Making your own soil

I know I must have read this article by Tom Clothier before, but it seemed to make a good impact now... especially with Christmas soon approaching.

http://tomclothier.hort.net/page24.html

the road crew here delivers mulch to me, but I don't shred it again.
Very interesting comment about the trees not making the soil acidic, but that it was acidic when the trees started growing there.

Interesting link - thanks Darius.

The pH stuff certainly agrees with what I have seen. My compost is neutral, always neutral. My soil is pH ~7.5 and will always be 7.5, no matter what plant matter I have added to it.