From John Goss
I read with interest Adrian Barnett’s review of The Wastewater Gardener (2 August, p 46). Near where I live there is a wastewater pumping station which, in severe weather run-off conditions, will sometimes flood an adjacent field.
Months later, there will be an abundant crop of tasty, succulent tomatoes. The grey sludge has proved to be a perfect fertiliser for the crop.
I knew an old chap who worked at a sewage plant. He used to take the odd bag of sludge home to put on his vegetable and flower plot. Perhaps there is a lesson here?
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, UK
