Actually...
While organic matter is key, to improving the soil that you have, the subsoil that you start with makes a lot of difference.
Seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) (one plant)
in the clay next to the street in town... doesn't get a drop of supplemental water.
Seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) (7 plants)
growing in my vegetable garden in the sandhills where it is being watered regularly.
This stuff is supposed to thrive in the sand...
The plants I had that didn't get watered... appear to have died.
Here in middle GA, there is some red clay that is absolutely positively the best stuff I've ever gardened in... everybody complains about it though, because it dries hard as concrete, and it gets in everything... it will stain your clothes like walnut husks... but... add a little horse poop plant some seeds, and stand back!
When I was searching for property, the realtors refused to show red clay, in spite of my begging them to...
everybody in this area knows what a boon that red stuff is...
