Compost, caliche dirt and seed planting

Mike or Others

I love to plant fruit trees from seeds and I have been very successful in doing so and after a few years they produce fruit, I also do the vegetable thing. The problem I have is my backyard is, 60 ft. X 90 ft., with many trees and a garden area, see space is limited and not like you who has a large area for all those plants! Do you have any suggestions how I may accomplish what have done?

What can you tell me about caliche soil? It's use for drainage in the yards here, that's all I know!

I also raise rabbits and I use their droppings in a large above ground container mixed with leaves,grass and branch clipping, dirt and vegetable scraps, shredded newspaper, wood ash ( mesquite and oak) from my brick Barbecue pit (just a touch) after I've barbecued, basically anything that will decompose well. All that is pretty aged! I used last years compost in my garden which is raised. Every year I pull the plants and put them in a pile, run the lawn mower over the pile until all is in little pieces and all this gets mixed with the other compost. By January or February, it is all becomposed well. This is when I dig out some of the garden soil and mix the two together. Where an I going with this? Am I working against myself by doing this every year?

By the way I use to live in, Columbus, Ohio, Lockbourne AFB, in the 60's.

Sincere thanks,

Ples Walker, Texas

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