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Janet

In article >,
says...
> I guess a lot people need to visit farm equipment stores. They'd
> be amazed to see manure spreaders being sold. What do they think
> was the main fertilizer being used before all these chemical ones
> were introduced?
>
> My former next door had a lovely raised bed vegetable garden last
> year; that little plot was quite a producer! Her fertilizer of
> choice was chicken poop.
>

My grandfather's hugely productive veg garden was fertilised entirely
by human waste from the bucket lav used by all the family. He dug a
hole, tipped the bucket, shovelled soil on top.

My veg garden is fertilised entirely by home made compost (includes
sheep and horse manure) and seaweed.

Janet UK