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From: Eng-leong Foo, MIRCEN-Stockholm, Sweden

I see that the conferences in CoSy computer conferencing system
(Guelph, Canada) on "recycling" and "composting" have been very
active. I do my part in recycling all organic residues from my
200 m2 vegetable garden that I hire. You might already know that
Sweden has a national network of "Garden Associations". Each
Association hires a piece of unused land from the commune (district)
and then makes it available to its members. There are several
of such "gardens" in Stockholm and I am a member of one which
has about 75 garden lots (100 to 200 m2 each). Each member pays
a membership fee a year + a rental of about USD 0.10/m2/yr for
the lot he rents. Most of the members have their own compost
and most of them are for organic farming.

I have two composts (about 2 m2 each) so that I am able to use
a matured compost each spring before the ploughing. I have been
doing this for the past 5 years and the practice has improved
my once clayey soil; I guess it would take another 10 years to
reach the soil that I would really like (my "super soil") but
I am working on it. Alternatively I could buy dung (about USD
10.00/m3 - expensive !!).

The use of "compost inoculant" is not common here in Stockholm;
how is it in other countries ? Can you get such commercially
marketed inoculants and what do you think of them ?