You're dead right, G. O. Had forgotten that detail from crop science lectures................... but they were 50 years ago 
Mini-Digger/Excavator
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monkeybiter
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So what happens if you mix lime and manure?
monkeybiter":33pxz8ke said:
From (very rusty) memory, the change in pH means that you lose nitrogen from the manure in the form of ammonia. Which may not matter if you just want the organic matter in the manure, not the nutrients.
graduate_owner
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With all this dry weather I've been able to get on the digger again to clear out some more of our clay subsoil. The plan is to level an area, cover with membrane and a few inches of chippings. That will increase my parking area and clear up a real mess at the same time. But, using the digger for several hours a day for 4 days really makes my shoulders ache. I find I'm hunched over the control levers, and unless I actively make an effort to stay upright, I find myself hunched again. However I'm sure my shoulders would ache a lot more if I was using pick, shovel and wheelbarrow to do the job.
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kostello
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Well if you don't want an achy back from driving the digger you could dig it by hand instead......
graduate_owner
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Yep, Kostello, I had thought of that but decided against it. I'm 63 and I don't think I'd live long enough to do the job by hand. My aching shoulders from the digger are OK by the next day, whereas by hand - well, I don't even want to think about it.
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monkeybiter
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Using the digger I hired made my knees hurt! I think I must have been unconsciously pushing back against the seat.
graduate_owner
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Slightly different topic -
Some years ago (about 32) we had a bungalow built, and in the Dr's surgery recently I met the JCB driver who dug the footings. He said his joints were finished, especially his knees (probably in his JCB too) because of the constant jarring from the action of the bucket in hard and stony ground. I'd never heard of that before, but apparently it's a recognised occupational hazard.
I'm thinking that at the rate I'm going, I'd better stop using the digger by the time I'm 95, or I too could be in for joint trouble in later life.
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Some years ago (about 32) we had a bungalow built, and in the Dr's surgery recently I met the JCB driver who dug the footings. He said his joints were finished, especially his knees (probably in his JCB too) because of the constant jarring from the action of the bucket in hard and stony ground. I'd never heard of that before, but apparently it's a recognised occupational hazard.
I'm thinking that at the rate I'm going, I'd better stop using the digger by the time I'm 95, or I too could be in for joint trouble in later life.
K
