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Jeff Thies wrote:
Billy wrote:
In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:
In article ,
Jeff Thies wrote:
Billy wrote:
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s of color pictures, but overall it
seems to me to be mostly flash.
Anyway, lasagna gardening, the above URL calls for 2 vertical ft. of
mulch on the vegetable beds, mine are usually 3 - 4". Just make sure
that there is always mulch, no matter how thick it is. If you are
getting weeds, you'll probably want to increase the depth of the mulch.
I have an abundance of pine straw. My take is that this doesn't make
good compost as it breaks down slowly, but makes good mulch.
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/...335925165.html
I'll get this started today, in the meantime I have an abundance of
green, and not much other brown. So, I'm thinking... We had at one time
a horse in the neighborhood (I live in Atlanta proper) and chickens
across the road (I now know why a chicken crosses the road: It doesn't
care). But the chickens are all long gone.
I've had a long running compost pile at the dead end of my street
that leads to the woods. Unfortunately it now looks more like a garbage
dump, with shingles and all kinds of plastic tossed on. Sigh! Seems like
someone can always turn a good idea into hell. The reverse is not so easy.
Sometimes I think I live here mostly for amusement.
Jeff
Well, duh, I can hear the cosmic laughter from here ;O)
I don't see anything wrong with making conifers part of your mulch, but
remember that the soil flora and fauna are counting on the breakdown of
the mulch for nourishment, So, make sure that there is always some
leaves or straw in the mulch as well.
If you ever find a reference to pine needles lowering/not lowering pH,
I'd like to see it.
I have my blueberries planted next to a redwood stump. They don't seem
to be all that vigorous, but the soil should be fairly acidic. No, I
haven't checked the soil pH. Real men don't ask for directions, we wait
until we're out of gas ;O)
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- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg
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