The other evening, a friend from Corsica was telling me about planting trees using salvaged World War 2 land mines.
A lot of soil in Corsica is very compacted so, after the war, people would drill a hole into the ground and drop a little explosive into it. The blast would loosen a small patch of ground and also fertilise it — the explosives used potassium nitrate, which is great for fruit trees.
So there are orchards in Corsica which were planted with explosives, and I think that's cool. 🍎 💣
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@InvaderXan It does sound dangerous as you can easily lose a foot
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At the time, that was a concern in Corsica more generally. After the war, it was full of Italian landmines which had to be cleared away.
Though I'd imagine anyone deliberately using explosives would be careful not to stand too close while they were actually exploding.