George Shirley wrote:
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> Your pictures make me think you live in some hills or on a mountain, we
> prefer flat land as in the bottom of an ancient sea. A few feet down we
> hit sand and clay.

you've never wandered through the website then
as it has details about location/terrain/watershed,
etc. very flat here, Saginaw River Valley bottom
used to be an inland sea. there's layers of salt
and coal underneath.

the area in the first picture is a slope downwards
from the front towards the back, but not by much
and the front is where the drainfield is at so that
was built up with sand and topped with actual topsoil
pretty much the only place where the soil is actually
good that didn't need to be amended. the downslope
goes to the back and where you hit the native soil.


> I miss our beautiful Louisiana soil, several feet of
> detritus from centuries of tree leaves and such. Toss a seed into that
> dirt and then jump back. Our property there had just the right amount of
> sun and shade.

full sun for the most of the veggie gardens, but now
that the cedars are getting bigger and the north hedge
is also casting a bit of shade at times. still we have
decent production.

soil is clay with some sand out back where the fenced
gardens are at where most of the veggies grow. it has
been amended and improved over the years and the gardens
produce well. clay is only a problem if you work it
at the wrong times. otherwise it holds a lot of moisture
and nutrients. the added worms/worm pee/worm poo has
done wonders along with any extra organic stuff i can
scrounge up.


> We moved here to be close to our get and I'll be damned,
> we still don't get to see them much as they are all busy with jobs,
> kids, etc. Should of stayed in Louisiana.

it's pretty normal from what i can tell. it's just
the younger generations are all into "me, me, me" and
all the social gadgets but don't connect much with the
older family. we see it here too. it is pretty rare
anyone visits even if they are a half hour away or so.
*shrug* doesn't bother me much since i always have
plenty to keep me busy and i'm not super social anyways.

ok, well, time to get a moving before it gets too
late.


songbird