In fact, the coveted sandy loam is uncommon in this area. Most of us get dirt with too much clay or too much sand -- and that creates a challenge when it comes to picking the right plants for the ...

Butterfly bush adapts to most soil types, including sandy ones. White- and pink-flowered varieties are also available. Siberian Pea Shrub . This is probably one of the hardiest plants in the world.

Good soil is the starting point for a garden that grows well. It feeds your plants, holds water, and helps roots grow strong.

Jenna Cassel is replacing the organic soil from her backyard garden beds and spreading it out to other plants that do not produce food at her home along Shell Avenue near the Martinez Refining ...

To see if you have clay soil, give it the squeeze test.Squeeze a moist handful of garden soil in your fist. If the clump immediately falls apart, your soil is too sandy.

JOE-WHITE. Joe White: Good soil management a key to improved plant performance. ... Sandy soils contain an abundance of sand size particles while clay soils consist mostly of tiny clay particles.

A mysterious white sand fell on Martinez. Now residents fear their soil is unsafe. Three months after a refinery accident showered the city in toxic dust, county warns residents about eating from ...