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Kay wrote:

Heavy clay is not the word! How come the soil in the fields is like
black compost and I get the short straw!! lol

But you haven't! Heavy clay plus humus = loam which is a very fertile
soil. So start a compost heap and start adding humus. You'll find things
will grow in abundance, and you won't be forever watering in the summer.

Er, no. Most meanings of the word "loam" mean something else. But
you are right that heavy clay is extremely fertile when lightened
with enough humus.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.