Very cool. I feel the same. My family moved from Alberta to BC when I was a teenager, and used to drive every year from Saskatchewan where I played junior hockey through the Canadian Rockies out to the Okanagan Valley. My breath was taken away each and every time as if I had never seen the mountains before. So majestic. As I get older my desire to move back is getting stronger.
probably paying him pretty good for that. seems a little below what me would normally do.
Funny you should mention that.
I went light on the verm in my outdoor pots this year. Regretting it big time, it finally got HOT now it dries out a tad fast. Lesson learned
I learned this same lesson. I reamended soil several times with ewc not realizing that I was creating a very dense, muddy soil and never added any additional aeration bits to counter it. I ended up with a couple stunted crops due to lack of oxygen in the root zone. IMO, at least 25% of your mix should be aeration material. 33% is optimal.
I think i did the exact same thing. I did add Perlite though, does it make a difference?
So you are adding larger size lava rock to you soil?
Perlite is fine, but it has a tendancy to float to the top of the container which kind of defeats it's purpose. I have switched to rice hulls and lava rock. I would prefer pumice over lava rock, but I'm having a bitch of a time finding some. One thing to keep in mind with rice hulls ..... if you're doing a no-till, you would be well advised to add something like pumice/lava rock along with the rice hulls as they will degrade over time and not serve their purpose as well, where as pumice will do it's job over the long term.
