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Post by gardener59 on Jan 10, 2006 8:48:38 GMT -6
Hello from Texas. My name is Nancy, and I do heirloom gardening and open pollinated gardening. However, we are in a long drought period here, so don't know what will happen come spring. I have heavy clay soil, and am unable to make compost because of a disability. Anyone know how I can amend this soil without using compost? This past year almost nobody was able to grow much of a garden due to heavy rain the entire fall and winter. It seems the soil was just depleted of nutrients. Any help you can give me would be much appreciated.
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Post by jeanette on Jan 10, 2006 9:09:41 GMT -6
hello nancy from texas!! i'm jeanette from iowa..
if you look in our garden section, the is a subboard about soil, and a section about clay... i hope this helps...
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Post by Songbird on Jan 10, 2006 19:12:40 GMT -6
Maybe you would be a good candidate for the square foot gardening  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2006 20:08:13 GMT -6
gotcha hooked dont we song?
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Jan 10, 2006 20:53:29 GMT -6
 Hi Nancy. Good to have another Texan added to our Phamley. Drought is worst I have seen since moving here in '78. . The cracks in my yard are getting deeper and wider. Need 12 inches of rain for starters. What part of Texas you livin?
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Post by deb65802 on Feb 22, 2006 18:34:18 GMT -6
the key to building the soil that will last through a drought is adding lots and lots and lots of mulch. Let the worms do the plwoing for you. They will turn the soil and breakdown the mulch into beautiful black gold.
leaves, grass clippings but one of the best is chipped wood from utility trucks. Just call the utlity company and ask to be on their drop off list. You will get tons of free mulch free. Herein Missouri we suffered too with the drought. In fact we still are. We had almost no garden until late August when we got a couple of rains and cooler temps. the spring gardens drown and the summer gardens dehydrated.
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Post by nvtashak on Feb 22, 2006 21:02:34 GMT -6
Can you tell us more about this chipped wood from utility company? Is it electric company or phone company or what that trims trees interfering with the overhead wires? Is that how they get the chipped wood?
Last year when they went on my neighbor's property with his permission and trimmed trees a previous owner had planted under the overhead wires, they just left the trimmings on the ground--and some were thick branches.
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