What do you think of this outdoor soil?

Friend and I are growing a crop outside. 2 weeks away from putting the seedlings into the ground now and we found an underground spring out near our grow site. We took a shovel to the soil and about 12 inches down water started gurgling back up and it's really moist. The soil is straight black and crawling with earth worms. I noticed ferns and some type of thorny/wild berry plants growing all over the place in this soil and there are places where the water is visibly pooling up to the top of the soil. Everywhere around the puddles is just really moist and super loamy black soil with worms. Do you think it would be wise for us to dig this soil up and use it for our plants to grow in? I don't have a soil ph test kit or anything but just going off of what I see it would seem to me like good soil to grow in. Thanks.

fuck yea man i wish i had some. ur planning on using pots?

I wouldn't use it myself.....spells poor drainage! The black soil is rich in organics but by the sounds of things also water logged.....just my 2 cents

You certainly could, but it would be much better for drainage if you amended it with perlite. About 20% perlite would be good, 30% would be amazing. It's super light so it wont be a bitch to haul to your spot, and it's cheap as shit from the right sources.

I went and bought some peat moss and mixed it with some of the soil trying to loosen it up a bit(?). It's got some natural sand mixed with it already and seems to drain ok but still retains some water. Got 2 plants planted into it now, Kannabia Special and Osiris Pyramid(Widow x AK47). Planted them yesterday and it stormed like hell here today, loads of rain, then the sun popped out. They seem to be doing great so far. I bought some plant stakes and twist ties to LST them across the ground, keep the grow low... I didn't plant them in pots, I just dug out a large section of the ground and filled it with what I mentioned above. Any suggestions?

u need 2 mound the dirt up like a hill or make a raised bed these r swamp growing techniques that allow the plant dryer conditions until the roots reach the water and can decide on its own how much water it wants.