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Originally Posted by unicron85
it gets about two to three inches deep and it took about a day and a half so not too long really i'd just prefer it to be gone as theres no visible area of drainage. the soil is like a clay-ey (to use your term) mud but no actual clay (or none ive seen yet as i am yet to start doing any digging).
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"plants that drink a lot" won't be enough to solve that. If there's somewhere it could drain to, then you could put in some drainage. Otherwise, you'll need to plant things that don't mind getting their feet wet now and again.
the fact you describe it as mud suggests it doesn't have a very high humus content.
A good way to distinguish between sandy and clay soils is to roll a bit of soil between your fingers. If you can roll it into a ball, or even a worm, without it falling apart, then it's a clay soil. Clay plus humus = loam, so it's not a bad thing to have.
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