Gardening & Landscaping
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Growing in a sandy texture?
Hello Ladies! I've got a quick question for all you who actually have tha ablility to grow 
, I'm lacking in my gardening skills! I'm wanting to work on the front portion of my house planting small flowering bushes and some hostas. The area i'm wanting to work on for some reason has a sandy base to it. . Would it be better to replace the sand w/ a top soil? or could I just mix in a couple bags of top soil? There is dirt somewhere under the sand I'm just not sure how far?
Re: Growing in a sandy texture?
Sandy soil is agreeable to a lot of plants- specifically, desert and mediterranean ones.
You can plant it as is, or add composted humus as kastle said and be done with it, and you can also add topsoil and peatmoss. It depends. Maybe you should get a soil test done, so you know for sure what action is needed.