Estimating quantity of top soil
Any tips on estimating tonnage of topsoil required for given volume?
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Estimating quantity of top soil
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Broadback wrote: Any tips on estimating tonnage of topsoil required for given volume? Of the order of 1.5 tonnes/cubic metre (when fairly damp), but anywhere between 0.75 and 2 is plausible (the lower figures corresponding to dryish peaty soils). Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Estimating quantity of top soil
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Any tips on estimating tonnage of topsoil required for given volume? Call it a tonne and a half per cubic metre. It varies, of course, but that's pretty standard. Best to stick to metric throughout, to avoid confusion. (Not part of the question, and of course you know more about your garden than I do, but actually people don't always need topsoil as badly as they think. Sometimes a really forbidding site turns out to need no more than a bit of heavy clearing and ordinary soil improvement measures. If heavy clearing is necessary for rubble etc, topsoil isn't always the cure. If you're not certain about this, we like talking about that here!) Mike. |
Estimating quantity of top soil
Mike Lyle wrote:
SNIP (Not part of the question, and of course you know more about your garden than I do, but actually people don't always need topsoil as badly as they think. Sometimes a really forbidding site turns out to need no more than a bit of heavy clearing and ordinary soil improvement measures. If heavy clearing is necessary for rubble etc, topsoil isn't always the cure. If you're not certain about this, we like talking about that here!) Mike. Thanks for all your replies. As regards your appendum Mike, I am afraid that the land is very sloping, and any topsoil has been washed to the bottom. All that I have is gravel, I believe it is called, though to me it is various sizes of pebbles kept apart by small amounts of sand and clay. The only way to "dig" it is with a pickax! A visitor told me that the fact that gorse is infecting the area is a certain sign of no or very poor topsoil. -- Please do not reply by Email, as all emails to this address are automatically deleted. |
Estimating quantity of top soil
In article , Broadback writes: | | Thanks for all your replies. As regards your appendum Mike, I am afraid | that the land is very sloping, and any topsoil has been washed to the | bottom. All that I have is gravel, I believe it is called, though to me | it is various sizes of pebbles kept apart by small amounts of sand and | clay. The only way to "dig" it is with a pickax! A visitor told me | that the fact that gorse is infecting the area is a certain sign of no | or very poor topsoil. Not a certain sign, but a good one. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Estimating quantity of top soil
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(Broadback) wrote: the land is very sloping, and any topsoil has been washed to the bottom. So probably a good idea to plant/landscape to avoid your new soil going the same way. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ |
Estimating quantity of top soil
(Steve Harris) wrote in message ...
In article , (Broadback) wrote: the land is very sloping, and any topsoil has been washed to the bottom. So probably a good idea to plant/landscape to avoid your new soil going the same way. Sounds like a case for terracing, doesn't it? This can be bold and obvious, or quite unobtrusive; very formal, or natural-looking; formal near the house, informal further away. The pick and shovel or mini-digger will be called for! Doesn't all need to be done in a single season, though; but if it _is_ done in stages the design will need to allow for the next year's delivery not wrecking what's been built already. Could have a lovely water-feature, pumping the same water back to the top; pipe would need to be laid before the terracing. I envy you: it'll be terrific fun. There's no feeling like making a garden from scratch, especially with such scope for individuality. Mike. |
Estimating quantity of top soil
(Steve Harris) wrote in message ...
In article , (Broadback) wrote: the land is very sloping, and any topsoil has been washed to the bottom. So probably a good idea to plant/landscape to avoid your new soil going the same way. Sounds like a case for terracing, doesn't it? This can be bold and obvious, or quite unobtrusive; very formal, or natural-looking; formal near the house, informal further away. The pick and shovel or mini-digger will be called for! Doesn't all need to be done in a single season, though; but if it _is_ done in stages the design will need to allow for the next year's delivery not wrecking what's been built already. Could have a lovely water-feature, pumping the same water back to the top; pipe would need to be laid before the terracing. I envy you: it'll be terrific fun. There's no feeling like making a garden from scratch, especially with such scope for individuality. Mike. |
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