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Re: Mel's soil mixture?

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Hi, it's 

1 bale of peat moss: 6 cu. ft.
1 large bag of coarse vermiculite: 4 cu. ft.
10 pails (2 1/2 gallon size) of sand: 3 cu. ft.
2 pails of wood ashes and charcoal
10 pails (2 1/2 gallon size)  of compost: 3 cu. ft.
1 coffee can full of lime
1 coffee can full of organic fertilizers

total volume: 16 cu. ft.

Enjoy!

Tracy Lusby
zone 8
McCleary, Washington
"Life begins when you start a garden."
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Maier <jmaier@mindspring.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 2:13 PM
Subject: Mel's soil mixture?


>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>Hey everybody,
>
>On account of having loaned my sqft book to somebody, could someone
>please post the constituents and relative amounts in Mel's perfect soil
>mixture? Also, anybody recommend any modifications?
>
>Thanks much!
>
>-Jonathan Maier (who is still searching for cedar boards!)
> jmaier@mindspring.com
>
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