Re: Bog

 

There's at least one desert in Manitoba that I know of, plus lots of gravel pits.
 
El, Ste Anne, Manitoba, Z3

From: b*@bellsouth.net
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 7:53 PM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Bog

 

>Interesting that just a few miles east of me, is very rocky sandy soil.  The southern portions of my garden are very gravelly, although still >Manitoba gumbo.  A friend of mine about 45 minutes east gardens in sand.  She's replenished the soil there many times, but Mother >Nature keeps reverting it back within a few years.  Mind you, even though most of her garden is at the bottom of a hill, she rarely gets iris >rot.
 
El,
     I am surprised that Manitoba has places of sandy soil.  It is like sand canât be replenished, so I grow what I can in it.  One thing here is the soil temperature can get very hot, even around 40Â C on some days.
 
Mark A. Cook
b*@bellsouth.net
Dunnellon, Florida. 

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