Starting a garden in sandy soil?
Our lot is almost 100% sand. I have been told the best thing to do is make raised beds and build my own soil. Do you agree?
Doug says "maybe". If it's beach sand - yeah, I'd probably go with raised beds. If it's just sandy soil, then I'd probably go with adding a *lot* of organic matter on a regular basis.
You also don't say *where* you're gardening. So if you're in the South - sandy soils require much more organic matter than in the North. The summer heat encourage higher bacterial growth and organic matter is depleted much faster. So it's harder to maintain a high organic matter soil in the South than in the North.
That's my answer. It depends. And don't count out the amount of work involved in raised bed gardening (no machinery) so it really does depend on what kind of gardening you're intending to do and how large those gardens are going to be.
Sorry I can't be more specific but without a lot more info - then I can't really give you an answer. It really does depend on location, kind of gardening, your ambition of eventual garden size etc.
