The plain fact- sandy soil has the poorest nutritional content of all soils, so how do we make it work for us? Other characteristics are that it holds water for a shorter amount of time, drying out quicker. All is not lost. Nutrients are important for the optimum growth of our plants, but the greatest[…]
Mulches are a useful way to suppress weeds in your garden, while also benefiting the garden by suppressing evaporation from your soil. Other benefits are that as they break down they add goodness to the soil, (much like composts and without having to turn the soil), and they increase the interaction between soil organisms which[…]
Some garden soils are situated in areas that have really no goodness at all for most plants.Here on the Gold Coast, and most coastal regions in the area there is a lot of sandy soil which has no goodness. Also the shaley soils of the Robina and hinterland Gold Coast areas really don’t provide much[…]
