Thanks for your input Folks.
What we seem to agree on is that although helpful, it's not necessary with a good organic soil. I've built a good pile last year, double ground wood chips to reduce chip size, grass and hardwood fireplace ashes. Also everything green from the kitchen. Also will be mixing 3 cu. ft of peat moss and 10-50 lb. bags of black kow organic manure. The kid that got that down from the shelf at home depot last month thought I was crazy. It was frozen, but is next to my compost pile ready to go come spring. I also have about 3 cu.feet of an experimental mycorrhizae inoculated compost I've tried to grow for the past 5 years in a no till compost pile using leaves and grass clippings. I'm hoping to grow healthier plants with few issues this season. I may just add some ground shrimp shells, good excuse to eat shrimp. Happy growing and thanks for the tips.
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