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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Don Bowen wrote:
> > If I busted up a 4x8 sheet, how would you spread that out and how long
> > would you wait until you 'amended' the soil again?
>
> No need to buy sheets of Drywall, just go buy bags of Gypsum unless you have
> a pile of scrap drywall left over. Gypsum is best for heavy clay soil.  The
> gypsum helps break up the bonding and loosens the soil.  In heavy adobe I
> added gypsum every year.


I have a pile of scrap pieces taking up space in my barn that I got off 
freecycle.  I used some when we had rabbits, but I still have a pile. 
I'd offer it again on freecycle, but now rats and birds and barn 
critters have fertilized it.

--
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will 
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius 
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the 
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone 
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve 
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge