Thread: Add Topsoil Or Mix Manure/Compost With Existing Soil?
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:39 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Add Topsoil Or Mix Manure/Compost With Existing Soil?
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 19:18:10 -0600 (MDT), (Una) wrote:

brooklyn1 wrote:
It's not a question of "either or", compost and manure will continue
to compost until all that's left in less than two years is dust... on
a slope a few good rains and it will be gone...

To the extent this is true, it is true also for topsoil. Your point?

Top soil does not continue to decay at anywhere near the rate of
compost.
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