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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , [H]omer wrote: I didn't make it clear before, but my current 'soil' is about 1/2" of what looks like mainly sand (think the kind of soil you get at the inland edge of a beach), followed by ???" of clay (I haven't struck rock yet!!!). Therefore, for all intents and purposes, there is no real soil on site; I'll have to buy some in. That smells wrong. I strongly advise analysing it first - your clay may not be entirely clay. My soil is 60% sand, 18% silt and 22% clay, and you should likke at various loams - if you have basically clay, you WANT the sand. To analyse clay at home, half fill a clear glass wine bottle Hi Nick, Yeah I remember doing the soil-test-in-a-jar experiment way back in my school days. Let me put it this way, the clay under my garden has the consistency of putty, i.e. it is nearly pure, terracotta-red, potter's clay. It's so 'good' in fact that I am actually going to be selling it to a local arts and crafts club. It would seem that I'm sitting on top of a clay pit. Oh lucky me. I am brassed off that the property developers slapped lawns directly on top of wet-clay with zero drainage. I understand that clay is not intrinsically the evil entity that some people think it is; it is rich in nutrients after all, but it's also a pain WRT drainage. I think my garden may actually be one of those that really does need field drainage pipes. I'm going to be calling in a guy who's a tree surgeon and landscaper, to help me with a tree that's been blown partly over by the horrendous wind we get round here, so I'll ask for his expert opinion about drainage on site as well. Thanks again, - [H]omer |
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