Perth sand improvement

[Raelene]

There used to be a group of fellow that advertised on the web that they'd
drop of a trailor load of whatever in exchange for a carton of beer. It was
a legit business that happen to offer mulch, etc for free. However, I
believe it's stopped now.

You can get mulch for free from your local tip.

Raelene - sth of the river.
xxx


"Ivan McDonagh" > wrote in message
. 67...
> Hi :)
>
> I'm looking at trying to establish a vegetable garden (approx 100sq
metres)
> in my Perth backyard.
>
> The problem is, as anyone who knows Perth will know,is that it's one big
sand pit :(
>
> My current thoughts are to get a load of dried chicken manure (is there a
> way of getting large quantities of this stuff for free ?), spread this on
> the sand, cover this with fresh grass clippings, more chicken manure, more
> grass and etc. Keep this damp using scheme water for about 3 months, turn
> the whole area over with a spade and then dig again with a fork.
>
> Repeat above and repeat one more time. This should take me to about
October
> when I can finally start my summer crop planting.
>
> The questions are :
>
> 1. Is it possible to get large quantities of manure (any kind) for free ?
> 2. Using the process above, is it reasonable to expect that the sand will
> be substantially improved ?
> 3. Is there likely to be sufficient nutrients in the soil to support
> reasonably intensive vegetable growing ?
> 4.Does anyone have any other ideas for turning sand into soil ?
>
> Thanks very much for all assistance.
>
> Ivan.


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[Ivan McDonagh]

"Raelene" > wrote in
u:

> There used to be a group of fellow that advertised on the web that
> they'd drop of a trailor load of whatever in exchange for a carton of
> beer. It was a legit business that happen to offer mulch, etc for
> free. However, I believe it's stopped now.
>
> You can get mulch for free from your local tip.
>
> Raelene - sth of the river.
> xxx
>
>

What a pity they've stopped !

I didn't think about mulch from the tip - some of us just aren't very
bright I suppose *LOL*

Never mind, my brother knows a fellow with a 11m3 tipper so I'll bite the
bullet and get him to pick up 2 or 3 loads of chook poop for me. I made
some enquiries on the cost and one of the local farms (southern river)
offers to load a trailer (any -reasonable- size) for $20/load. I'm
expecting that the tipper will cost in the region of $100/load but that
seems like a good investment.

I'll go with the original plan, rotary hoe just before planting to make
sure everything is really well mixed in and then do a soil test.

Thanks for the replies.

Ivan.

[Ivan McDonagh]

"Raelene" > wrote in
u:

> There used to be a group of fellow that advertised on the web that
> they'd drop of a trailor load of whatever in exchange for a carton of
> beer. It was a legit business that happen to offer mulch, etc for
> free. However, I believe it's stopped now.
>
> You can get mulch for free from your local tip.
>
> Raelene - sth of the river.
> xxx
>
>

What a pity they've stopped !

I didn't think about mulch from the tip - some of us just aren't very
bright I suppose *LOL*

Never mind, my brother knows a fellow with a 11m3 tipper so I'll bite the
bullet and get him to pick up 2 or 3 loads of chook poop for me. I made
some enquiries on the cost and one of the local farms (southern river)
offers to load a trailer (any -reasonable- size) for $20/load. I'm
expecting that the tipper will cost in the region of $100/load but that
seems like a good investment.

I'll go with the original plan, rotary hoe just before planting to make
sure everything is really well mixed in and then do a soil test.

Thanks for the replies.

Ivan.

[Ivan McDonagh]

"Raelene" > wrote in
u:

> There used to be a group of fellow that advertised on the web that
> they'd drop of a trailor load of whatever in exchange for a carton of
> beer. It was a legit business that happen to offer mulch, etc for
> free. However, I believe it's stopped now.
>
> You can get mulch for free from your local tip.
>
> Raelene - sth of the river.
> xxx
>
>

What a pity they've stopped !

I didn't think about mulch from the tip - some of us just aren't very
bright I suppose *LOL*

Never mind, my brother knows a fellow with a 11m3 tipper so I'll bite the
bullet and get him to pick up 2 or 3 loads of chook poop for me. I made
some enquiries on the cost and one of the local farms (southern river)
offers to load a trailer (any -reasonable- size) for $20/load. I'm
expecting that the tipper will cost in the region of $100/load but that
seems like a good investment.

