Wannadu - do you also have issues with sand? Here, red clay is everywhere in GA, and the second you cross Savannah River into SC where I live, there's sand. I'm talking white, beach type sand without the ocean. It makes growing grass or plants so hard.
I live on the central western side of ga-south of Atlanta and red clay here. But I did go to college(after HS) in south Ga and it was sandy(near Vidalia-onions-the soil there grows the most unique onion in the world) In fall the first yr I was there, it was a cool morning and I wasn't used to the milder weather so I wore a sweater to Savannah and about roasted all day b/c it was 75-80 degrees, the sand wasn't frost. (blush) So the coastal terrain near the Savannah R. doesn't surprise me and mix w/ red clay. Jennifer
P.S.and the leaves don't turn fast either. Not like the gorgeous colors you get up north.Our trees are a little golden but still a lot of green.