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Janet Baraclough wrote:
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There are those who claim that the best tomatoes are those fed on
sheep dip.

I have never heard such a claim..at least, not from anyone who
knows
what sheep dip is.

Perhaps I should have enclosed 'sheep dip' in quotes.
What I was referring to was the concoction made by soaking sheep purls
in water until a dark green liquid is formed.

That's liquid manure made with sheep shit. Sheep dip, to anyone rural,
is the mix of water and chemicals which sheep are immersed in to control
some diseases; far too toxic to be put on gardens.

What do you think happens to the contents of all those rural septic
tanks filled with human waste? No, it is not taken to sewerage
farms
for 'processing'. It is spread 'neat' on farmland.(snip)

Where? Right here in rural East Midlands. The collection bowser is
tractor drawn and waltzes straight off to spread it on the land. I am
aware of the heat treatment plants around major conurbations but in
this neck of the woods, the council is hardly gong to indulge in 50
mile round trips to process my human 'animal' calls of nature when my
neighbouring farmers are spreading all their farm 'animal' waste
products over their own fields.

At our old house on the mainland, the council sent sewage suction
tankers (not tractors and bowsers)on round trips of up to 70 miles to
empty septic tanks and take the contents to sewage works. It cost
householders £27.

I'm now living on an island 15 miles from the mainland; the council
sends sewage suction tankers over here by ferry to collect the contents
of septic tanks on a 3 year rota, and return it to the mainland.

Farmers in Scotland do use tractors and bowsers to spread animal manure
slurry as fertiliser on grazing land, but this is increasingly limited
by regulations about land run-off to rivers, with fines for offenders.
Water authorities monitor this often. These days septic tank slurry
run-off would be even more of a threat to fresh-waterways because of its
soap and detergent content.

Janet.