Hi y'all, new to this site and first time poster. I'm working on turning our 9500 square foot lot into a more productive space. In the southeast corner of the yard there is a large "sandbox." It's a framed irregular box, about 16' x 12' closest to the yard, 16' x 17' on the fence side, with a frame about 8" deep. It's filled with 5"-6" of sand. Not sure what the previous owners used it for, but it looks like they ran electricity out there, so maybe there was a fountain in the middle? Anyway, It was a sandbox and play area for our little one, but the overhanging oleander dumps spent flowers on it and the dog and neighborhood cats like to use it as a litter box, so it's really just a waste of space right now.
I'd like to take out the ornamental trees lining the fence and overhanging it (oleander, bottle brush, privet) and was thinking about removing the frame and expanding our fruit tree orchard.
My questions to you fine people are: What do I do with all the sand? Leave it in place and bring in soil & compost to amend it? Can I plant fruit trees into the sand? The soil below has a decent amount of clay in it.
Thank you in advance!
