Re: OT: soil
From: "Bill Stone" <wstone@volcano.net>
Ahh Shucks.....Dennis have you seen what they do when they put in a doughboy
pool...Before I go further it seems to me we need to know the extent of the
area the sand is in....I might suggest test digging about 12 foot away and
see if you have the same problem Bill
wstone@volcano.net
Stone's Iris Garden
23801 Shake Ridge Rd.
Volcano, CA 95689
3500 ft. elev. 55 miles SE of Sacramento,
California
Sunset Zone 7
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
To: <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 3:57 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] OT: soil
> From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>
> This weekend I have been planting my Louisiana Irises and other swamp
> loving plants (such as Turtlehead [Chelone lyonii], Cardinal Flower
> [Lobelia cardinalis], etc.) and I had quite a shock!
>
> In the middle of my backyard (where I am putting the new bed) about 2 ft.
> down I hit pure sand. Now I live in the middle of a suburb and I'm on top
> of a hill. I can't imagine that sand is there naturally....but it is
quite
> some distance from the house (30 ft?) do you really think it could be that
> the builders dumped it there and then plowed over top with 2 ft. of soil??
> The house was built in 1970 if that changes anything.
>
> I don't know how good this bed this will be for Louisianas. That sand is
> really going to wick away the water, I imagine. On the other hand it is a
> relatively low spot in my yard, and the water does tend to pond there
> during rain showers.
>
> What do y'all think??
>
>
>
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