High carbon additions

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  1. Coppice

    Coppice In Flower

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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.
     
  2. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Isn't it great when you find something useful like that just lying around? :-D
     
  3. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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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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