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Sorry - couldn't resist it : for those with wood burning stoves!
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Sorry - couldn't resist it : for those with wood burning stoves!
robgraham wrote: Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm One of those components has long been referred to by gardeners as 'Golden Night Water'.... TF |
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On 10/13/2010 5:04 PM, robgraham wrote:
Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm In former times, that is how they made saltpeter for gun powder. During the civil war, in the colonies, the southern ladies collected their urine to help the fight against the northern invaders. Another use for saltpeter is fertilizer. Science Daily should paid more attention in history class. |
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On 14/10/2010 10:04 a.m., robgraham wrote:
Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm The headline is a bit silly: Sustainable Fertilizer: Urine And Wood Ash Produce Large Harvest. In fact the article that follows says that urine alone produces a bigger harvest. |
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On 13 Oct, 22:04, robgraham wrote:
Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm American site. As usual their "science" is pretty third world. They don't get educated over there. I suppose it's news to them. |
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On 2010-10-13, Gib Bogle wrote:
On 14/10/2010 10:04 a.m., robgraham wrote: Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm The headline is a bit silly: Sustainable Fertilizer: Urine And Wood Ash Produce Large Harvest. In fact the article that follows says that urine alone produces a bigger harvest. But the scientific paper says that the dry biomass from urine+ash is significantly bigger than from urine alone. So the "bigger harvest" you mention is mostly water. -- Jón Fairbairn http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2010-09-14) |
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On 14/10/2010 00:20, GeorgeD wrote:
On 10/13/2010 5:04 PM, robgraham wrote: Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm In former times, that is how they made saltpeter for gun powder. During the civil war, in the colonies, the southern ladies collected their urine to help the fight against the northern invaders. Another use for saltpeter is fertilizer. Science Daily should paid more attention in history class. Apologies if you aready knew this... On the cliffs near Whitby there was once a factory that processed urine, in this case for alum for dying. The liquid was collected in cities and put in barrels to be taken by ship. They were hauled up the cliff well away from houses. The skippers were a bit embarrassed about their cargoes and used to say they were carrying something else. Suspicious people would say 'you are taking the ****', the origin of the modern phrase. Peter Scott |
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On 14/10/2010 10:23, Peter Scott wrote:
On 14/10/2010 00:20, GeorgeD wrote: On 10/13/2010 5:04 PM, robgraham wrote: Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm In former times, that is how they made saltpeter for gun powder. During the civil war, in the colonies, the southern ladies collected their urine to help the fight against the northern invaders. Another use for saltpeter is fertilizer. Science Daily should paid more attention in history class. Apologies if you aready knew this... On the cliffs near Whitby there was once a factory that processed urine, in this case for alum for dying. The liquid was collected in cities and put in barrels to be taken by ship. They were hauled up the cliff well away from houses. The skippers were a bit embarrassed about their cargoes and used to say they were carrying something else. Suspicious people would say 'you are taking the ****', the origin of the modern phrase. Peter Scott Should have spelled it dyeing of course, unless they fell off the cliff |
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On Oct 14, 10:23*am, Peter Scott wrote:
On 14/10/2010 00:20, GeorgeD wrote: On 10/13/2010 5:04 PM, robgraham wrote: Again from Sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0902112750.htm In former times, that is how they made saltpeter for gun powder. During the civil war, in the colonies, the southern ladies collected their urine to help the fight against the northern invaders. Another use for saltpeter is fertilizer. Science Daily should paid more attention in history class. Apologies if you aready knew this... On the cliffs near Whitby Ravenscar http://www.coastaltourism.co.uk/local_history.htm |
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