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Old 06-21-2012, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 View Post
How did your soil test?
I am not an agriculturist, but it looks like sand to me. It could have a positive or negative ph but it has no rich loamy stuff to grow anything like our rich dirty dirt back in Ohio.

My farmin' friend in the village of Amelia, the almost centenarian who grows all those tomatoes, greenbeans, cabbage, green onions, and blueberries etc. enriches her sand with compost. That is why I like pine straw, it biodegrades and gives a little something for the plants to feed on.
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