On 22/05/2019 20:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
All the recipes for JI composts call for a good percentage of "loam" -
whatever that is.

Loam is soil with an ideal mixture of sand, silt and clay, which tends
also to be humus rich. It's not nutrient poor like sandy soils, nor does
it waterlog or bake solid like clay soils.

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SRH