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I get topsoil in bags from home depot but I find all these sticks, wood chips, rocks, bark, and clumps of stuff that doesn't look like dirt. Maybe ashes?
Is there a good place to get good rich, black topsoil in Greenville other than the big box home stores?
Our clay soil here is not very good for growing a garden, I don't think.
I usually get manure, but I have seen some really rich looking organic compost in Wellford at a garden center. It's just a bit too expensive for me. I'm happy with the manure I get in Greer. You are correct, the clay rocky soil sucks here!
Ok maybe I will check into some of the compost. Maybe buy a bag and see how it looks. I did get some manure and mixed it about 60 /40 so maybe things will come up okay. Thanks for the tips, Eldemila. I might check with some local garden centers instead.
Ok maybe I will check into some of the compost. Maybe buy a bag and see how it looks. I did get some manure and mixed it about 60 /40 so maybe things will come up okay. Thanks for the tips, Eldemila. I might check with some local garden centers instead.
Better if you don't buy it by the bag, then you get to see what you are getting. The good "poop" is usually sold by the scoop. Thankfully I'm able to borrow a pick up truck when needed. I just got 2 scoops of poop yesterday. Was like black gold! Today was alpaca poop. I'm so pooped out!
Someone recently posted in another thread that he gets dirt and manure from the Happy Cow Creamery in Pelzer. I like Tom Trantham's farming methods, and I would expect the byproducts of his operations to be of the highest quality.
LOL. You're funny. I ought to try this. Problem #1 is that I don't have a pick-up truck, so I might be stuck with bags until then. The Black Kow manure I got in the bag at Home Depot seemed like authentic poop. It sure smelled like it. (Holds nose).
LOL. You're funny. I ought to try this. Problem #1 is that I don't have a pick-up truck, so I might be stuck with bags until then. The Black Kow manure I got in the bag at Home Depot seemed like authentic poop. It sure smelled like it. (Holds nose).
Do what I do...borrow someone's truck! Black Kow shouldn't smell. Actually any aged compost really shouldn't smell. I can stand next to a huge pile of manure, then on top of it as I'm shoveling it and no smell. Trust me, if it did smell (as some alpaca poo did one time) I won't use it. Okay, I used the alpaca poo months later.
P/M if you want for the compost they have in Wellford. I know they, and many other places will deliver. Guess it all depends on how much you want, where you're located and how much you want to spend.
I highly recommend Mushroom Compost from Lowes. It is ultra rich, black soil and plants absolutely thrive in it. I have been using it for over 2 years now and will never switch off to anything else. I can't recommend it enough.
Thank you all for these excellent ideas! My gardening ambitions are unlimited at this point.
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