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- From: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>
- To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Question about compost...
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:47:02 -0500
I don't, but if the bed is just raised a little
(say 8"), it's probably ok. I think of the raised bed as a kind of
container, and since my business is raising trees in containers, I have a bit of
experience with that. You want the mix to approximate really good soil, so
it should have significant mineral content, not just organic matter.
Around Central Texas, we use Granite sand and Greensand, along with
well-aged compost that has a large percentage of woody
matter (to slow it down).
E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz
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[Livingontheland] The looming food crisis,
TradingPostPaul, 08/29/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] The looming food crisis, Liz, 08/30/2007
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[Livingontheland] Question about compost...,
Mike or Cheryl Modjeski, 08/30/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] Question about compost..., TradingPostPaul, 08/30/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] Question about compost..., E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 08/31/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] Question about compost..., Dieter Brand, 08/31/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] The looming food crisis,
Harvey Ussery, 08/31/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] The looming food crisis,
TradingPostPaul, 08/31/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] The looming food crisis, Liz, 08/31/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] The looming food crisis,
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