bev, one thing i'm curious about is why you need to do so much with your soil. GA is known for great soil quality. You are too far north for red clay. If you are in a hilly area, it should not have been overfarmed, like rob said has happened to VA. I would have thought you would have great thick black soil in that region..........bobford
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--- On Sun, 11/16/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Increasing Fertility To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 3:31 PM We had a small, 1/8 acre garden when I was a kid, and we always burnt it off in the fall..I think the prime purpose was disease preventing and to keep bugs from overwintering. It also made it easy to till under in the Spring.
bob ford wrote:
My uncle, and other people where I grew up, would'burn' their
fields/gardens every year or two. Would thataccomplish the same
result? Is it even allowed anymore?-- “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
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