Rozy,
You've hit a sore spot for me..and composting..
and that stuff, from town's compost piles!!!!!!
:p
is AWESOME and a wonderful use of stuff like leaves and compostable materials..
And I'm only speaking of here in my town, and I watch what goes on there and can
not speak for all the other places...
But, we have people that are allowed to go down and dump any yard waste from their yard into any pile they see fit that they want to pile it on, then the other guys move it, and fresh stuff is moved into old stuff and it isn't done when you want some...
ALSO, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PERSON DID TO THE STUFF, MAINLY PESTICIDES OR HERBICIDES, ETC...
I personally would never use it on my veggie garden.. you don't know when they've used what~ when... it scares me...
I am not sure if it disapates, I guess someone like the Plant Doc or someone who applies the stuff would know how long it stays viable.....
And sometimes people use those "pre~emergants" stuff on the lawns, etc... and it's to prevent weed seeds from germinating and that stuff isn't supposed to be eaten...
I might think it would okay to use on the flower beds.. as long as you don't eat the flowers...
And as for the weeds, yep, if someone emptied their grass bags from mowing the lawn, you very well could have gotten weed seeds from there...
Weezie