No offense taken. I can use all the advice I can get. This is a great site and very informative. I wasted a lot of money by not getting a soil sample before my past efforts. With the mild start to the winter, I took the time to get a sample, enlarge one of my plots, and cut overhanging branched encroaching into the plot. Now I am going to trim back two apple trees while I get ready for planting time. I cant say enough how much I was missing without the soil sample in the past. It was easy and I sent it through the regular mail. My postal clerk thought I was a little weird when he asked me if I wanted insurance and I told him it was only dirt, but other than that brief moment of humility, it was easy to do.