The Times of 7 April 2016 reported that the journalist Esther Webber is ‘compiling a self-help book using the wisdom of the House of Lords’.  One contribution comes from Lord Selsdon, who in a 2004 debate gave advice on grape (Vitis vinifera) growing:  ‘One of the greatest benefits to cultivation is a dead donkey.  Bury the dead donkey around the root stock.  The dry blood with it will produce excellent grapes.’