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[Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 1/31/2008, you wrote:
> It's a lovely idea and I wish it could be proved true. High-organic-
> content soil is good for many reasons: erosion resistance,
> microorganism health, drainage, oxygen pathways, and not least, plant
> food production.

But the carbon in this dead zone is unavailable to plants except as water 
storage.  The carbon and nitrogen are food for the microbes that break them 
down to make them available to growing plants.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com