the problem is that the drainage is only good in the area you double dig. it will
still be surrounded by heavy clay that will hold the water like a big "pot".

what my mother did was build up beds a foot or so with compost and rotting marsh hay
ala Ruth Stout. BTW, digging also kills worms which turn everything into lovely
soil. And there is the problem of digging brings weed seeds up to the top where they
will sprout. a raised bed warms up faster and can be planted faster in any case.
Ingrid


I think what your trying to tell me is NOT to double dig a garden. I
was only going to double dig it the first time as I only have about a
foot of top soil before I hit heavy clay. I kind of thought if I open
up this clay that it may help with drainage in the garden. I also
considered just double digging each planting hole when I set my plants
out rather than the entire bed.

Rich
Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan
on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago