Yup and the clay is the only thing keeping my plants from drying to a crispy between waterings , which has always been once a day. . .it has to be or they die real fast. . . I have to water less more times
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Iām on an old Indian village that had a lot of clay they uses for pottery making. . . Got some cool artifacts too
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Did ya ever throw down that straw mulch? What ya have lying around that would work?
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Well with the tire around the plants and the plants keeping in the moisture Iām going to hold off on that for now I want to use the straw as a top later over the winter to help compost everything better
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Wonder if those black Tires ( heat absorbtion)have any effect? Have you always used them ?
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No just when Iām throwing together a quick garden hehe but I have used them before and Iāve sprayed them white before too and it seems to be worse for some reason. . .I wouldnāt think so either but it does
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Youāll be amazed how soil structure will change by next spring throwing compost, leaves and such ā¦ your clay will turn to almost a nice Loam texture might take couple years to build it deep but water will go down deeper and hold as well!
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I send ya a pic of a cross section on a bed Iāv been working on for the last several years! I might have one around will have to look!
That is the plan. . .this is the first season Iāve grown on this piece of land so I just dug 3 foot deep holes and filled it with good soil and topped it with a tire lol
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Hereās a pic of what used to be heavy clay, hard as a rock when dry! Sticky ass shit when wet greasy id say ā¦ if Iād to take a shovel to this now wet or dry I could sink it easily 10" deep with no effort, REDS have been working it also for the last three years or so, this pic is a 6-7 inch trowel the clay on the bottom you can see just crumbles. aggregate in nature almost like cottage cheese!
I throw straw and fall leaves on it every year to keep the worms happy and fed!
I could dig a foot deep hole with a soup spoon! Iām very proud on how Iāv turned the shit soil a complete 180!
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Oh ya thatās some good looking soil. . . I need to start a worm farm for sure
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Ya I was thinking of taking a good 2-3 inches off the top for my boxes but decided against it and went with overwintered broken down sod pile that seems pretty good as well a bunch of night crawlers took up residence in it broke it down pretty good!
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You know how to wiggle your worms just right i guess 
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" Field of Dreams" build it and they will come! Lol has a lot of truth to it!
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Iāll give you a hundred bucks for every worm you find in a 5 mile radius around me hahahah if I donāt order them they WONāT come hahaha
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Do you following DR. Elaine Ingham? Canāt remember if we have discussed it in the past?
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Sheās not the edible plant lady is she?
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Very nice grow my man they all look so healthy
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Oh no! you need to look her up ! President of SOILFOODWEB!
Watch some of her YouTube vids she has others with farmer based clientele as well!
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