2006-Feb-15
New Home on the Range
We are very new to this whole blogging thing, but this seems like a great place to start. Our small farm - 5 acres with one horse, two chickens, two rabbits, two dogs and oh yes - 4 children has been a great place to start. We've moved down south from the Midwest and would love any advice on how to plant a garden with this awful red clay.
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2006-Feb-15 - Welcome
 Posted by spinninggrandma
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Glad you are here!
Clay? You can do several things ... add sand .. add manure ... all your animals can help there. Mix it all in and keep mixing it in. There are others out there that are more experienced about that, but it's a job.
Easiest? Raised beds!!! Make bottomless boxes, lay them on the ground and fill them with the compost, manure and good stuff ... no digging!! And if you, eventually want to get rid of the boxes, the dirt will probably have filtered down enough to help the clay underneath.
Good luck!
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2006-Feb-27 - Good intro
 Posted by wannabeone
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Sounds like you're right where 85% of us wannabe's wannabe! What a blessing.
Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><
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2006-Jul-10 - Good Luck with the chicks
 Posted by cvwright
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I live in Virginia near Daleville, I wanted to raise chicken about a year ago and end up raising rabbits Californian. Wright's Rabbitry
Good luck on your farming
Butch
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