On 10/08/2013 21:58, Pete C wrote:
"Derek Turner" wrote in message
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I have just found a source of fresh horse-doo-doos. This is taken from
the paddock rather than the stable so no straw, shavings, urine etc. just
the poo, very fresh.

So, can I put it straight onto the veggie beds, or do I need to let it
rot down a bit first? Opinions seem to vary.

Used fresh, it will burn plants. It needs to mature, maybe a couple of
months.


They used to sell human excrement in Victorian times. What they used it
for I do not know.

"Saxman" wrote in message ...


They used to sell human excrement in Victorian times. What they used it
for I do not know.


And long after Victoria too !

I recall processed excrement being sold by the UDC treatment plants dirt
cheap in sacks as fertiliser
in the 1950's.

Pete

In article ,
lid says...

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 07:33:44 +0100, "Peter & Jeanne"
wrote:



"Saxman" wrote in message ...


They used to sell human excrement in Victorian times. What they used it
for I do not know.


And long after Victoria too !

I recall processed excrement being sold by the UDC treatment plants dirt
cheap in sacks as fertiliser
in the 1950's.

Processed sewage that was full of heavy metals?

As recently as the 1980's, growers in Stirlingshire could get the
septic-tank service to pump the contents of domestic septic tanks onto
their land.

Janet.

"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 -
(:-)

Pete

On 11/08/2013 23:11, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:58:53 +0100, "Peter & Jeanne"
wrote:



"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.

"David Hill" wrote
On 11/08/2013 23:11, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:58:53 +0100, "Peter & Jeanne"
wrote:

"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.

They still use human sewage sludge in the UK for agricultural
fertiliser - after it's been through the usual treatment processes. They
call it "biosolids" and try not to use the word sewage too much in
descriptions these days to make it sound more up to the minute and
respectable as a fertiliser. Field grown crops we all eat have often
been grown with the useful aid of human poop, whether we know it or not.
Got to use the stuff somewhere or we'd all be up to our knees in it by
now!

--
Sue

On 2013-08-12 14:33:27 +0100, Indigo said:

"David Hill" wrote
On 11/08/2013 23:11, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:58:53 +0100, "Peter & Jeanne"
wrote:

"Martin" wrote in message
...

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.

They still use human sewage sludge in the UK for agricultural
fertiliser - after it's been through the usual treatment processes. They
call it "biosolids" and try not to use the word sewage too much in
descriptions these days to make it sound more up to the minute and
respectable as a fertiliser. Field grown crops we all eat have often
been grown with the useful aid of human poop, whether we know it or not.
Got to use the stuff somewhere or we'd all be up to our knees in it by
now!

'They' - whoever that may be - pile it up in a field at the top of the
hill leading out of this village. The run-off doesn't reach us but
those living closer to that field tell us it can be pretty whiffy, even
though it's treated stuff!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Sacha" wrote in message ...


'They' - whoever that may be - pile it up in a field at the top of the hill
leading out of this village. The run-off doesn't reach us but those living
closer to that field tell us it can be pretty whiffy, even though it's
treated stuff!



Yup - of all the varieties of excrement wiffiness - human must be the worst
in my mind.
Pig and cow stuff whiff is positively one of the countryside's joys in
comparison (:-)
Can't beat the joys of whiffing a freshly cow pooh slurried field !!

Pete