Re: Soil
Hello Diann,
Each to his/her own here, but I don't think it is going to hurt anything...
and certainly should help, to spread compost in the area. I would not overdo it in
any one year. Something like three inches this year,then a bit of mulch. Next year
you can do the same as most of your compost will have been used by the plants.
Everything will bet a bit of a feed and have a touch more loose soil for roots to
run and feed. I say go for it.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Diann Barbee Thoma <diannthoma@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: [SG] Soil
> And all it cost was a HECK of a lot of work! (But sounds luscious.)
>
> The problem I have with this great idea is that, whereas you obviously have
> lots of clear space to work over, I garden almost exclusively beneath old
> trees and established shrubs. I can't run a rototiller in there but
> definitely! I have done a few small raised beds, but mostly I've worked
> (amateurishly) creating a woodland garden using ground where I found it. I
> could certainly dig around more than my target spot and larger than twice
> the width of the current plant roots....
>
> And I'm wondering if a thick layer of compost now or in Spring over the
> whole thing will start to improve what's already been done.
>
> Diann
