Re: Re: CULT: iris health

Connie; Griff has a good idea, My soil is not much
different than yours but I do have access to river
bottom loam. Nonetheless For several years I convinced
local tree trimmers to dump their chips in a pile on
my property. It becomes wonderful humus after about
two years. Probably if one incorporated some nitrogen
and mixed some soil with it it would go faster. It
reduces down to about a fifth its volume so it takes a
bit to get a lot. Beware If you make the pile too big
it can catch on fire in the center. 

--- "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@cox.net> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Cseggen1@aol.com>
> To: <iris@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: iris health
> 
> 
> > 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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