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Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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I think I am finished for the season. After digging and extending the patch (it doubled in size) I now want to boost my organic matter from 6.7% to 10% for next season--this will be the most difficult part of the soil amendments as it will require a lot of sweating. To this end I put in many bags of mostly maple leaves on the now 420 square feet patch. I just placed them overtop to keep the weeds down and prevent soil erosion (we get a lot of rain here and I am on a slope). In the spring I will till the leaves in and add some very old horse manure (this will be difficult as I will be carting it wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow) to the patch. Not sure how much I will need here yet but it will require some work? I did not plant rye as it takes quite a while to sprout in the colder weather of Nov and Dec, and it also requires a lot of work tilling in the spring. Last year I had rye shooting everywhere post dig--it does not die off that easily. I figure there are other ways to boost the OM right now--maybe when I get it where I want it I will plant rye earlier in the season.
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