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Old 18-03-2008, 06:59 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Jim Jackson) writes:
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| A good few years ago, I bought a supply of ground limestone
| for occasional liming use in the garden. I've attempted to find a
source
| recently and drawn a blank form local garden centres. Is such stuff
still
| available? I'm in West Yorks near Wakefield, if anyone else local can
| recommend a source.

Try builders' merchants. Lime is used for some mortars - it might be
slaked lime, so that would need to be added when nothing was growing.

?

Slaked lime is inactive, unlike quicklime which produces heat when it gets
wet - and turns into slaked lime.

I'm sure you knew that ... :-)

Mary


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