On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:00:36 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:


"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
...
The difference between beech sand and good garden soil is that the
latter
has a large percentage of rotting and rotten organic material and the
former
is just sand.

I think it's time for your medication, Franz :-)

I gardened happily and successfully with just that for soil when my garden
was on the Bagshot sands.

I'm sure you did, but what's the relevance to burning out tree roots etc?

You were right first time Janet :-)
--
Martin