From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2019-12-02 05:44, songbird wrote:   
   >    we had a few days last week that were warm enough   
   > where i could get out and finish cleaning up a few   
   > gardens (burying garden debris), but that is likely   
   > the last of that sort of thing i'll be doing outside   
   > for the season.   
   >   
   >    i wasn't even really planning on doing this but it   
   > just worked out.  with all the rains and snow we've   
   > had (that's melted) the garden i was mostly digging in   
   > was muddy, but i really wanted those last two gardens   
   > cleaned up.   
   >   
   >    normally i have a policy of trying to bury what is   
   > grown in a garden in the same garden where it was   
   > grown.  this returns the nutrients and fiber to the   
   > soil and gives the worms something to work on through   
   > the winter.  this time though because i was planning   
   > on digging up most of the garden in the spring i was   
   > not able to stick to this policy and buried it in   
   > another garden instead.  the other reason to not bury   
   > things in a different garden than where grown is to   
   > cut down on spreading weeds/weed seeds around (which   
   > isn't a major problem inside the fence, but every   
   > little bit helps).   
   >   
   >    the garden that got all the debris is yet another   
   > pretty fertile heavy clay garden here.  it has been   
   > amended in the past, but not very deeply so each time   
   > i get a chance to add to it and to work down a little   
   > more it makes progress.  i have buckets of ashes to   
   > use up too - i put some of those in with the organic   
   > material - the next few times i did through that area   
   > (i don't disturb a whole garden that often so it may   
   > take a few years to get all the way through a garden   
   > again) it will get mixed in better.   
   >   
   >    the biggest improvements are in getting the area   
   > raised up a bit and better drainage where some worms   
   > can hide out.  i was glad to see that there were worms   
   > in the garden.  it had been amended before with the   
   > worms and worm compost and other organic materials so   
   > they had enough to eat.  it takes about 3-5yrs of   
   > amending a solid clay garden here before i see a   
   > reasonable number of worms in them.  it really helps   
   > if when i start out i dig a few deeper holes and bury   
   > organic material in them so that worms have a place to   
   > be during the hot and cold parts of the season.  a   
   > shovel and a half seems to work ok for the depth here.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
      
   My garden is covered in snow.  It has been snowing for   
   the last four days.  But not very hard.   
      
   I stuck my Choke Berry clipping in the ground a week ago.   
   I think I hear him calling me names from under the snow.   
   I could be the wind though.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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