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Mel's Soil Mixture

>
>I'm trying Mel's "Perfect Soil" recipe in my raised beds this year and will
>report on results as time progresses.
>
>As I recall, it's a mixture of peat moss, vermiculite, well-rotted manure,
>sand, wood ashes and charcoal, and organic fertilizers.  (If anyone has
>"the book" handy, maybe you could post the full recipe.)
>
>It makes a wonderfully fluffy soil mix that my seedlings have really taken
>to so far.
>
>Delena Roth
>
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Equal parts (eg one pail full) coarse vemiculite, screened! peat moss,
coare sand, decomposed leaf mold (screened thru a 1/4 " mesh!), & good
garden soil (also screened thru a 1/4" mesh!).  Add 2 c of fertilizer
(as desc in Ch 5).  In addition, add a cup of lime, & a half-pail of
screened! wood stove or fireplace charcoal.

The ! are mine; I'm not about to screen anything!!!!  No spams on that
please :)

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