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Hey Cynthia, If you are going to let them know about our dirt, lets tell them ALL about it, In East Texas, we have black gumbo, as Cynthia said, Black gumbo is the perfect soil to garden in. It will grow anything that you plant on the 2 days a year the conditions are correct and you can plow it. Always remember, stick with black gumbo, and it will stick with you Also found in east Texas is sand up here in the piney woods, It has no organic matter, won't hold water 5 min, and has no nutrients what so ever, but the pines don't care and grow anyway. In south Texas, we have the wonderful calliche, soft and bottomless when its wet, and brick hard dry, it resembles the sandy land of east Texas without pines, but with mesquite and pear And in the hill country where I grew up, we have no soil at all, just limestone rock. Digging a post hole is easy here, just fire up the jack hammer and punch in your hole. For big holes like septic tanks, use 1/2 stick of dynamite..... While (hopefully) telling this in a humorous light, all the above is also quite true for those who thought I was kidding. Tex