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To: greeneyes; All
My native soil tends to repel water. Water just beads up on the fine powdery sand and is very slow to absorb. To fix that, I've been adding gypsum.

One source of gypsum is old sheetrock. Not being one to waste a resource, I've been using it to add the gypsum. It takes forever to break into useful small bits for incorporation into the soil.

So today, I tried using my Corona grain mill. I fed it busted up chunks of sheetrock and easily got out nice, easy to spread and incorporate particles. It's much faster than the hammer and flat rock method I was using before.

/johnny

327 posted on 09/24/2013 11:46:27 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

A new use for stuff is always nice.


328 posted on 09/24/2013 1:21:21 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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