Coppice
SE-OH USAian
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 11:26 am Post subject: High carbon additions |
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In my usual pursuit of local free manure for the garden, I stumbled onto an old (big) pile of sawdust.
I'm on Ohioan clay and have some border planting to prep up for next year. That sawdust has lain inna pile for some years.
It should be just the ticket for a hugelkultur bed I've been scheming....
Its like christmas come early.
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eileen
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Scotland
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't it great when you find something useful like that just lying around? 
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Jerry Sullivan
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Chelmsford MA
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Years ago we had 15 oak trees taken down, the stumps were ground and the debris was put in a pile near the back woods. 15 years later I came across that pile, covered with weeds. For a long time I used the decomposed debris mixed with lime to renew several flower beds. It is now covered with pachysandra and daylilies.
Jerry
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