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A note on manure, by Paul Freeborough

History & HeritageBy Holly JamesJanuary 19, 2022

In 1871, the Nottinghamshire Guardian carried an article about St Ann’s Allotments and the joy of manure… “The gardens average 400 square yards, and one of the gardeners told me that he generally bought from 4 to 5 tons of manure each year!… All the crops grow, as it were, in dung; the roots find…

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