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Now there is some thing for you to Google. Down the garden at about 6pm to light my fire and the lad in the next plot  ( a Friend ) got a phone call after which he told me it was another mutual friend informing him that he had dropped a ton of Basic Slag outside his garden and to help our selves. He told me he was off home and left.
Well, his actual words were " he has dropped SOMETHING called basic slag "
So i was straight up the alley and nabbed the lot.
Guess he did not know what he had missed and yes of course i will share it. HEHEHE

ok i might look dumb here but what is slag ???

I think that it's a byproduct of coal mining.... or at least it is in the Rhondda....

Something 70's cops called villans when they nicked 'em? Or not very well brought up ladies after a night on the alcopops?

Its now called Super Slag and its a by product from steel works and a very good fertilizer

Got a large plastic bag of it years ago. It's pretty heavy & if I'm correct, is good for mineral deficiency. To be used sparingly also. A ton will last a lot of people a life time!
:D

ok go it now,

Quote from: KathrynH on March 23, 2009, 21:35:02
Something 70's cops called villans when they nicked 'em? Or not very well brought up ladies after a night on the alcopops?

thats what i tought but thanks for putting me straight guys ;) ;D

On a technical point the waste rock from coal mining and quarrying is "spoil" and they are spoil heaps... very little use for anything. Slag is the cooked ore after the iron has been melted out of it... as Limestone is used for a flux it tends to be "basic" or alkaline. So slag is rock residue with lime... useful for gardens in rainy areas and coal measures which tend to be acidic, from the nature of the rocks that coal is found in and the areas like the Pennines where it rains a lot...  ;D