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i used to live in an area that had leaf pick-up, which the city composted. you could take away as much as you wanted - first come/first serve. a dumptruck-load or two of that would help a lot in your case..
i used to live in an area that had leaf pick-up, which the city composted. you could take away as much as you wanted - first come/first serve. a dumptruck-load or two of that would help a lot in your case..
You're gonna laugh.... I never bag my leaves...I run the lawn mower over them every fall for past 4 years. Soil still disgusting.
You need worm dirt. Start vermiculturing some of that compost and amend that into your "soil" in addition to topsoil and other compost. Peatmoss is good for plants that like acidic conditions but should be mixed well with garden soil. The OP needs to check pH levels of his/her soil through the local extension office (take a sample in).
We had clay soil, hard as a rock, at our first house. It was so slick that the water would run off of it. So one weekend I got the trailer and the kids, and we went to a horse stable and cleaned out the stalls for free. We brought it all home and plowed it in the soil, let it lie fallow for a year. After that - the neighbors said I could shove a dead stick in the soil and two weeks later it would start to grow. Once you get the lil microbes and worms something to eat, your soil will take off. I raised full gardens every year, and planted peach trees, sand cherry bushes, daylilies, roses - you name it, the garden 'went fool'.
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