Over the past several I have been putting a lot of leaves and grass clipping
in my garden. Usually a lot more grass than leaves. Now my soil is very
fine, good veggies but need to tighten up my soil, any suggestions.

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"casabragg" wrote:

Over the past several I have been putting a lot of leaves and grass clipping
in my garden. Usually a lot more grass than leaves. Now my soil is very
fine, good veggies but need to tighten up my soil, any suggestions.

Sand.
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"casabragg" wrote in message
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Over the past several I have been putting a lot of leaves and grass
clipping
in my garden. Usually a lot more grass than leaves. Now my soil is very
fine, good veggies but need to tighten up my soil, any suggestions.



What is the base topsoil like? How thick? What is underneath?

What do you mean by "tighten" it?

Why do you want to do that?

David

casabragg wrote:
Over the past several I have been putting a lot of leaves and grass clipping
in my garden. Usually a lot more grass than leaves. Now my soil is very
fine, good veggies but need to tighten up my soil, any suggestions.



why? If you're getting good veggies why mess with it? But if
you feel as if you must... ;-) Composted cow manure and
'till it in. Should be available at most any nursery.

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Steve

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message
"casabragg" wrote:

Over the past several I have been putting a lot of leaves and
grass clipping
in my garden. Usually a lot more grass than leaves. Now my soil
is very
fine, good veggies but need to tighten up my soil, any
suggestions.

Sand.

If the OP means by "fine" that his/her soil is powdery and like dust
rather than having a soil like texture, then I'd agree that sand and
animal manure would help to correct it, but rather than cow manure,
I'd suggest horse manure - more humus than cow. (I have lots of cows
and thus lots of manure but I make regualr pilgrimages to a neighbour
to collect horse manure). Adding both sand and manure probably
wouldn't do any harm whatever his/her problem is.