Prepping Soil In The Fall 
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MoreHi ML,
Well its sure getting cold fast here in the midwest. I've been paying attention to the gardning posts of late. I have two strips of land that I could grow on next year and I would like to know what I can do to the land now to prep it for next season. The land strips are small, about 15 Sq. Ft. I'm limited on funds so I'm looking for the cheaper soultions.
My plan is too dig up the dirt this weekend, and bury whatever I can to help the soil. I will be looking for a gardening supply store in my area but I'm not sure if they will sell the "rock dust" in small enough quanities for such a small amount of land. I'd buy more that I'd need but again, money is an issue.
Would the BSM and or fish help if I put it in the dirt this fall as opposed to next spring?
Thanks!
JML
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Hi JML,
Do you have any idea what kind of soil you have ?
Like what is it derived from--Limestone base--Granite Base--Sandstone base--or is it from the Glaciers--or from river washings--is it Clay or sandy ?
Does it have good drainage or is it tend to be wet and sticky ?
What color is the top soil of it and what color is the subsoil of it ?
Does it have small rocks in it or is it mostly clay or sand /
What crops do you want to grow ?
Smile Tis your choice.
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Do you have any idea what kind of soil you have ?
Like what is it derived from--Limestone base--Granite Base--Sandstone base--or is it from the Glaciers--or from river washings--is it Clay or sandy ?
Does it have good drainage or is it tend to be wet and sticky ?
What color is the top soil of it and what color is the subsoil of it ?
Does it have small rocks in it or is it mostly clay or sand /
What crops do you want to grow ?
If I were brave, I'd try to grow celery. I love my carrot / celery juices but "ALL" the available celery I can get is only 2 BRIX>
Thanks again!
JML
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This is a reply to # 762,125Hi JML,
OK ! For a simpler question, what state are you talking about and what area, like north south east or west part of the state ?
This will tell me enough info !
Smile Tis your choice.- Re: Prepping Soil In The Fall cass.gr
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This is a reply to # 762,128Sorry I but my answers in brackets and the site must have thought them HTML codes.
Do you have any idea what kind of soil you have ?
~Mid-west black dirt~
Like what is it derived from--Limestone base--Granite Base--Sandstone base--or is it from the Glaciers--or from river washings--is it Clay or sandy ?
~Northern Illinois close to Chicago. The best answer I could provide would be glaciers as I know its been said that glaciers have made rivers to lake Michigan~
Does it have good drainage or is it tend to be wet and sticky ?
~Most likely wet and sticky. I've also been told the reason my back yard is so bumpy is their used to be a small creek their but it was filled in for construction probably in the 50's or 60's. Its been rumored that their is large garbage buried in their like refrigerators ect...~
What color is the top soil of it and what color is the subsoil of it ?
~Its very dark black soil. I do not think I could dig deep enough to see subsoil?~
Does it have small rocks in it or is it mostly clay or sand /
~Small rocks. Perhaps small amount of sand little to no clay I'd think.~
What crops do you want to grow ?
~The most nutrient dense veggies I can in my area and or what will provide me with the most product as I only have small space. I was hoping I could plant “spring” crops first and “winter” crops after spring crop harvest. I’m not yet sure if that is possible. I know so little right now about gardening.
If I were brave, I'd try to grow celery. I love my carrot / celery juices but "ALL" the available celery I can get is only 2 BRIX~
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This is a reply to # 762,134Hi JML,
Ok, so you have some of the Black Prairie soil !
It may naturally grow good cole crops easier than some other soils !
I believe you said you had a small area of about 15 sq feet which is like 3 feet wide and 5 feet long ?
So this may be easy to take care of to grow some good food !
Try to find the Limestone and the Bone meal and some gypsum to apply this fall yet !
Since it is already getting cold up there, if you can loosen the topsoil some and then put the bonemeal down first and then the limestone and then the Gypsum, then you need to find some alfalfa hay from a feed supply house and get one square bale to spread over the garden soil for mulch this winter to help feed the soil Life and stop the ground from freezing and then water it down with some Sulfered Blackstrap Molasses , if you can find it and this may help the soil Life to start working !
Then in the spring time you can just rake back the mulch in different areas and plant your plants or seeds and as they start to grow add some more mulch around to stop any weeds from growing !
This should work very good for your cole crops and celery and carrots etc !
Divide your sq feet into the sq feet of what I had made suggestion, I believe it was for 250 sq feet, earlier, and as you may see it may not take very much Lime or Bonemeal or Gypsum, so the cost may not be very much !
The hay may cost the most ?
If you can not find the bale of hay, then you may be able to find alfalfa meal 50# to spread over the garden and then put oak or maple leaves or grass clippings over this for more mulch ?
Smile Tis your choice.
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