...with my soil.

This is not the raised bed crap that I had problems with last year.

THis is the in ground bed I started last spring. There's so much good stuff in there, it's dark, and totally fluffy. I added some compost yesterday and with my early spring muscles (wimpy), easily turned it over. It was after a rain and when I stuck the shovel in, it went, "ppfffftt", which I'm imagining is a good sound. I stood on a chair to drive a bamboo pole in and the chair legs sunk in several inches. I just thought, "I love you soil".

Woo Hoo Girl!

Great news!

Must not have gotten as much rain as me if you are digging in there. Glad you got some compost incorporated in there.

Where is this new bed located in your yard and PICTURE PLEASE! Bamboo from your dad's I guess! 30 foot tall bamboo stakes then! ahahahah Cool! Want to see!

Thank you for your testamonial about using what Ma Nature has given us right under our own feet and not what garden hucksters tell us we need to go out and buy or find so our plants do not have to touch the earth.

Our soil is our greatest asset and what has, and will, continue to feed this planet. Compost or the lasagna scheme alone won't do it. There is not enough organic material available to grow the worlds food in. "Mel's mix" is not the answer since his costly system can not even begin to be afforded by most of the worlds population.

Our soil is there ready to feed us if we will only give it the care it needs and by carefully using our increasingly deminishing available organic material to feed it.

Wayne