Is there something wrong with me?

[VincenzioVonHook]

Obvious answer is many things, but I'm worried about my obsession with collecting soils from strange places.

Every time I'm out for a walk or hike and I see some nice loam or soil I have to come back with a tub and collect some lol.

This time I walked each way (14km there and home as I'm a degenerate who has lost his license) with a 30L tub of loam I found lol. It looks amazing though. So uniform and fluffy. Everything growing in it looked amazing.


I think I officially need to get a life.

 

[Cboat38]

Looks like shit soil or dirt… sorry

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Looks like shit soil… sorry

I'm used to ground soil around here that's nothing but fill and limestone or straight red clay so I was a bit surprised at a consistency that wasn't just rocks. It beats paying $10-15 for bark chips, composted building materials and a sprinkle of peat moss from the local hardware store lol.

It can't be any worse than some of the bizarre mixes I conjure up in my wizard cave.

 

[farmerfischer]

It might be good.. who knows..
Back in the day i would go around and collect horse shit for my outdoors gardens..lol.

 

[Cboat38]

I guess

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

I guess

I'm sure there's a smile somewhere inside there lol.

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

My original plan was to take various soil samples from differing environments and check microbial levels with a scope to compare the life against pre prepared potting mixes but I have been lazy and done nothing of the sort lol. I've been looking for biologically heavy soil to use as an activator for potting mixes I create and a lot of the old timers here swear by using ground soil as a base for microbial activation in potting mixes.

Now I just have containers of soil from random places building up everywhere.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Kind of cool … you’re a regular Johnny AppleDirt !

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Kind of cool … you’re a regular Johnny AppleDirt !

I would have though "eccentric weirdo" would have been more appropriate once you consider my attire and amount of hair from various body parts on dirlsplay while undertaking these missions.

 

[Budzbuddha]

How About The Creepy Gardener ?

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

How About The Creepy Gardener ?
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Spot on, but my feet aren't quite as masculine.

 

[Budzbuddha]

What are you a foot model ?
stomp some cow patties - Compost Toes

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

How About The Creepy Gardener ?
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I have come to the conclusion that old mate here must be swinging thors hammer if you know what I mean

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

What are you a foot model ?
stomp some cow patties - Compost Toes

Nah, I'm a dick model...I only do ED ads though.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Small world - i do the same for tripod makers
*shrugs

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Well if you have to ask, .

JK man.

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Well if you have to ask, .

JK man.

It's usually a signifier of harboured guilt and shame lol.

 

[GangaDownUnder]

Looks like shit soil or dirt… sorry

Nah, looks like decent loam. I don't think you'll find too many references to that well known classification of "shit dirt" in the literature.

And besides, everything is relative. I live on land with the thickest most goopy clay. I would KILL for "shit dirt" like that.

 

[Unga Bunga]

Looks like river flood plain soil to me .

 

[indawindica]

Your pushin your luck bringing back unknown soil to your place. I'd be worried bringing home disease etc..