While cow manure is excellent for growing vegetables it is not recommended to use fresh manure directly on the growing area because they will burn tender plant roots. Applied to an area alone with other organic materials as sheet compost. Dug into the garden and allowed to age for at least 30 days.
A batholith (from Greek bathos, depth + lithos, rock) is a large emplacement of igneous intrusive (also called plutonic) rock that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust. Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or intermediate rock-types, such as granite, quartz monzonite, or diorite (see also granite dome).
Natural stone such as tumbled marble or Travertine is a very popular Shower and Bathtub wall covering here in Southern California. This is somewhat surprising when you consider that it can be one of the most difficult materials to take care of in a Bathroom.