Texas here

[Matejka]

Born and raised Texan. Central Texas zone 8b. Hot, dry, hotter in summer. Love plants but, my soil doesn't. Hard clay

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Hi! Welcome to TEG! Glad you found us. Have you tried amending the soil or using raised beds?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Welcome from Louisiana, glad you found us.

 

[flowerbug]

welcome to TEG from mid-Michigan.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Welcome from Southern Oregon. I used to live in Texas, several times, when Daddy was in the AF. Amarillo AFB, Lackland AFB, Randolph AFB, and Kelly AFB. I was born at Lackland. So I'm a Texan.

 

[valley ranch]

Welcome Texas ~ Get some precast concrete blocks ~ make raised beds with the blocks stacked two high, fill the beds with your own mixture of soil ~ a little work but it will pay off Mom did that where it was necessary ```

 

[baymule]

Welcome to the forum. I'm just north of Tyler, so Howdy Neighbor! Our soil is sugar sand, like a Florida beach-but without the ocean. We moved here 6 years ago and it has been a LOT of work to turn sugar sand into fertile garden ground.

I was raised mostly in Houston, on black gumbo clay. When wet, it stuck to my feet, making clay clown feet, when dry, the ground cracked open wide enough to step in and twist an ankle. My Daddy was a gardener and always had a garden. I lived in Livingston for over 30 years and dealt with black clay there.

The best thing for your clay is organic material and lots of it. You can bust it open with long root radishes, let them bloom and die back. The organic material they leave will help your soil.

do you have chickens or any livestock?

 

[Carol Dee]

Hello form Eastern Iowa. when we bought the 2 acres we garden on it was an old landfill with CLAY cap. Many years and lots of organic matter. Some raised beds etc... it is a good garden!

 

[Collector]

Howdy from Eastern Washington state.