----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 8:29 AM Subject: sheep know, so do cows
> In 1964, my Daddy put down a good deal of chemical fertilizer. We > had pretty good pastures and they instantly went to 'lush green > fields' he was pleased. But it made him 'sick as a dog' to handle > the stuff, and we ended up having to buy hay mid summer because > the cows wouldn't eat any of it. They were up to their bellies in > 'showplace green' and wouldn't touch the stuff. > That was the last and only time anything has been added that > came out of a bag. If the cows didn't want it, I didn't see any point > in it. > Hi Martha Not all that comes out of a bag is necessarily bad though! Our sheep (and also the local kangaroos) will also preferentially graze where we have used conventional phosphorus fertiliser in comparison to our unfertilised native pasture. The material that we are using in our remineralising fertiliser program is not certified organic and the whole program would likely be treated with scorn by many of the purists in biodynamics (some on this list even). Point I'm trying to make is that there is more problem in the way that chemical fertilisers have been used and promoted for use, than there is in the actual product in many instances. Cheers Lloyd Charles
