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Originally Posted by redwitch
I have several friends who are avid gardeners. They all have found ways to have their garden, just in different ways (container veggies, flowers rather than edible items, etc.). I think your wife will find many happy ways to plant and grow things here (and some definite new challenges in coping with our "soil" and weather).
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I am a gardener. Had a huge food producing garden in NH. Tried it here for a couple of years and absolutely could not grow in our soil - our soil here is sand. I used to get bags and bags of compost (I tried everything) to amend the sand and turn it into soil and nothing worked. The rain actually washes soil through the sand. But, that said, there are ways around it. I grow tomatoes in pots, beans in pots, herbs in pots ............ and I keep trying different ways of doing things. Our food growing season is completely the opposite to yours, you need to garden in our winter i.e. November through April to achieve decent results, then just let the native plants, bushes and flowers, enjoy the hot summer. If you are an avid gardener, it is very frustrating, but as time marches on I am finding it bothers me less and less and I am finding other interests - there is so much to do here. Plus, she might be very happy volunteering at the community garden which is a real garden with real soil and they grow real food to feed the soup kitchens in the surrounding area. If she joined these people she would also pick up loads of tips on growing down here.
Only thing to do is to give it a try ..............