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Cactus garden thrives with fertiliser made from dregs of beer, bourbon, coke, boiled egg water

Former bar attendant and cactus collector Patricia Harman has hit upon a unique fertiliser. (ABC Goldfields: Madison Snow)

Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With dregs from eggs and tins of beer, bourbon and cans of coke. 

Mother Goose might not approve of this jazzed-up version of the classic nursery rhyme, but cactus collector Patricia Harman certainly would.

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