RE: soil, boil, toil, and trouble
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: soil, boil, toil, and trouble
- From: "* J* <M*@doaks.org>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:13:31 -0500
Thanks Brock for all your input!
Joe Mills
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>From: brocfarm@pacific.net[SMTP:brocfarm@pacific.net]
>Sent: Thursday, January 29, 1998 4:03 PM
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: RE: soil, boil, toil, and trouble
>
>>I am sure I have l00% organic soil because I wheelbarreled lthe l300
>>cubic ft of it myself from an ancient 25 foot high compost pile that
>>stands like a pyramid right next to my patch. I never tilled it in and
>>added l-2 yards of fully composted manure for my attempt last year. I am
>>wondering if I decide to add inorganic material to my soil whether I
>>till up what is mostlikely Virgina red clay from underneath my organic
>>topsoil or add sand and not till up the clay.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>Could I have the pleasure of knowing who Brock is?
>>
>mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>mmm
>
>Joe,
>
>Joe "Brock" is my last name and my first name is Michael but for some
>reason everyone calls me "brock" even my wife...... then there is the mix
>up of Vickie Brock on all these e-mail messages because my spouse owns this
>computer. I am very lucky she shares it........i grow organic vegetables
>and sell them at farmers markets.....but i don't grow these A.G.
>organically.......Why don't i grow these A.G.organically is because i need
>some place where I can nuke bugs to relieve the frustration of watching 50%
>of the crops get munch.......so the A.G are therapy for me.....Now back to
>your project you don't have to say it Joe but you haven't had your soil
>sent to a lab.......That is the first advice you will get from any serious
>A.G grower.....don't resist.......most clay soils are very high in
>magnesium so you don't want to use dolmite lime it will make your mag. even
>higher........clay soils are rich in minerals but there lock up tight
>adding compost helps them loosen......Chris Andersen had the worst clay
>adobe you have ever seen but he added a good amount of compost that loosen
>things up......I really can't tell you what would better adding sand or
>tilling its a judgement call you will have to make.....best of
>luck.....brock
>
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