I'll go with the original plan, rotary hoe just before planting to make
sure everything is really well mixed in and then do a soil test.

Thanks for the replies.

Ivan.

[Ivan McDonagh]

"Raelene" > wrote in
u:

> There used to be a group of fellow that advertised on the web that
> they'd drop of a trailor load of whatever in exchange for a carton of
> beer. It was a legit business that happen to offer mulch, etc for
> free. However, I believe it's stopped now.
>
> You can get mulch for free from your local tip.
>
> Raelene - sth of the river.
> xxx
>
>

What a pity they've stopped !

I didn't think about mulch from the tip - some of us just aren't very
bright I suppose *LOL*

Never mind, my brother knows a fellow with a 11m3 tipper so I'll bite the
bullet and get him to pick up 2 or 3 loads of chook poop for me. I made
some enquiries on the cost and one of the local farms (southern river)
offers to load a trailer (any -reasonable- size) for $20/load. I'm
expecting that the tipper will cost in the region of $100/load but that
seems like a good investment.

I'll go with the original plan, rotary hoe just before planting to make
sure everything is really well mixed in and then do a soil test.

Thanks for the replies.

Ivan.

[Raelene]

"Ivan McDonagh" > wrote in message
. 67...
> "Raelene" > wrote in
> u:
>
> > There used to be a group of fellow that advertised on the web that
> > they'd drop of a trailor load of whatever in exchange for a carton of
> > beer. It was a legit business that happen to offer mulch, etc for
> > free. However, I believe it's stopped now.
> >
> > You can get mulch for free from your local tip.
> >
> > Raelene - sth of the river.
> > xxx
> >
> >
>
> What a pity they've stopped !
>
> I didn't think about mulch from the tip - some of us just aren't very
> bright I suppose *LOL*
>
> Never mind, my brother knows a fellow with a 11m3 tipper so I'll bite the
> bullet and get him to pick up 2 or 3 loads of chook poop for me. I made
> some enquiries on the cost and one of the local farms (southern river)
> offers to load a trailer (any -reasonable- size) for $20/load. I'm
> expecting that the tipper will cost in the region of $100/load but that
> seems like a good investment.
>
> I'll go with the original plan, rotary hoe just before planting to make
> sure everything is really well mixed in and then do a soil test.
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>
> Ivan.

Ivan: go to ------------> http://www.mulchnet.com/

If you get some, I want half. ;-)

Raelene
xxx







>
>

[Wanda Too]

"Raelene" > wrote in message
u...
>
> "Ivan McDonagh" > wrote in message
> . 67...
> > "Raelene" > wrote in
> > u:
> >
> > > There used to be a group of fellow that advertised on the web that
> > > they'd drop of a trailor load of whatever in exchange for a carton of
> > > beer. It was a legit business that happen to offer mulch, etc for
> > > free. However, I believe it's stopped now.
> > >
> > > You can get mulch for free from your local tip.
> > >
> > > Raelene - sth of the river.
> > > xxx
> > >
> > >
> >
> > What a pity they've stopped !
> >
> > I didn't think about mulch from the tip - some of us just aren't very
> > bright I suppose *LOL*
> >
> > Never mind, my brother knows a fellow with a 11m3 tipper so I'll bite
the
> > bullet and get him to pick up 2 or 3 loads of chook poop for me. I made
> > some enquiries on the cost and one of the local farms (southern river)
> > offers to load a trailer (any -reasonable- size) for $20/load. I'm
> > expecting that the tipper will cost in the region of $100/load but that
> > seems like a good investment.
> >
> > I'll go with the original plan, rotary hoe just before planting to make
> > sure everything is really well mixed in and then do a soil test.
> >
> > Thanks for the replies.
> >
> > Ivan.
>
> Ivan: go to ------------> http://www.mulchnet.com/
>
> If you get some, I want half. ;-)
>
> Raelene
> xxx


Raelene

are you anywhere near Ballajura? You're welcome to as much of my Mt Everest
of mulch as you want.