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**RagonaCon** · 08-24-2012, 06:56 PM

Hi I am looking to do some gardening boosting a culinary desire for freshness here on the north coast and if ANY EXPERIENCED VEGGY AND HERB GROWERS HERE IN THE DR can give some info to sources , best kinds in this warm tropical climate ,and any good tips to start me off better than , just jumping in and having poor to mediocre results .I have experience with lots of plants but no food gardening in the DR . THANKS

I found the soil here in my area... is all sand. Makes sense being ocean front. I brought in truckfulls of topsoil and found most of that was clay. If you take a handful and ball it up and it stays a ball then you have a lot of clay.

I have a few gardeners that come to me to get my used horse stall waist with the saw dust/wood shavings that they mix into the soil and have had very good results. Some is about a year old.

PM me if you want to come and collect some.

Good luck.

08-24-2012, 06:56 PM	#12
RagonaCon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 484 Senior Member	Hi I am looking to do some gardening boosting a culinary desire for freshness here on the north coast and if ANY EXPERIENCED VEGGY AND HERB GROWERS HERE IN THE DR can give some info to sources , best kinds in this warm tropical climate ,and any good tips to start me off better than , just jumping in and having poor to mediocre results .I have experience with lots of plants but no food gardening in the DR . THANKS I found the soil here in my area... is all sand. Makes sense being ocean front. I brought in truckfulls of topsoil and found most of that was clay. If you take a handful and ball it up and it stays a ball then you have a lot of clay. I have a few gardeners that come to me to get my used horse stall waist with the saw dust/wood shavings that they mix into the soil and have had very good results. Some is about a year old. PM me if you want to come and collect some. Good luck.
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