Compost, was soil
Gene, do you make all of your own compost? If not, what kind do you buy? I
have trouble getting enough finished for spreading in my yard, and I have a
much smaller property than you. Margaret L
At 07:35 AM 10/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello Diann,
> I believe you asked this question before.... I did not reply for I am not
>there to walk around your garden with you. don't know hat you are using for
>compost (that word covers a multitude of sins) what plants you are
>mentioning that
>still have green stems... what other plants are in your garden. Lots of
>variables
>here.
> From the whatever it is worth department... I do all of my planting
> (well,
>almost all) in the fall, spread compost and mulch generally get the garden
>ready
>for next spring. If I have a light compost to enrich the garden, I would
>not cover
>a stand of my Trilliums with 3 inches of compost. Would not bother me to
>lay that
>much over a Cimicifuga that gets 6 feet tall.
> As usual there is no one single answer to all in gardening.. mostly a
> matter
>of judgement where you stand.
> I say go for it, but proceed with caution. Do, but don't over-do.
> 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
>
>
> > 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
