Re: CULT: Soil types.
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: CULT: Soil types.
- From: "* C* <j*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 18:18:10 PDT
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
Jeff wrote:
>Loess ..<snip>.. is a term applied to a type of fine-grained, yellowish
brown, extremely fertile soil deposited by the wind.
We have a similar phenomenon here whereby, every summer, the wind picks
up the top layer of red soil from Dianne Dalla-Santa's garden in Swan
Hill, and deposits it in my garden in Castlemaine. (slight exaggeration
- but very close to the truth). This layer is, unfortunately very thin,
but spreads itself evenly over the garden, the cars, and my Grand Piano.
(perhaps I should try planting something there?) It is very fertile
(from the fertiliser additions made on wheat farms) and also introduces
new varieties of weeds, for our pleasure.
How long would I have to wait for it to build to a depth of several
hundred feet? :-)
Jan Clark, in Australia
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