Re: would this fly in the US?

**C* T* E* <c*@catrionatudorerler.com>**

A girlfriend in Bethesda, Maryland used to collect her own pee every 
morning to sprinkle around the border of her vegetable garden in an 
attempt to keep deer and rabbits away.  Then she learned that male pee 
is more efficacious, so she convinced her husband to do his duty for 
her.  A neighbor in Vienna, Virginia also used to send her husband out 
to pee around the periphery of their property to discourage deer, and 
male guests were encouraged to follow his lead.  Never underestimate the 
lengths an avid gardener will go to keep deer out of the beds.
    Catriona

Miranda Smith wrote:
> Ah, your article reminds me of my idealistic youth...Back in the very early
> 70s, when I was teaching at a community center for low-income immigrants in
> Quebec, one spring brought nothing but rain. Day after day of rain, leaching
> every bit of nitrogen and potassium out of our thin and meager soil. Being a
> farm kid, I knew the best remedy. So I set up a screen in the back of the
> classroom and placed a bucket there. In my pigeon French and with the help
> of various translators into the other languages in the class, I explained
> the purpose of the bucket. No one was the least offended...this was an
> immigrant population, and the scheme made sense to everyone there. We took
> turns peeing, dutifully diluted the urine, and the class queued up to water
> their plots with it.
>
> The following class session, as instructed, students brought in their own
> supplies. And within a few days, the plants perked up, despite the incessant
> rain, and the class had learned an important remedy for such a spring.
>
> The other teacher and I were feeling cheerfully competent about having
> averted a potential disaster and saving the plants. But then, an old fellow
> who obviously hadn't understood everything I thought I'd explained, brought
> in several gallons of very watery, very stinky poop. I didn't notice what he
> had until he poured it out on his plot. The minute he did, every mosquito in
> Southern Quebec descended on us. The class fled in absolute horror, and I
> learned a valuable lesson: teach the value of urine as a fertilizer ONLY to
> people who share your language.
>
>  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8357134.stm
>   
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