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Old 11-08-2013, 11:37 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Fresh horse sh!t

On 11/08/2013 23:11, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:58:53 +0100, "Peter & Jeanne"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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Processed sewage that was full of heavy metals?



Dunno what it was full of, but plants seemed to thrive on its application -
(:-)


OK if you don't grow vegetables.

Well it used to be collected from Hong Kong and taken to the New
Territories as Night Soil, used to improve the fertility of the soil for
veg growing, the produce was then sold in Hong Kong and so the cycle
was started again.