RE: mineral blocks
I have a friend that had problems with his water softner and had to dump the brine tank. That was 4-5 years ago and the deer are still eating the dirt in the area. Many years ago my uncles would make a thick brine and dump it over old stumps, the stumps would be eatin' up. My way of thinking is something like this is better than a white or brown block of salt on a stump.