WI>I promise you, I've been gardening for more years than I care to admit to
  >(actually, I just say this because I'm suppose to, I guess... it doesn't 
mat
  >to me how old I am.   I am as old as I am, anyway, and I can't do anything
  >about it!   :)  I have used builder's sand, river bank sand, play sand, 
shar
  >(which I prefer, for fighting clay soil).  The only one I really don't 
like 
  >all, for this purpose, is really fine sand, as it packs down, doesn't last
  >long,  and blows about far too easily. I also don't want contaminated 
sand..
  >(but if you dig it from a river bank, you have no way of knowing if it is
  >tainted...)  but I'd *not* use beach sand without washing it (to get rid 
of 
  >saline content).
I often forget how far and wide this conference goes.  My sand is from 
the shores of Lake Ontario between the Province of Ontario and parts of 
northern United States..(New York State e.g.).  
                           Doris Dignard
                      dorisdignard@better.net
                    doris.dignard@capcanada.com
                      
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