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Re: Organic matter's effect on soil bulk?



In response to my request for suggestions on building up a soil base
on a rocky area...

brateaver@aol.com (BRateaver) wrote:

>Certainly should not use CHEMICAL amendments ! ! ! !

Why not?  

>You could add sludge, if no food would ever be grown there.

Good idea.  Haven't been able to locate it anywhere though.  Our local
sewer district now sells all they have to a single vendor who uses it
to manufacture their own for sale amendments

>Or, for food plants, use manure, composting it on site. There are PLENTY
>of organic amendments to add.   

>If you live near the ocean, you can pick up free seaweed tossed onto the
>beach. You can add dried, fallen leaves now that it is fall. Garbage is
>another item to compost on site. If you live near any kind of food
>factory, you could get their discards. (There is one composting company
>that placed itself right beside the people who pack lettuce ready to eat,
>in plastic bags. They discard all the outside, marred leaves.)  Peanut
>or/and nut shells--there is a long list of free stuff, including grass
>clippings for nitrogen.

>B. Rateaver

Some good ideas.  We do have bear around so some materials might not
be too practical, on the other hand maybe I could put them to work
doing the shredding.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Mike




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