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Re: Could use some advice

phosphate rock, builder's sand (to break up the clay and add drainage)
peat, dolomite lime if it's acid, seaweeds of any stripe, cocoa bean
shells, coffee grounds (if it's too limey) any amount of chopped-up leaves
from your local park, all your friends' (that don't use round-up) grass
clippings, cottonseed meal for nitrogen, crushed shells of any kind,
chopped-up waste from local farms, i.e. corn stalks, etc.

But there's nothing wrong with manure, especially chicken, and especially
from a free-range place. Oh, and rabbit manure is very good, too. They're
vegetarians, and aren't fed ground up sheep, like the cattle that have BSE,
aka Mad Cow Disease.

Denise McCann Beck
USDA Zone 7
Sunset Western 4
Coastal Bristish Columbia

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> From: SequoyahGa@aol.com
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Could use some advice
> Date: September 18, 1997 12:49 PM
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I could sure use some advice. I'm new to gardening and am planning my
first
> vegetable garden next spring. Is it too early to start preparing the soil
> (Georgia clay)? I would prefer not to use any animal products in my
garden
> such as manure or bone meal, what other options do I have to add
nutrients to
> this hard clay soil?
> 
> Thanks,
> Victoria
> North Georgia, Zone 7
> SequoyahGa@aol.com
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