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Originally Posted by A Menzies
We have moved into a newly built house, and we are doing the garden from
scratch. It is only 14 ft by 25 ft, very heavy clay soil, which was
completely waterlogged in the winter, and now has cracks 1'' wide.
We are putting in a garden path and seating area, basically slate chippings
with strategically placed paving stones. We want to use the log roll as
edging to hold the slate in place. What is the best way to anchor this,
bearing in mind I will be digging on the 'border side' to improve the soil,
and put in plants? I don't want the edging falling over etc.
We have had 2 different sets of advice, one to concrete in the log roll all
the way around the edge, the other to use fixing posts about every 3 ft. One
edge will be straight, the other will be curved. Anyone any experience of
putting this in? What worked, didn't work, for you?
Thanks for any replies
Ann
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Hi,
I too have very heavy clay soil (I think most of us have?).
So I decided to use raise borders filled with top soil.
I have used 12" log roll, which I have hammered into the ground (whilst soft) about 2-3".
However, apart from the weight of the soil, there is nothing to move it, no heavy foot traffic ie a path.
I would personally just hammer the roll in and see how it goes, adding a few supports if neccessary later. I dislike concrete as its rather permanent and im prone to changing my mind frequently. I moved the edging four or five times over a period of a months as I prefer a dynamic garden.
Hope that helps, I guess it depends on whetehr you like to do things properly at the begining or just "wing" it and see how it goes, with a backup plan or two if it goes pear shape.
Have fun
Ed