From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 7/28/19 4:30 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> On 7/24/19 4:37 AM, songbird wrote:   
   >>> does your soil contain any clay?   
   >>   
   >> It is mineral/rock powder.  It does not   
   >> retain water.  I does repel it though.  It   
   >> will eventually sink in, but takes about a   
   >> half hour of standing.  When it dries back out,   
   >> it is very similar to cement and will throw   
   >> sparks to a shovel or ax.   
   >   
   >    organic material and a bit of clay will help   
   > keep both water and nutrients in place.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
   Peat moss and organic chicken skat based fertilizer plus   
   back fill (2/3 is rock) seem to be doing the trick   
      
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