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Barbie’s Soil Experiment Results

The Great Soil Experiment: I have completed my task – Sweat Bean Gardening started a great soil experiment idea and asked those interested to do the same! Ok – here are the results of my soil here in Philadelphia, Cape Town, RSA! It really looks like clay soil. What is interesting is regardless of all the compost I have added to the veggie garden soil, it still looks exactly like the raw earth I picked up from the front garden bed. It seems unlikely because on inspection the veggie bed is a deep, dark brown and looks healthy compared to my reddish looking clay soil in the front which has not been well prepared with compost and stuff. So, this was a very interesting exercise! Thanks for this!

[one_half]My soil[/one_half]

[one_half_last]My soil 2[/one_half_last]

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My Great Soil Experiment

[one_half]Soil Test 1[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Soil test 2[/one_half_last]

I have completed my free Soil Composition Test.  I took a sample from the clay soil of my front garden today, where the roses and the lavender grow and also from the veggie patch which I have been rejuvenating with compost, etc., every season. They both look so very similar. Let’s see what happens once they settle. This should be interesting! I am looking forward to all the results!!

The soil in Philadelphia – up the West Coast of Cape Town,  seems to be one of clay. It is where wheat, oats and canola is grown, and a new crop that the farmers grow for a summer harvest is grapes. Our village is surrounded by these fields.