[100% veg*n ] arable answers to moral dilemas

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Sgrifennodd john allan:

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> On a horticultural note, Graham, what do you make of comfrey? i planted a

> little organic seedling who is rapidly becoming a bush - but mostly slug

> food. and i am not friend to slug either. it kind of looks much like the

> stuff that lines the nearby canal bank. i know that you can make tea out

> of it, the leaves I take it. but is it right that it is good just for

> compositing or something?

 

The only thing I know about comfrey is that it's good to plant it around

the stuff you want to keep, for just that reason. Slugs love it, so they

rip that to shreds instead of the good stuff.

 

...ciaran

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