On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 07:54:40 GMT, "Doria"
wrote:


***I want to do this project at little to no cost.*** (I was challenged that
this is not possible)
The resources that are available to me are horse, sheep, and cow manure from
local ranches, pine needles, leaves, and grass clippings from neighbors,
plus any other scrounging (cardboard, tires, so on).

You might want to read 'Lasagna Gardening' by Patricia
Lanza. I'd think you could manage quite well with those
ingredients...

Or not read it: just put down the cardboard first, then
pile everything else up on top and wait for it to rot.
And it will make soil for you.

I'd ignore the rocks, as I (I personally) would not be
capable of getting them out. Getting them out would enable
you to till, but you can use a no-till system with the rocks
in place. If you think about this: trees and weeds and so
on manage to get their roots past rocks.

We've put tire planters (tires with the sidewalls cut off)
down on top of rocky soil, then filled the tires with
mushroom soil, and planted in them. Very good results.

Anyway... that's what I'd do.

Pat
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