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Old 14-01-2011, 12:38 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Adam Funk[_3_] Adam Funk[_3_] is offline
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Default "Gardens: Old wives' tales" from Saturday's Guardian

On 2011-01-13, Paul Luton wrote:

On 11/01/2011 20:39, Adam Funk wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...-tales-gardens
or
http://gu.com/p/2yyd7

This was the one that shocked me:


I was shocked by the theoretical treatment of the urine question.
Basically that you don't need to add nitrogen. Good case for a
controlled experiment methinks.

Then in a question on coffee grounds they say "add to the compost heap
as they are high in nitrogen"


Interesting point.