[Vaquero]

If Queens is like the rest of LI it’s sand. My soil needs the loam etc to hold the moisture. Drainage here in central Suffolk is way too good.
I love all the rain. This year I’m trying raised beds in boxes.

[EinNYC]

If Queens is like the rest of LI it’s sand. My soil needs the loam etc to hold the moisture. Drainage here in central Suffolk is way too good. I love all the rain. This year I’m trying raised beds in boxes.

No, my FRiend, the soil around here is heavy clay. I should know, as I dug up all that lousy contractor fill around the obligatory evergreen bushes in front of my co-op, to a depth of more than a foot. I schlepped bag after bag of good garden soil and peat moss on my shoulder from the car to the garden and dumped it into the garden space. I then hand-tilled the peat moss into every square inch of it, giving myself nice loamy soil. No sand about it! So, my soil holds moisture (this year I didn't put the mulch on top, as I just sold my property and am waiting for the closing) but never ever puddles.

[Osage Orange]

I tried two years of Hay Bale gardening....didn't work the way I wanted it too.

Switched to container gardening...35 gallon tubs...This is working nicely.