Bill& "Ben" wrote in
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We're two aspiring but not successful gardeners in Warwickshire.

My ex-husband used to do all the gardening in the rather large garden
we had previously and my current partner uses the excuse that as he
previously lived in Scotland, there was no point in him trying to grow
anything there.

Anyhow, we are currently renting a house which has lawned gardens to
the front and back with borders surrounding. The soil is not
particularly good, being full of stones and very heavy and claylike in
areas.

My questions are, is there anyway that we can improve the drainage in
the bad bits of soil? Also we cleared the borders out this morning
from the reamains of the bedding plants my parents gave us for the
summer. We would like to plant some bulbs but I'm worried that with
the soil being a bit damp at the moment, they will just rot.

I know that these are really basic questions but we really are that
useless at the moment!

Thanks,

B&B


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Bill&Ben


See if your local rubbish tip also provides a supply of free soil improver/
composted green waste ........many do if you take your own bags and shovel
it

Pile this on the beds along with digging some in
The bulbs will be quite happy .....they need moisture

Roses adore clay soil so plant a few of them

Keep piling on the soil improver and let the worms do the rest