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In article > ,
Janet > wrote:
>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> In article >,
>> sf > wrote:
>> >On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:52:10 GMT,
(Cindy Hamilton)
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> My grandparents are in cardboard boxes in my mother's linen closet.
>> >> Once Mom is gone, my grandparents are going in the dumpster.
>> >
>> >That's harsh! Why not just plant everyone in the garden? My
>> >grandmother was under a rose bush.

>>
>> I don't get it. It's a box full of phosphorus and calcium. Why
>> not dumpster it?

>
> Because it's really good fertiliser, don't waste it! Scatter it
>round a tree or rose or clematis so their last remains return to the
>earth, life and beauty.


Fair enough. My tomatoes sometimes have trouble with blossom-end
rot. They could use the calcium.

Cindy Hamilton
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