[Antennas] Salt Water Counterpoise on dry ground?????

[Tom Norris]

1- a
Hmmm, I know it ain't the same as being in a salt marsh or out in the ocean,
but could I not "sow my fields with salt" at least the area around where I am
mounting my antenna and grounds and get some sort of enhancement in ground
efficiency? I know there are chemical grounding systems out there that use
copper sulfate or some such thing in perforated copper ground rods, but isn't
there an easier cheaper way for me to get my red clay to conduct better?

1- b
I am in a fresh water marshy area, and on pretty much 0 degree tilt land, so
the salty ground would stay where it is for the most part.

2
Totally off the subject, I have read bits and pieces of about folks using
buried antennas for VLF work. I can't seem to find any of this info on the
web anymore, but the folks and experiments in question, if I remember 
correctly,
worked fairly well. By buried antenna, I am talking about a 500 or 
1000 foot loop,
probably a piece of buried coax or at the very least PE insulated single wire
( or multi-turn wire if I was in the mood for measuring Shumann 
resonances, etc )

Not much talk about such stuff in the VLF groups any more.....

Comments on both? Dismissal on the grounds of lunacy on either topic?

Tom Norris
KA4RKT