I came across an interesting video that combines some thoughts I’ve attached to over the years. It inspires me to get some local rock dust from the gravel pits around here- we are a glaciated region. Well, I’m not considering becoming vegetarian any time soon, but it just makes sense to build the depleted soils…
soil amendments
making dirt #1: green manure
i am a longtime transplant into georgia upper-southern soil. gardening in the deeprich topsoil of ohio has been GREATLY missed, but over the years i have managed torecreate some version of that chocolate-cake dirt here in my gardens. the image ofmaking a cake is a pretty apt one; with the right ingredients, and long hours…