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Maybe you could try to use welded wire mesh fencing, it is enough strong and durable, could stop raccoons.

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You have given me some good tips on fencing, but are you sure that just a fence can keep away animals like raccoons for example? Those sneaky thiefs are giving me a lot of troubles lately, but I am not sure that a fence is reliable enough to stop raccoons.

You are quite lucky. I had some bitter experience with aloe vera and 2 unsuccessful attempts to grow it. Luckily I finally found my mistakes and managed to grow a healthy plant. Anyway, I adore it as a great treatment for burns.

The blog is awesome, mate. Thanks for sharing. Hm, it actually inspires me to start my own blog and share some interesting stuff with you all. Too bad I don't have much time for such a project at the moment.

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Your soils pH, a measure of how acidic or alkaline your soil is, is important to know since the nutrients plants need to grow are most readily available in a fairly narrow range of about 6.2 to 6.8 pH. However, some plants have evolved to grow in other pH ranges and you should know that as well. Nutrients can interfere with a plants ability to utilize them, both Calcium and Magnesium are needed by plants but they need to be in balance, too much of one can interfere with the use of the other.Too much Potash in the soil can interfer with a plants ability to use Nitrogen. Excess nutrients in soil can also be removed by the water which can cause pollution, high nitrates in our drinking water comes from that source.

In addition to the soil test your Virginia State University Cooperative Extension Service can provide these simple soil tests can provide more information about your soil.

1) Soil test for organic matter. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. For example, a good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top.

2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains’ too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up.

3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart.

4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer your soil will smell.

5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy.

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So what is the actual role of solor system.