Re: Re: CULT: iris health

Connie -- I went to school in both southern Indiana and northern Illinois. Our "soil" in southern Indiana was sandstone. The school was made of it, and the football field was made of it. I still have some in one elbow. In the DuPage River valley of Illinois, however, the black loam was 6 feet deep in many places. What magnificent stuff! So, I know how you must miss the Nebraska soil. That said, how about making your own humus? It takes a while, of course, and a little out-of-the-way space, but it would put those Ozark leaves to good use. There are not-too-expensive mulching machines these days that would speed the process, too. -- Griff 

Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia
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In a message dated 7/15/2007 11:50:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
jgcrump@cox.net writes:

Maybe you can find
topsoil mix in your area?  And at less cost?   --  Griff



Not likely.  This area is all very rocky. Lots of limestone along  the old
river bed that is now Lake of the Ozarks. What soil you can get has a great deal of fine sand in it & no humus. 

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