Re: What's your secret to a vegatable garden?
OH ,... HORSE CRAP!<br />plenty-O-organics mixed into the soil. we use aged horse-crap. it's wonderful stuiff. looks like hi-grade potting soil. we know some folks with horses who are thrilled that we take it.<br />'bout the only draw back is, weeds. when a horse passes his business, a lot of weed seeds pass with it.<br />some of my neighbors have mentioned that they can tell when a radish was grown in horse-crap soil because it seems to have a bit more of a zing in it then radishes grown without horse crap.<br /><br />at this point, above is nuthin' but words. with all of the rain we've had since April, our garden isn't even in yet. MAYBE,.... MAYBE today or tomorrow. our garden is in a clearing, in the "flats" at the bottom of a "holler". gets plenty-o-sun BUT,... takes FOREVER to dry out (due to convergence of surrounding terrain). last year we planted in April. By early May, it looked like a rice paddy. we had to replant,......about this time, when it finally dried out abit.<br /><br />don't forget to turn the soil at the end of the season. it will make spring plowing (tilling) much easier AND it'll work all of the residual plant organics into the soil.<br /><br />Good Luck<br />HAVE FUN!