I think bog gardens are good for muddy clay areas. I had one and a bog
helped the situation 100%.
Canadian Spagnum Peat absorbs over 65% of its weight in water and when
toally saturated, wicks the the water downward and not outward.
http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/boggardenjuly.jpg

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On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:22:52 -0600, J Kolenovsky
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Just read about it briefly. "Expanded shale" for clay/gumbo soils only=
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Has anyone tried this or heard of it?
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Living in Houston myself, where, due to yesterday's rain, my backyard
will look like a muddy lake bed for another week or 10 days, I'd be
most interested in finding some way to penetrate that clay soil back
there. It's quite a problem for me which seems to be getting worse in
spite of the soil ammendments I've tried.
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