well-decayed

• “TWO THINGS NOW confounded the Gryphon as he stumbled over a well-decayed tree.”

  Simon & Schuster: LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM

• “There, a score of people were spreading manure and well-decayed garbage; Louis could smell it from a fair distance away.”

  The Ringworld Engineers

• “In order to enable them to develop fully they require good culture, a good, deep loamy soil, enriched with well-decayed manure, and if the border be moist, so much the better, 'for these ranunculuses delight in a cool, moist soil.”

  Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882

• “To those wishing to grow this choice Anemone, let me say, begin with the young underground runners; plant them in the autumn anywhere you like, but see that the soil is deep, and if it is not rich, make it so with well-decayed leaves or manure, and you will have your reward.”

  Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.

• “It should be planted in vegetable soil, such as peat or well-decayed leaves mixed with sand.”

  Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.

• “Take out the soil for a depth of eighteen inches or two feet, and fill the space to within three inches of the surface with a mixture of rich soil and well-decayed manure.”

  The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition

• “As the flowering time approaches mulch the ground with well-decayed manure.”

  The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition

• “A compost consisting of two parts loam, one part leaf-soil or well-decayed manure, with a small quantity of wood ashes, will suit Peas admirably.”

  The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition

• “-- For a fine crop a moderate amount of well-decayed dung applied in autumn is almost essential, as well as 3 to 4 lb. of superphosphate per square rod in spring.”

  The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition

• “All the other varieties will succeed in any good garden soil enriched with leaf-mould or well-decayed manure.”

  Gardening for the Million

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