Re: Improving the Soil

You could try using a bulb planter to make the hole and then filling them
with planting mix.  Then you can put the mulch on top.  I've been told that
mulch is food for the soil, not for the plants, and is best put on the
surface.  The only reason to incorporate it into the soil is to loosen clay
soils  the first time.

Madelin
USDA 9, Sunset 14



thought about
>>using a "bulb planter" to incorporate some organic matter deep between
>>the plants - and then organic mulch on top.


>I[ve been hearing a lot on other lists about putting amendments on top of
>the soil and letting gravity/nature/earthdwellers incorporate it into lower
>soil. Easy may be better.  They're also saying that organic matter tilled
>into soil doesn't benefit the soil as much as og placed on top, and allowed
>to work down on its own.
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