Texas Gardening: Epsom Salts, 1 by LouC

LouC wrote:
You have caused me to do some research...which is a very good thing. I have dense clay on top of white caliche which is only about 3-4' below the surface. As I have been able to determine...Alkaline soil. For several years we have added 6 pounds of Epsom Salts to our fertilizer and broadcast them together....abou 5,000 feet of lawn (and decreasing because I continue to need more beds). It obviously increased the density of the turf and we have been very satisfied. That is only once per year. This Spring I also broadcast the ES around the bed and could not believe the difference. We have lived on this property of 40 years and it has been thoroughly amended. I have always been a hit or miss garderner and a couple of years ago decided to get with it. My next door neighbor joined me and we have created our own secret garden. I prefer to call it a cottage garden because I just plant something wherever there is an empty spot. Most of all it is my time to commune with God and relieve the stress of things over which I have no control and cannot change.
Every morning at about 7:30, Becky is her yard and I in mine inspecting every little leaf and bloom. Last year I purchased a soil kit at HD and was hopeless in making heads or tails of it. If it thrives, I add more of the same, if it is puny and I can't save it, I don't plant it again.
DG has been a wealth of information and I am totally addicted. I appreciate your helping me and it has given me another challenge.
God is good EVERYDAY.
LouC