Sandy soil question
I am just starting to
garden in a new area and the soil is drying
out way too fast, 12 hours. I have killed more than 1/2 of what I have
planted. Some things are doing good in this but others just die, some
in less than a day. I do have a compost pile and it is cooking down but
isn't ready yet. Is there something else cheap (we live on a fixed
income) I can do to help hold the moisture in the soil? I am in zone 8b
in southern Alabama. It is in the high 80s/low 90s daily now.
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Lynne
We
have too much clay, not too much sand, but the solution to the both is
the same --- more organic matter. If you live close to a grocery
store, you might consider talking to the folks in the produce
department and asking them to hang onto old fruits and vegetables for
you to put in your compost pile, ramping up your volume. Starting
a worm colony would be an option to make your composting process move
along more quickly too.
While you're working on
your compost, you should still be able to come up with
mulch...
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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