RE: [CH] Chile-head wannabe
T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:51:09 -0400
Hi, Lora, and welcome.
I would recommend the following for your garden -- start a compost pile now.
You will need someplace to throw all of the vegetable scraps from your
garden and also a place for leaves this fall. Turn, water, and generally
tend the pile as needed. Then, early next spring, till the compost into
your garden plot. The manure you mentioned for this fall can also be
composted (although it will most likely "compost in place" by next spring if
you turn it into your garden this fall). One last note -- don't
"over-modify" the soil in the area where you will be planting herbs as they
generally like pretty poor quality soil. Good luck.
Matt
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T. Matthew Evans
Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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> I wasn't sure how they would do out here in the sandhills. I'll
> be planning
> better next year. Garden plot will be larger and this fall I'll
> work a lot
> of manure into the soil. So...what are the basics I need in my garden to
> become more of a Chile-head? I want to put in an herb garden as well so
> please help!
>
> Lora - Chile-head in training
>