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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comI like your article today on humus. Is humus something you can buy at the garden store? I buy bales of peat moss regularly, is peat moss humus? thank you for your response.
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1 Comment To "soil amendments"
#1 Comment By MichiganDot On 10/13/2017 @ 5:45 pm
Humus is a generic term for any soil amendment made of organic matter. Compost, peat and decayed leaves are 3 examples of humus builders. You can make your own by gathering all your neighbors’ leaves, shredding them and tucking leaves around your plants. Worms and 4 legged diggers move the leaves into the soil where they will decay and eventually become humus. And have a compost heap! Here is a fun discussion of the term humus. There is a twist at the end of the article!
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