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from "Phil L" contains these words:

You can use gardeners lime to make mortar.
They are both the same basic compound, except for gardens it has been slaked
and then dried, builders (who still use it) slake their own, IE: drop it
into a dustbin full of cold water, wait until it stops boiling, then use as
normal...slaked means it has been added to water to take the fire out of it,
after this process it can be dried and doesn't need to be slaked again
before use, this is what you buy as gardeners lime.
If you find a plasterer and ask him to save all the old plaster rmoved from
old houses (not cement) it is a mixture of sand and lime (and
horsehair)...it breaks up the soil nicely and raises the alkalinity too.


HURRAH!

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