Originally Posted By: AuntyM
I am envious! The only way I could get my soil to stick together is if I used Elmers glue!

I have been amending the sand and gravel here for 8 years. It's pathetic.


Compost. It will take awhile, like a few years, to develope a good soil.

Originally Posted By: Jason Y
Finished area, I added 10lbs of coffee grounds and 1/2 wheel barrow of compost (chicken manure,grass clippings,leafs, and cedar chips from the chicken house) Might be to hot, I am the trail and error type. Should read a book about it.


I'm going off memory here, but the ratio should be in the neighborhood of 90% carbon (leaves, sawdust) and 10% nitrogen (grass clippings, greens, manure). One sign of going too hot on the nitrogen is a strong odor. Good compost will only have an earthy, dirt odor.