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Keeping the landscape grounded

By Susan Chaityn Lebovits
October 12, 2008

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Outside of John Engwer's Wrentham office stand two 300-gallon containers filled with compost tea. The mixture, with ingredients such as molasses, fish, oatmeal, water, and nematodes, must brew for 24 hours at 70 degrees before it can be added to his specially formulated compost recipe. (Full article: 1061 words)

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