Soil

[kareid]

The soil in my new yard is acidic (5.4).  This is the range of 'strongly acidic'.  I can tell this from both the test results and from which plants are thriving unattended - mountain laurels and rhododendrons.  I like some plants which prefer acid soil, but many plants which prefer neutral to alkaline (hellebores, peonies, sage, lilac, species

Comments

[jenny_sellinger]

My inclination would be to leave one or two acidic beds (i.e. around the mountain laurels) and to work on reducing the acidity in the rest of the garden.

[sprrwhwk]

Ooh, you could grow blueberries and wintergreen and... other tasty things I don't remember that like soil like that! (Ah, modulo the lead.) Beyond that, though, strongly acidic narrows your planting options pretty strongly, is my impression, so if I were going to need to rehabilitate the soil anyway, I'd probably lime it as I go in at least a couple beds.