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Mon, Apr 12, 10 at 14:47
| A planting bed under the window has sands. I would like to add soil and pine straw covering it. Can I just use the top soil or I should buy the special garden soil for the vegetables and flowers or for the shrubs and trees. What type of the soil is the best for the exisiting planting bed? |
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| Buy and mix together bagged cow manure and mushroom compost available at box stores, enough to cover top of bed about 3 inches. Plant and then spread pine straw mulch. Sandy soils are best enriched from the surface in the south. |
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| Plant in existing soil and mulch afterward. Skip the amendments. |
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| Don't go overboard on the organics, unless you intend to plant anew every year, because you will lose a lot of bulk--as much as half or more-- as the material compacts and subsides. It doesn't retain that nice, fluffy texture. |
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