Re: Soil

Thanks, Gene!  And my last question on this topic: when spreading compost at
this time of the year, do you have to be careful to keep it away from plant
stems as with mulch during the growing period?  (I would assume if compost
were spread very early in the spring before things start coming up, there
would be no worry about this at all.)

Diann

-----Original Message-----
From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
GeneBush
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 7:57 AM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [SG] 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
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