"tina" wrote in message

Would you advise me to remove all the pebbles first before digging
into the clay to mix in the pebbles or a trench at a time. (the
clay
looks rock hard) :-(

Water it and wait a few days then go back and have another go at it
when it's dried out a bit.

p.s. I'm going to mix in compost from my 3 compost heaps. What mix
would you use? Equal amounts of clay, pebbles & compost or something
else?

Pile it in and nay more you can get your hands on.

Off for a nice soak in the bath now to sort my blistered palms out &
aching back.

Sounds like you might have overdone it. :-(( Little and often works
just as well and if you do yourself some real damage you won't be able
to get back into it for ages. Be kind to yourself.