When I first moved into my new home, actually before I moved in, I looked at the soil outside.

It's kind of weird when you think about buying a house, you think about going in and looking

at how many bedrooms there are or how many bathrooms or if you like the floors.

I didn't do any of that. I actually didn't look at the house at all. I looked at the soil in the yard,

the shape of the yard and kind of what trees were on the property. Well, the soil type that you

are growing in is absolutely crucial. And I'm fortunate to say we have Rebecca Sears on the show

this week. She is the chief gardening guru at Ferry Morse, a classic legacy gardening company that

I've interfaced with for many, many years. So Rebecca, it's been great to have you on the show.

Thank you so much for having me Kevin.

All right. So the importance of knowing your soil type, where are you in the world? Just

out of curiosity. I am in Massachusetts in zone 6B. Okay. So I'm in San Diego zone 10B and I've got

sort of a brownish, slight reddish clay. What kind of stuff are you working with? Funny enough,

I have clay too, even though I'm on the other side of the country for me. Okay. So has that become

like a significant challenge for you? I actually have, have started to really love the soil that I've

got over here. You know, we, we really worked on it over time. You know, I think you're, you're

thought about when you look for new homes, understanding what soil you have is a great one. I think we

should pose that to Zillow and realtor.com. So, so that they can help us out with that. But yeah,

so we've had to amend it over time and add compost to make sure that it gets a little bit more

low. We so plants really are happy there. Yeah, that is absolutely crucial. I, like I said,

I mean, it's not an exaggeration. I looked at the soil. I ordered a soil test as we were in the

escrow process. So kind of an oddball, but you know, it is what it is. So if someone, you know,

whether they're renting or owning or thinking about owning, what, what would you recommend someone

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