I then began to see the problems that came with trying to create a typical suburban landscape in the thin, sandy soil common along the coast. It can’t easily be done. Gardening in the southern ...

An organic mulch goes a long way toward correcting the conditions typical in clay or sandy soils -- either poor or too-fast drainage. In clay soils, that prevents (at least for a while ...

Sandy soils have bigger particles that let water drain through too fast. That's why people who live near the beach are always watering. That's a surprisingly high sand content for our area.