christie8swmo said: Our kids are grown so I'm turning their old 4x6 sandbox into a raised bed. I don't really know what I'm doing but I mixed some compost into the sand and a little bit of bagged topsoil. I might need to add some kind of gravel.
I'll trade you some sand for some clay...
I know so many plants that thrive in clay, and can't be grown here in the bottomless sand...
Seems like choosing plants suited to our site will always be preferable to trying to change the site to suit poorly performing plants...
I'd grow a lot of those plants from high country gardens... except for the high humidity here...
Like cistus...
I do have this cutie growing wild...
Helianthemum Carolianum / Crocanthemum georgianum
Blooms at winter's end...
Y'all have humidity up there too... Not sure that any High Country garden plants are going to grow for you...
