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Old 07-12-2013, 11:17 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Almost nothing grows here. Any advice?

On 07/12/2013 15:30, kay wrote:
Tell us what sort of garden you'd like and how much space you have. Also
what sort of soil - presumably your base rock is limestone, but do you
have a peaty covering or are you on lime?


The rocks of Arkengarthdale belong to the Yoredale Series, which is
formed of a mixture of limestones and clastic deposits. So some bits of
the valley have limestone as a base rock and other bits don't.

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