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Post by mickey on Jun 1, 2013 10:27:26 GMT -5
I was just remembering times past, and on one visit to grandpas house in Mo back in the 50s. I helped him dig potatoes from his sawdust bed. He had made the bed from sawmill slabs it was about 40 foot long and four foot wide filled with sawdust. I remember how clean and easy the potatoes came out of the bed. He told me that he used old sawdust that had been rained on for years as that worked better than new sawdust. I wish I could find a old sawdust pile, I would make a sawdust bed.
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Post by davida on Jun 1, 2013 15:10:07 GMT -5
I was just remembering times past, and on one visit to grandpas house in Mo back in the 50s. I helped him dig potatoes from his sawdust bed. He had made the bed from sawmill slabs it was about 40 foot long and four foot wide filled with sawdust. I remember how clean and easy the potatoes came out of the bed. He told me that he used old sawdust that had been rained on for years as that worked better than new sawdust. I wish I could find a old sawdust pile, I would make a sawdust bed. What a wonderful memory of times past. Thanks for sharing. |
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Post by billw on Jun 1, 2013 22:44:21 GMT -5
Interesting. I am in sawmill country, with all the sawdust I can handle available within a mile in several directions. I may give this a try.
I am surprised that it's not a nitrogen problem. Any idea if he prepped the ground every year before adding the sawdust?
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Post by mickey on Jun 2, 2013 10:55:48 GMT -5
Interesting. I am in sawmill country, with all the sawdust I can handle available within a mile in several directions. I may give this a try. I am surprised that it's not a nitrogen problem. Any idea if he prepped the ground every year before adding the sawdust? I was only there for the harvest,I did do a short search on the web and they add stuff to the sawdust. |
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Post by mjc on Jun 10, 2013 20:41:40 GMT -5
Interesting. I am in sawmill country, with all the sawdust I can handle available within a mile in several directions. I may give this a try. I am surprised that it's not a nitrogen problem. Any idea if he prepped the ground every year before adding the sawdust? The key is in what mickey's grandpa said "been rained on for several years". After about 2 yrs of being exposed to the weather sawdust will be pretty much nitrogen neutral. Of course, you could make the bed this summer, fill it and then mix in some 'hot' manure...by next spring it will be ready to receive those spudlings.. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2013 12:24:13 GMT -5
No cabinetry or woodshops in your town?
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