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I think it was in Holland a grower walked over his land he had a 6ft cane. he just pushed it down into the soil it must have been peat just to think how many million years it must have taken to leave such a deposit.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 10:42 AM
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Re: Ciel
There have been several examples of no dig. Covering with straw etc. Personally, I never like the idea it would become too musky. I don't much like the idea of the cardboard setup I think it would dry out too quickly in hot weather and one has to think It might be a good place for slugs to breed. I must just mention I put some weed retarding material down it was really heavy stuff three years later it is covered with weeds and unless one used weed killer the other solution would be to pull it all up and let it dry out. Be lucky.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 10:38 AM
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Re: Good Morning goldiec
Some countries do have vast reserves of peat but you can guess we are the size of California roughly.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 10:29 AM
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Re: FS
Yes, one did not want the cam belt to break. There is always a market for something.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 10:27 AM
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I didn't realize there is so much that goes into composting...As someone in the car wash business, this strikes me about the car.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 23, 2022 at 6:25 AM
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Good Morning
I'm not sure about peat bogs. I have to ask Roy about this. He may know about it. I hope you have a good day.
posted by
Goldiec
on March 23, 2022 at 5:52 AM
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I just saw an episode of Escape to the Country where they demonstrated starting a no-dig garden patch by laying down cardboard, wetting it down, and layering a few inches of compost over it. Then they planted it with little lettuce starts. I might be trying that! They didn't specify what kind of compost.
posted by
Ciel
on March 23, 2022 at 5:24 AM
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Re: It doesn't seem to me we have peat bogs anywhere near this area,
I think some countries have vast expanses, Pat, but they keep trying to sell bags of
various mixes, coconut fibre and something that look like straw and sawdust. It is unusual to see peat offered, and I expect it will soon be prohibited.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 1:30 AM
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Re: Good Afternoon Sassy
I don't know much about that plant sassy, I would look up on Google to see if it 
was lime tolerant.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 1:25 AM
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Re: sassy
Thanks, sassy will tune in later. A new one on me.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 1:22 AM
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Re: adnohr
Yes we use compost bins love to see the brambling worms chewing through the good stuff . The compost we buy is for seedlings and growing plants I hope your dahlias, make it, I don't expect we will lose any as it has been such a mild winter. In any case the roots are so large now that we would struggle to move them.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 23, 2022 at 1:21 AM
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Manure based here too. We make much of our own - anything food related, but not including meat. goes into our compost bin. I'm all new at this, but Karen is an experienced gardener.
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adnohr
on March 23, 2022 at 12:35 AM
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Re: I need to reiterate, it was a "Hot Rod Lincoln."
You can hear the song here at this link...https://youtu.be/jDJgU63zYo0
posted by
Sherri_G
on March 22, 2022 at 2:02 PM
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That racer reminds me of that song about the "hot rod Ford." It went so fast that the telephone poles looked like a picket fence. 
posted by
Sherri_G
on March 22, 2022 at 1:56 PM
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Good afternoon
It appears that my aloe vera plant would have prospered from some of that peat. I guess that there are many plants that are dependent upon the brown deposit. I now have to go back and buy a new plant as I murdered the first one. 
posted by
Sherri_G
on March 22, 2022 at 1:54 PM
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It doesn't seem to me we have peat bogs anywhere near this area,
being midway between the oceans and at least 1,500 miles from either of them. The Gulf of Mexico is maybe 400 or so miles south of here, and there are some swamps along the lowlands in the south, Florida and Louisiana. Most of the supplements to farmland I'm familiar with are manure-related.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 22, 2022 at 1:10 PM
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