[JRandomFreeper]

No, they push out of the way when it's time to plant. The south american terra preta uses broken pottery, organic material and charcoal to provide micro environments for soil organisms.

After I finish mechanically preparing the area, I will treat it with compost tea, a strong brew of soil microorganism that will have places to take up residence and grow strong.

I'm serious about taking care of the soil, and letting the soil take care of the plants.

/johnny

[MomwithHope]

Spent 2 weeks cleaning out the barn after we had our dear last dairy goat Mira put down at the vet. Barn has a concrete floor and drain and I spent 2 weeks doing each of the 4 sections of slabs scrubbing and then painting with 3 coats of Behr’s Deckover (a great product for wood decks or concrete). Just finished on Friday and yhe barn in quiet and clean andwhat do I see about an hour ago? A big fat female groundgog in Mira’s old outside pen nosing around. That’s all I need is her tunnelling under the concrete. So I got out our .22 and (with a scope) got her at about 120 feet. The n I took out a nice mac n cheese casserole out of the oven. All in all a good morning. Canned a half bushel of tomatoes yesterday.

[Marcella]

In thinking about refreshing the potting soil mix next spring, I'm getting “10 Lbs of Azomite - Organic Trace Mineral Soil Additive Fertilizer - 67 Trace Minerals”. It doesn't take much to add to a container.

Along with the Azomite, I'm getting 15 lbs. of earthworm castings to add some to every container.

Do I need something other than these two additives to refresh potting soil mix? If so, what? (I'm not adding untreated manure so don't even suggest it.) :o)