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  • From: "Judy & Ernie Duckworth" <jeduck AT midwest.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Re: Compost
  • Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 20:51:15 -0500

Kevin,
My understanding is that the compost was spread over the acre and them
double dug with a power spade. Then a bed raiser and plastic mulch layer was
used to form the beds.
Ernie

----- Original Message -----
From: Mayapple Farm and Gardens <mayapplefarm AT yahoo.com>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:56 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Re: Compost


> Ernie, you might want to recheck your compost
> quantities needed. I make 30 to 40 yards of compost a
> year, and just a few short days or weeks after
> spreading it and working it in, I can't tell it was
> ever there, other than in the performance of my crops.
> 50 yards is less than a half inch over an entire
> acre, although as I understand it, you will be using
> the compost as a mulch layer within the strawberry
> rows.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
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> Kevin L. Strohmeier
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