Texas Gardening: Lessons learned while gardening in a drought..., 1 by sharondippity

sharondippity wrote:
Impressed, I am. Thanks for the info.

I live in an oak forest in pure sand, worthless soil.....I buy pine needles when I can find them, they don't go far. Free for the hauling bio sludge compost from the city of Ardmore, Ok 45 miles away. I mix it in by hand with the sorry sand. Sure makes the crepe myrtle bloom pretty. We have had a beautiful tomato crop even with the drought and heat. I water them with soaker hose attached to the well. I did not know that they would not set fruit in extreme heat....thanks for info....I still have plenty of blooms but I guess them the fruiting is over?

This year we had the harshest winter we have had in years.......and the severe drought and 100 + temps since mid-may

We have 3 wells on property can get ground water at 30 ft, so it's reasonable to drill .....I Irrigate from the 4 ponds and when the ponds get low we run the wells to refill them. The water from the ponds is much more nutritious than from the wells. The house is on rural city water . Great water but way to expensive to use in the yard areas. The 40+ crepe we dug and moved from Irving is my pride this time of year. It gets very little water, as it is in an un irrigated area between the house and guest house. It seems to love the old sand , but I top dressed it with about 6 in of compost this spring...edited to say the crepes have been in this location for 20 years, but were over 20 years old when we moved them

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