[Rose-list] Re: Soil Condition

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Wow, our soil is really rather nice. Three years is a long time, but
a good place for composting.  How big of an area is it?  What are you
planting now, Anthony?  Mixed beds with roses? 

Sincerely,       
~Carleen~
Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
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> From: Anthony R.D. Franks 
> Where I am, in the Washington, DC, area, the soil is infamous for
being
> nothing but clay. One of the children scooped up a batch when I
first
> moved in, and modelled figurines out of it. Raised beds is the
standard,
> and usually the easiest, solution. Previous owners built my front
yard
> by putting up a retaining wall near the street, and building up a
decent
> growing area behind it, leading to the house.
> 
> I've spent three years fixing up the bit of space across the
driveway,
> and the backyard (a clay slope leading to a creek) by treating the
> entire surface, basically, as a composting area. I finally put in
top
> soil this spring, and am planting in earnest.
> 
> Anthony Franks
> Takoma Park, Md. 
>

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