Hello there!

Hello and Welcome!

 

Aw wow guys thanks for the tips! Such a lovely welcome!!

My soil is quite sandy and so dry! I have dogs and they love to dig & always seem to knock down fences I put up around my gardening areas

I was thinking manure was a good idea, but again, I don't want the terrors rolling in it! I am looking at mainly growing seasonal vegetables, flowers aren't ideal as I also have rabbits! No, I don't live on a farm lol.

Would topsoil not be a good idea then?
I'm thinking of getting a soil tester maybe??

 

I also haven't composted!! I know, rookie move but it was a bit of a whim starting gardening, so I'm going to start one when I get a good bin. I think next year my garden will be great but for now I can prepare!

 

dont worry i didn't start composting till this christmas

and my soil is sandy and really dry I have barely done anything to the soil i just make sure i put compost in my planting holes. everything seems fine and loves it.

My cats dig and roll around in it too and end up all dusty but the most plants i have put in the less they are doing it

 

I'm only just going to start composting too. I figure, better late (all those wasted years of not gardening!) than never Good luck!

 

I'm not too bothered about dusty dogs, more like stinky muddy dogs

I'll give this hole digging a go!

 

Compost, compost, compost!!

It is so easy, you don't need expensive "shop" bins.... Old pallets make great walls. If you've lots of space, multiple cubes, or divide a single cube. You want at least two - one in, one out. Ideally three - in, wait, out! Probably best bit of advice when composting is to turn it. I have a filling slot, turn to the waiting, then again to the using slot. So each heap is turned twice. If it's thin enough to cut with secateurs, it will compost.

Sorry, bit of a compost-lover. I'll get my coat!!