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Re: New Garden Location

On Fri, 01 May 1998 11:42:17 -0500, you wrote:

>My experience with "Top Soil" was extremely discouraging. I bought it at
>a Walmart Super Center. It was nothing but extremely fine black clay and
>became as compact as a rock. In the bed where I used it I had to add a
>lot of compost,  much more than normal. I will never buy it again.
>Clark Womack —Harper, Texas , Zone 8, 100 miles west of Austin.
>
>Kurt McCullum wrote:
>
>>  My wife and I just bought a new home which we will move into in two
>> months. I almost hate to leave my current garden because I've been
>> working on the soil for over two years and it's just to the point
>> where everything is growing like crazy. My new location is a different
>> story altogether. Since it is a new development the soil is in terible
>> conditon. My plans were to add as much compost as I can possible make
>> over the remainder of the year. Is there a benefit to adding 'Top
>> Soil' which you can buy at a home center or is it better to double dig
>> and add compost like crazy. Any advice would be much appreciated. Kurt
>> McCullumZone 9b moving to Zone
>> 9a ---------------------------------------------------The Gardener's
>> Notepadhttp://members.aol.com/gnotepad
>
>
i think that the builders pretty much take the topsoil out of new
developments.  I would have bulk topsoil delivered & dumped.  then you
spread around.
Judy
to e-mail me:  jcosler@mindspring.com
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