Good morning! I’m so excited for spring and
another try at a garden! I moved over the winter
and am now in a house along the Hudson; the seller
told me it’s ‘river soil’ and is amazing for
gardens.
I know I’ll bungle part of it, but I must get
supplies for starting seeds. I didn’t order
any, I just ran out of time. I learned some things
last year about gardening in this upstate NY climate,
and I can’t wait to try them out. :)
Another name for “river soil” is “river loam.”
If that is what you have (and I lived on the banks of a river for 20+ years) you are lucky indeed.
The occasional flooding of the yard is a small price to pay for that kind of soil.
I often told my customers, here in St. George UT, that had I known the kind of soil that existed here, instead of taking a JOB, I would have trucked in the soil from back home.
And sold it to them at ridiculously high prices.
:)