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Old November 10, 2016   #11
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Thanks Sydney Grower
I think I now know that the native soil, though sandy, is not all that bad. Next property on both side were soybean fields. There are lots of corn fields, cotton, sweet potato ,... Hundreds of acres. They just plant in the native soil, as it is not possible to amend in that commercial scale.

So considering, with my amendments , my garden is going to be just fine.
My garden beds will sleep over the winter months ( Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb ). Come March I'll wake'm up. and till, add more amendments ( if needed ). To help keep the soil moist, I have lots of pine needles to mulch with. The area gets good amount of rain in the summer, but even without the water hose is right there. I have learned not solely rely on rain.
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