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To: Diana in Wisconsin; CaptainPhilFan

If you like work; or need exercise, you can always try double digging.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_digging


47 posted on 01/22/2022 2:14:47 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: ApplegateRanch; CaptainPhilFan

BTDT and it sucks and only lasts a few years it seems like.

CaptainPhilFan described it as red clay and I don’t know if that’s the top soil and there’s a redder clay down below or if the top soil is simply gone. If it’s gone and there is no stratification between a topsoil and subsoil, double digging won’t do much. She/He/The may want to dig dig a hole a couple of feet deep and see that’s what. See if there’s layers or just all red clay.

I got lucky when I bought this place. We do have red clay for subsoil and a lot of rocks and many people don’t have much of anything for topsoil but this place has a flat spot with anywhere from 1-2 foot of fairly rock free clayey loam and according to the USGS soil survey, this type of top soil/subsoil combo is considered prime farmland. I only have 2-3 acres out of 14 that’s not rocky as can be but that 2-3 acres is enough for me. The goats seem to be fine with the rest and I don’t have to trim hooves because the rocks do it for me.


48 posted on 01/22/2022 2:30:22 PM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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