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Helene,
If your soil was not very
fertile, certainly adding any and all sources of fertility will help.
There is no comparison between any plant grown with optimal fertility and one
grown with low fertility. Sand is inert and can't hold onto
nutrients. Clay and organic matter are very good at holding onto
nutrients. So your beaver dam collection is definitely a wonderful
find. And as you are so far north, the organic matter will last a long
time in the soil.
However, there is no reason not
to simply add some borax and see if things do better. At 11 pounds
per acre max, you just buy some Twenty Mule Team borax in the grocery laundry
section and sprinkle it like fairy dust. You could even try planting one
little patch of beets with it and one without. Please share results with
us. I haven't done anything so dramatic, all I know is I have nice beets
this year, as nice as I could want. Never before would they grow taller
than an inch. And not one sign of "virus" in the
tomatoes. Donna
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