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Suburban Archeology;>
Sep. 7th, 2012 06:55 amI discovered a number of things when we moved onto this property. One was that the folks Jeff Foxworthy built his "Redneck" routine lived here for DECADES;>.The other I discovered while putting in the SW raised bed.
About a foot and a half down I hit a layer of shells so compact that i couldn't dig through. At the time I was a member of the town's Garden club and one of the officers was also a docent at our local museum. Val told me that about a century ago the road that led from the Turpentine producers to the docks at Ft Walton ran across my property. This wagon trail was paved with shells mined form the Native mounds and middens.
While forming a barrier to big roots, fine ones have no problem growing through and drainage is not a problem at all. Also, unlike the rest of the property, the soil is more Neutral than the usual produced from centuries of Oak and Pine;>...
Cheers,
Pat
About a foot and a half down I hit a layer of shells so compact that i couldn't dig through. At the time I was a member of the town's Garden club and one of the officers was also a docent at our local museum. Val told me that about a century ago the road that led from the Turpentine producers to the docks at Ft Walton ran across my property. This wagon trail was paved with shells mined form the Native mounds and middens.
While forming a barrier to big roots, fine ones have no problem growing through and drainage is not a problem at all. Also, unlike the rest of the property, the soil is more Neutral than the usual produced from centuries of Oak and Pine;>...
Cheers,
Pat
