the Weed Control Board can they > still regulate it? It's just manure and flowers and such? What about > using those words? Could you call it what it is in its raw state? > Yarrow, chamomile, manure, sand? Just organic stuff. > > Bonnie
