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Show Leaves help make soil more fertile Home gardners who want to build fertile soil with a good "loamy" condition can make especially good use of fall leaves. Save them and make compost pile; then when the compost is ready, add it to the soil, advises County Agent Robert L. Hassell. He points out that compost can be made of leaves and any other type of organic matter available around the home. You use about the same method meth-od for making compost for all materials. You apply a mixture of about three pounds of ammonium am-monium sulphate and one pound of super phosphate. Obtain best results by building build-ing the pile in layers. Place the organic materials in layers 4 to 6 inches thick. Sprinkle each layer with a mixture of ammonium sulphate and super phosphate and cover it with about one inch of soil; then spriinkle it with water until moist. Similar layers can be added until the pile is 4 to 6 feet deep. Keep the pile moist throughout. The county agent said, "If you make compost now in the manner we have suggested, it will likely be decayed and ready to use next spring. Most composts require from a few months to a year to decay enough to use. Mix the pile a few weeks before you put the material in your garden. |