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Sunday, March 08, 2026
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Pumpking
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Germany
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Today I dug a pit in my patch, not trying to find gold but to see the probably precious soil. About four years ago, I dug over the entire patch two spades deep, turning it upside down, moving the upper half (topsoil) a spade lower and the lower half (the sandy loam) on top, ready for being amended with compost and other good things. Now, about four years later, I was curious to see how things had developed. Good thing #1: As expected, I have found a layer of topsoil that is about two spades deep (50 cm). On the bottom you can see where the sandy loam starts. Good thing #2: The lower half is still pretty dark, even though it has not received any addition of compost over the past five years. Interesting thing #3: The lower half is still darker than the upper half. Apparently, there is a difference between 12 years of patch prep and 4 years of patch prep.
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