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Aug 19, 2015 9:38 AM CST
Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone
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Sounds like you have covered all bases, Linnea. I do not have the time or patience to freeze, bake and treat a planting medium. I get mine from Good Earth soil company. It is about 30 miles away but I take the old garden truck and get a large amount at once. They have a very neat operation there. I have to drive around to the back to get loaded and they have very tall mountains of sawdust, sand, soil, tree bark and compost. they have huge house sized bins of compost working. They make their own mix in a huge machine and the soil goes up a large incline like a roller coaster and gets more finely ground at the end and then falls into large metal bins. you can buy it by the truck load or by the bag. Since I am affiliated with a garden club and the Good Earth sells at our annual spring plant sale they know me and I get a real good deal. That way I can use the mix for me and for potting plants for the spring sale also. I never opt for the fertilized mix as I like to control what type of food my plants get. Just before Christmas each year he has a sale for all bags not sold during the season for two dollars each. I shop for dirt at Christmas time. A gardener never really has a down time just time we cannot be outdoors.
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