u/labeille

So I dug a couple of holes to plant my coral honeysuckle, finally getting around to it…. And now I’m confused about what kind of soil I have.

I’ve always thought it was clay, but when I dug down, I only had about a foot of clay, then sand, then I started finding rocks in the sand. I dug two holes about 4 feet apart. I dug a third hole about 15 feet away. It was the same for every hole. Then I moved about 50 feet away, and when I dug down, I only found clay with occasional rocks.

All of this is about 50 feet from the house.

So here’s my question, do you think this looks like something that the previous owner may have brought in? The Neighbourhood was built in the 60s, the previous owner bought this house in the mid 80s, and we bought it about 5 years ago. This is the first time I’ve really dug down anywhere to start planting things. Do I just have builders soil on top of sand? Maybe Builder soil, then clay, then sand? Is it possible that he put the sand on top, and over the years it has gotten deeper into the soil with the clay rising above?

I live on the edge of the Edwards plateau, about half a mile from the dividing line where the Blackland Prairie start. My neighborhood is also surrounded by the Greenbelt.

Here are several pictures of the holes/soil/sand

Sidenote, I ended up mixing the sand, clay and soil with a bunch of expanded shale compost to plant vines. 🤞🤞🤞

Any idea what this is? It’s growing along my fence and I’m wondering if I should pull it.

So I have this vine in my backyard that was planted by the previous owners, but I don’t know what it is. It’s been neglected for almost 10 years. I’m working on removing non-native plants, and trying to figure out if I should dig this out or give it something to climb on. Any ideas of what it might be? I thought maybe Texas wisteria but I’ve never seen it flower, so I think it’s just a green vine.