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Re: Greetings/ Intro

>On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:31:32 -0600 (CST), you wrote:
>
>
>>soil by sheet composting.  I'm not as lucky as you 
>>are with soil. I live on a coastal plain that has gumbo clay and 72 inches
>>of rain annually.  
>72 inches??????!!!!!!!!  wow!!!!!!  I guess we've had the annual
>equivalent of that year-to-date & it's been R-A-I-N-Y!!!!!!!!  + more
>than double the normal YTD!  Aren't you in Calif??
>
>Doreen, what's a quick def of "sheet composting"????
>Thanks, Judy
I live 50 miles south of Houston, TX.  The 72 inches are the normal
rainfall.  1997 total was nearly 90 inches, thanks to El Nino, and this week
alone we got 9 inches.  Sheet composting is placing all the materials you
would normally place in a compost pile in layers in a garden bed.  You cover
with dirt, and manure or just manure if your dirt is poor.  Water, stir once
a week and within a month or two, depending on temperature, compost happens.
Doreen

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