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Re: Green Manure

I have been trying to get my garden cleaned up.  It is football season, so
most of my Saturdays have been spent at the stadium.  GO Penn State!  I also
do  crafts shows so I have had a few of them lately.  Last weekend was a
complete wash out, literally, we had over 3 inches of rain.  I did manage to
get out in the graden between showers and pull the majority of the dead
plants.  

I would like to try chopping up the leaves from the yard and covering the
garden with a layer of them followed by a layer of compost.  I am in central
PA so hopefully I can get this done before the snow falls.  The weather is
raining right now and tomorrow is the big game between PSU and Michigan so
you know where I'll be.  

One of my plans for the spring is to fabricate some sort of screen to sift
out the rocks from the soil.  I thought I could get some of the 1 inch wire
fencing and put it over a square frame.  I would like to work on getting my
soil in better shape.  THis is only the third year I have had the garden
dug.  It used to be a grassy area of the yard.  Just when I thought I had
done a good job removing rocks, they had to dig up our water line which went
through the upper edge of the garden.  That area of the garden needs lots of
work now.  Anyone else use a frame for sifting top soil?




Susan W. Smith
State College, PA 16801
sws2@psu.edu
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