bombayjac1993
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I am looking at where in my small yard to place my vegetable and herb garden. Directly behind my house is a nice area but the area has a lot of sand (weeds,rosemary, and other plants do well back here but there are bare patches) but when you dig down a few inches there is nice soil. My neighbor has sheep and goats next to this area and the sand in my yard has blown over from his yard where the animals have stripped his land bare. I really want to use this spot because it is already fenced off and secure as we would like to have a fenced in garden to keep some of our freeloading ,thieving neighbors and people off the street from stealing our crops (this is a big issue in our area as there are several gardeners who sell there crops and have been ripped off by a few neighbors on our street.)
We have a large yard with a little better soil in other spots but it is infested with stickers and we can't fence it off because of city codes. I live in Central Texas (I don't know if this helps any) and want to plant potatoes,leeks,leaf lettuce, beets ,carrots,snap beans,purslane (which grows like crazy on our lot),peppers,eggplant ,onions,basil,parsley,parsnips and some others. We intend on tilling the soil very very well. Is having a small garden (about 15 by 25 feet ) in somewhat sandy soil possible with the items I am planting if the soil is well tilled and prepared ?
We have a large yard with a little better soil in other spots but it is infested with stickers and we can't fence it off because of city codes. I live in Central Texas (I don't know if this helps any) and want to plant potatoes,leeks,leaf lettuce, beets ,carrots,snap beans,purslane (which grows like crazy on our lot),peppers,eggplant ,onions,basil,parsley,parsnips and some others. We intend on tilling the soil very very well. Is having a small garden (about 15 by 25 feet ) in somewhat sandy soil possible with the items I am planting if the soil is well tilled and prepared ?