GardenBanter.co.uk - View Single Post - Lavatera Barnsley waterlogged soil help please.

Janet · 21-07-2012, 04:58 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article , says...
Then have a chat with your neighbours and find out if all the gardens in
that build have saturated soil. If they have, find out what they have
done/are doing about it. What, if anything, they are able to grow. If
they don't have saturated soil, then you know it is just your garden.
That's not as bad as it sounds, because it means you can excavate and
put in drainage channels because there's somewhere for the water to go.

Where is that? If she installs drainage channels, she will have to
consider where they will discharge the water to.

If you are able to drain your land, it will then become much easier to
add grit and compost to improve your soil. You will also need to feed
the soil as, by now, all the goodness will have leached out of the soil,

Not necessarily. Depending on the cause of waterlogging, wet soil may be
very rich in nutrients .

Janet