permaculture

["Melinda Briana Epler" <permaculture@elementsintime.com>]

We just recently started our garden, and our soil was totally depleted
- dead.  Nothing would grow.  The people before us had used too many
chemicals and bad gardening practices.  So we brought in mushroom
compost and worms, just to start the ball rolling.  We figured we
would do it once, and then nurture our soil so that we never have to
do it again.

We found worms at wormman.com (they have a garden mix of red worms and
earthworms).  I'm sure there are worm farms in your neck of the woods
as well.  The mushroom compost came from a local landscape supply.
The mushrooms were grown using organic chicken manure, so we had the
benefit of that in the mix as well.

Good luck!

-- 
Melinda Briana Epler
Elements In Time
http://www.elementsintime.com/Blog.html


On 10/19/07, Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lflj@intrex.net> wrote:
> Vital Scherrer wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me what else I can do to improve the soil and to possibly
> > get earthworms, which penetrate, aerate and fertilize the soil?
>
> Manure & rock powder from a local rock quarry.
>
> --
> Lawrence F. London, Jr.
> lflj@intrex.net
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