That's a great tip, I'm going to be more careful about what I do and don't pull out of there. I have a few actually pretty, flowering weeds in my walkways.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help me. I don't use any chemicals, it's not even legal this close to the River.... I totally forgot to get a soil test, I really will do that! Then I can know how far off I am. There are many "zones" around my 2acre's that I work, surrounded by forest...
You make good points. I have never had to deal with mites and this whole place is one big glorious dust bath. It's just roots that don't love sand so I'm trying to make organic matter as fast as it's trying to suck it down and out of here. It's quite the battle.....
On the map my property is a pizza slice with the crust end as River frontage. So it's nice to have that much River view but my soil is just pure sand, medium bank. Add to that fir tree canopy and I feel like I couldn't be in a more challenging place to garden. Between the house and River I do...