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Re: Brown Thumb in Utah with Questions

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Most of JC's advice was very good, but if you add sand to clay-ey soil, 
watch out. You may create an adobe, of concrete consistency if you don't 
use enough or too little sand.  I think the right mix is 1/3 the depth of 
your loose soil.  Margaret L



>You can't put too much time and effort into your soil  Follow the formula 
>for Mel's soil.  Add some extra sand if you have soil that is extra "clay-y".
>
>What I would do is dig out the top shovel's full  and pile it off to the 
>side.  Then turn over the next layer in place, loosing it so the roots can 
>go deep (this is the double dig).  Then add amendments (sand, compost, 
>etc.) to the pile of top soil.  Put in your edging around the bed, then 
>fill with the amended top soil.  The resulting bed will be a lot taller 
>than what you started with, both because of the amendments you added, 
>and  because you loosened the soil so it isn't compacted tightly together 
>as it was.
>
>
>I hope this gives you some helpful ideas.
>
>jc


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