RE: worms /soil building
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: worms /soil building
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:18:51 -0700
Another good scenario to use the method described earlier is when you want a
bed where a large gree is. You can't really raise the bed too much or you'd
run the risk of damaging the tree (no oxygen, I guess), but the
compost/cardboard/compost allows for pretty generous planting in a
previously nearly impossibly site.
Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is just a little old fashioned garden where the
flowers come together to praise the Lord and teach all
who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
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> From: lowery@teamzeon.com [l*@teamzeon.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 11:54 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: worms /soil building
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> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 04/15/99 02:53 PM
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> I agree with Susan. I don't own a tiller and because all of
> my beds are
> jam-packed with plants, I don't see where I'd ever use it
> except to make a
> new bed. What I do, however, is top-dress my beds every year
> with manure
> or bagged compost. At the very least, I'll throw on some slow-release
> fertilizer along with my shredded bark mulch. I let the
> worms do their
> thing as I'm too lazy to try and dig in all of that stuff.
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> I've also learned that it takes hard work to remove sod to
> make a new bed.
> It is so easy just to do the layering thing that has been
> discussed. Did
> two beds like that and it's like magic. If it can bust up
> red clay, then
> it will work anywhere. The worms, centipedes, and other
> assorted bugs love
> the decomposing grass and newspapers. I've also extended
> existing beds the
> same way. The hardest part is the long wait. I do this
> layering thing in
> the spring to plant the following spring. All of the summer
> heat really
> bakes the mixture and it gives the bed time to REALLY decompose.
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> I've tilled and I've layered. Layering is the best.
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> Val in KY
> zone 6a
> (who is now thinking of another new bed...)
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