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Re[2]: Green Manure


     
Susan,
Earlier in my gardening career, I built a frame with a screen over it 
for sifting rocks.  I really hate rocks and was enthusiastic about 
removing them.

Lessons I've learned:
1.  I grow rocks better than anything.  I never run out of them
2.  Plants don't mind rocks as much as I (we?) do.
3.  After sifting rocks out of the garden, I then have to find 
something to do with them.

Think about how you'll do the sifting.  Set the screen on the ground; 
put in a shovel full of dirt; PICK UP the screen and shake.  Repeat 
many, many times.  My back and arms got pretty tired of this.  If you 
decide to go through with this, you might want to consider building 
some type of stand that would hold the screen up for you.

Tom in Raleigh, NC



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Subject: Re: Green Manure 
Author:  <veggie-list@eskimo.com > at NCDAMAIL
Date:    11/7/97 7:15 AM


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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