[Vespertino]

So my ongoing battle is the poor soil from in HOA. The land my HOA was built on used to be cow pasture, but when the homes are built all the top soil is stripped away, the homes built, and lawn sod placed down around the perimeter. The only dark soil is generally from hardwood mulch that breaks down, but it doesn't go very deep at all and under that is nothing but red clay- lots of it!!!! My soil is like a potter's dream and a tomato grower's nightmare.


Every year I till in the following to try and improve the clay soil:
Expanded shale
Turkey compost
Eggshells and sometimes crushed oyster shells
Worm Castings


This year I added in some texas green sand and peat moss.