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Hamilton Nj

whats everyone adding to their soil for fall prep????

i dont have access or the funds to get compost ,i tryed last year but did not do too good,

i added azomite this year and i liked it ,im thinking leaves and chicken manure in nov and let it sit all winter then lime in spring!!!??? or do u lime in fall???? i also found some clay in my garden is this bad some of th esoil is orange gravel ive bein working on for a year or two adding bags of soil and kelp meal, any input will be apreciated!! thanks pizza

10/18/2011 12:51:54 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Gypsum

I have adobe clay that if un-adultered you can make bricks out of... and it's notoriusly short of calcium here. I was noticing just at the far end, at the last harvest-Monday, signs of calcium was depleted...

Other will be some maple leaves and compost. I removed all tomato vines and that and bagged and trashed them, so as not to harbor anything.

10/18/2011 5:18:56 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

Pizza: Why not make your own compost pile? Then you will have all you want and it will be free. Marv

10/18/2011 6:57:01 PM

Hamilton Nj

i tryed last year but kept on frezeing on me and did not fully compost any tricks to speed it up??? thanks pizza

and thank you for the seeds!!!!

10/18/2011 8:14:29 PM

Muddy Waters

It can Freeze pete,just start flippin it when the thaws come,You might have to wait till 2013 to use it,start now it will pay you later.Did I miss the bus on getting your seeds Marv,Where do I send a bubble? Markclementz@comcast.net I would like a set for GWG auction this year if possible.

10/18/2011 8:29:54 PM

Muddy Waters

Alpaca Poop Is what grew my maters last year!You dont have to age it.

10/18/2011 9:35:21 PM

Hamilton Nj

is that cow poop or what is it goats,lol ???pizza

10/19/2011 3:11:20 AM

Muddy Waters

Alpaca is like a lama.look on my diary last spring Oreo rocks!

10/19/2011 7:23:09 AM

Muddy Waters

July 14th posting

10/19/2011 7:24:40 AM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

Pizza: My garden is now ready for next season. I put about 5 inches of composted leaves on top and then tilled them in. If they had not been composted I would be out collecting bags of leaves from the peope living around me and would have tilled them in and they would be part of the soil by next season. I have a guy who does yard cleanup and he drops me off three truckloads of leaves from yards he takes care of this time of the year after my pile is used. He puts no weed killer etc on these yards. Those leaves sit in a pile with a tarp over them until this same time next year when they go on the garden and the cycle continues. The leaves are out there and they are free so go and get them. Other people use other things. I use what is available to me and it is leaves. Marv

10/20/2011 8:25:00 AM

Hamilton Nj

i have plenty of leaves ,lol im going to rent a rototiller in the next few weeks ,the garden i have has always bein done by a shovel,lol, and it takes me a while, im gonna add leaves and some chicken manure and till it in and cover and let sit till spring but before i do im gonna take a soil sample and have it tested ,thanks everyone!!! pizza

10/20/2011 3:21:01 PM

Hamilton Nj

i also burey alot of fish carcuses in the fall got 100 fish in thier last year !!!

10/20/2011 3:21:55 PM