Our desert soil and composting – a perfect match. Garbage can end up being a nice meal for your garden. Here’s Angela O’Callaghan.I’m pretty sure that nobody living in this part of the world would be too surprised to hear that our soils are notoriously difficult to work. It isn’t just because they’re dry. Well, I suppose ultimately most of our problems stem from the lack of water, but there are some specific things we need to pay attention to, if we’re going to keep our gardens alive.