[Livinhope]

This is a naive question but what type of sand would you use on the garden?

[Nikkithefoot]

What exactly do you want the sand for? There are many grades of sand out there. Being specific would hep people advise you.

[Livinhope]

Sorry, you can see the problem. I want to add it to soil to improve the drainage.

[savbo]

horticultural sharp sand not builders sharp sand (guess who bought the wrong one once...)

Buying in bulk is MUCH cheaper than bag by bag...

[Howard]

horticultural sharp sand not builders sharp sand...

Yep, also known as silver sand.

[Livinhope]

Thank you for that, it's an area I know nothing about.  You know we all make mistakes and over the years I've made some pretty big ones.

[savbo]

and don't forget that adding bulky organic matter like mushroom compost helps develop soil structure too

[clarkey95]

we did some flagging a few months back and we ended up with about two bags left. the bloke from the builders merchant said in was reclaimed sand and i was wondering does that mean i cant use it in the back garden see the soil is full of clay
thanks for your help

[Yorkie]

If I recall correctly builders' sand has different properties / reactions when wet, from hortic sand.  One clumps badly or something similar.  I've always read advice against using building sand in the garden to improve structure etc.

[Christo]

Ooops. I've just used a bag of Builders Sharp Sand that I had left over! So is it only formation of clumps that I should worry about? Or are there other horrors in store for me?