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Re: Public compost/Ammending Clay Soil

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Catching up on my sqft backlog, I ran across...

"joseph c. perrotti" <perrotti@internetcds.com> writes:
> My very favorite way to start new beds is to mark off the area and
> dump about 3-6 inches of moderatly old horse manure on top.  Come
> back 6 months later turn the bed.  The awful clay soil we have is
> fluffy and workable.

To which I have to say: Wow!  Really?  Not to impugn anyone's
integrity, just that it sounds too good to be true -- but I do hope
it's so!  I have hard / heavy soil (depending upon season: either slop
or concrete), and this would sure be an easy (as well as photogenic ;>
) way to change things around -- albeit a smallish patch at a time.

I have access to fresh horse manure: I presume that if I just pile it
on and wait a bit longer than the above "6 months" it will have gone
through the "moderately old" stage at some point?

I've read about things such as Red Mammoth Clover that are supposed to
break-up clay soil, but have no experience with such things.  (And how
does one get rid of it once the soil is suitable?)

I'm fishing for any advice or experience!

/Symeon, zone 9


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