having been doing this myself for over 20yrs on heavy clay soil, some added sand will help, but also some organic materials put on top to let the worms work on it and do the mixing for you, it also helps with the drainage with their burrows drilling holes.
the problem with all of it though is...
it's a welcome bump to the snowpacks in several areas out there. :)
i watch the levels fairly regularly through the season because so many depend upon them and i have relatives out that way and it gives us something to chatter about.
the Colorado River Basin is the one that is the most...
i got more of my room here cleaned up - i needed to dust under my perch here and around it too. whenever i dust after the fall bean shelling season i tend to find all sorts of beans hiding under there. :)
i still hate dusting and this is the hardest part of the job. i thought that perhaps i...
i am concerned about diversity in crops and how they may be bred.
more important to me in recent years is how to keep contamination from GMO crops out of any i may be growing. unfortunately there is no requirement to make crops that are GMO obviously (visually) distinguishable from those that...
they find gaps to hibernate in.
they will show up here, getting gaps sealed helps reduce how many but we usually have a few around.
the most annoying thing is that they will be attracted to moisture so they may climb on you heading for the mouth, eyes, nostrils and even ears if you sit still...