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Desert Sand?

We just built our house in the middle of a desert, now I want to plant a flower & veggie garden & grass, what do I need to do to the sand drifts to make them plant friendly?
The majority of the yard will be xero-scaped, this is for the areas we chose to have plants
OMG We did not choose to move to live in a desert!!!
That is just the situation out here. I still want my garden and if you can help I’d greatly appreciate it.

You’ll need a lot of compost, and bags and bags of garden soil. You may be better served to forget about amending your soil, and grow your veggies in the imported soil. You may choose to add a bit of your desert sand to it if you feel the soil isn’t loose enough. The problem with sand is that it holds very little moisture, it’s easy to mix too much sand in. Perhaps dig your garden areas and just dump your new dirt into it, along with a healthy dose of compost. Happy gardening!

Oh, I forgot to mention that you could choose to only plant the types of flowers that naturally grow in the desert. That way you’re not spending loads of time watering the flowers and amending their soil. Whereas, it’s going to be unavoidable with the veggies…they require moist soil.

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