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Old July 15, 2012   #16
Tania
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Kath, for a wheelbarrow of compost I put 1 gallon of perlite and 1 gallon of vermiculite, generous amounts of coffee grounds, and about a gallon of saw dust (usually cherry, oak or pine) from our workshop. Sometimes I add 2 gallons of peat moss, but this year I did not do it. I also add a cup of my home-made fertilizer mix based on alfalfa meal, bone meal, wood ashes and various limes.
Edited to add: it is a very rich stuff, so you'll get a jungle of thick foliage
I also add about 30% of last years container mix, as it usually contains a lot of worm castings and worms.
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