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Hi from Steve in Australia, I live near Ballarat in Victoria on 17 acres of wind swept sandy soil. My interest in gardening only goes back a short time and is focussed on growing vegies to save money. I get a lot of good advice from the local farmers on the use of chemical fertilizers but the use of organic matter appeals to me,I have unlimited access to sheep manure. The kids bag and sell it on ebay for pocket money, thats where my user name comes from. steve

Hi Steve ~

Welcome to the forum! I'm glad you found us!

When you have the chance, do browse this site and visit all the interesting forums. We have many terrific vegetable growers here; lots of organic gardeners, too.

I live on the coast of Maine, in the far northeastern USA. Our sandy soil is beach related, so I think I understand what you are dealing with.

Visit often.


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welcome, ewetoopoo! we have had several new members lately with great creative names! HOW FUN!
I'm from Texas and have been doing organic gardening for about a year now. We're not extreamly sandy here where I'm at, but we do have clay sometimes as little as a few inches beneath the surface.
Glad to have you, mate!

Hi Steve,

I'm proving sandy soil just like improving clay soil begins with adding organic matter and it sounds like you have that in plentiful supply. Let it age a year before you add it to the garden. If you want while you are aging it put any grass and leaves you have in it. That will also decompose into a great compost.

Once you have about 50 percent sand and 50 percent bio matter then you can add clay. You are looking for equal parts of all three for your soil mixture.

Just don't add the clay before the bio mattter or you will get cement.

Welcome to the forum.

welcome