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Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil

From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
To: cheselka AT theriver.com, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:55:07 -0500

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:35:58 -0500, you wrote:

>I'll also get cover crops into my plans for this year. Of course I'll
>still continue to make gobs of compost for my "tire garden" (300+
>2-tire-high stacks for growing melons, summer/winter squash, cukes, and
>pumpkins) as well as using it to ammend my virgin soil.
>

I like buckwheat for a summer cover crop, and I grow it in
any of my tire-planters that are empty for a while (between
crops).

When it's time to cut it, we just cut it with the string
trimmer. Then I just mix it in to the soil using hand
tools.

Pat
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RE: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil , (continued)
- Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Allan Balliett, 01/02/2005
  - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Tradingpost, 01/04/2005
    - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Allan Balliett, 01/04/2005
      - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Tradingpost, 01/04/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Paul Range, 01/04/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, cheselka AT theriver.com, 01/03/2005
  - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Allan Balliett, 01/03/2005
    - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Pat Meadows, 01/03/2005
    - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Tradingpost, 01/04/2005
  - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Pat Meadows, 01/03/2005
    - Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Allan Balliett, 01/03/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Application Rates for Poor Soil, Gloria Anderson Haswell, 01/04/2005
  - [Market-farming] Old Tires was Application Rates for Poor Soil, Allan Balliett, 01/05/2005
    - Re: [Market-farming] Old Tires was Application Rates for Poor Soil, Pat Meadows, 01/06/2005
      - [Market-farming] Re: Old Tires, Alliums, 01/06/2005
      - Re: [Market-farming] Old Tires was Application Rates for Poor Soil, Bill Bradshaw, 01/06/2005