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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 2699705" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Getting ours ready also. Garden is a fenced in area beside the shop building with a tilled area 6x40. Have not had a garden for a couple years, but very tired of cardboard tomatoes and veggies that rot almost before you get them home from the store.</p><p></p><p>It has heavy clay soil that I had tried to work in sand, mulch, sawdust, manure, etc over the years that did not help a lot. Took a soil sample to OSU a couple months ago and adjusted items they recommended best I could and tilled it in, so it should be balanced better, but we still have the clay base.</p><p></p><p>Then last week my neighbor talked me into taking his 26ft flat bed trailer to pick up a load of mushroom compost. I put about 6 inches of that compost on and re-tilled a couple of times mixing about 6 inches of my original soil in with it. Letting it simmer, and will re-till before planting. Hope it will loosen it up without burning the plants. Mushroom compost is not supposed to be too hot and will help reduce my phorhorus and potassium that we are still a little high on. </p><p></p><p>Wifey is planting a Garden Tower for 50 or so small plant on the carport. It is in the garage right now with the composting worms at 63' getting started. We will see how it goes.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to everyone with their garden.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 2699705, member: 24583"] Getting ours ready also. Garden is a fenced in area beside the shop building with a tilled area 6x40. Have not had a garden for a couple years, but very tired of cardboard tomatoes and veggies that rot almost before you get them home from the store. It has heavy clay soil that I had tried to work in sand, mulch, sawdust, manure, etc over the years that did not help a lot. Took a soil sample to OSU a couple months ago and adjusted items they recommended best I could and tilled it in, so it should be balanced better, but we still have the clay base. Then last week my neighbor talked me into taking his 26ft flat bed trailer to pick up a load of mushroom compost. I put about 6 inches of that compost on and re-tilled a couple of times mixing about 6 inches of my original soil in with it. Letting it simmer, and will re-till before planting. Hope it will loosen it up without burning the plants. Mushroom compost is not supposed to be too hot and will help reduce my phorhorus and potassium that we are still a little high on. Wifey is planting a Garden Tower for 50 or so small plant on the carport. It is in the garage right now with the composting worms at 63' getting started. We will see how it goes. Good luck to everyone with their garden. [/QUOTE]
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