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Stony ground / top soil - newbie question
I wonder if someone can advise me please?
I've just had my large, derelict front garden levelled and rotivated, leaving me, I'd hoped with a great expanse of beautiful soil to start cultivating. Trouble is, now that the matted grass and weeds have been removed, I see that the soil is incredibly stony. Could someone advise what the best thing to do here is please? The plan is to have a pond, four vegetable beds, a couple of flower beds, and the rest lawn. Do I try to get rid of the stones? This seems like it would be a never-ending task. The ground is quite compacted and I suspect there's more stoniness beneath. Or would it be an idea to buy in a load of top soil? As I said, it's quite a big area - probably 20 metres by 25 metres - so it would need a lot of soil. But would it solve the problem anyway? Would it be feasible to think in terms of building raised beds for the veg and just grass-seeding the rest? Though I presume it would be very hard to mow if it was this stony? Sorry for all these questions, but I'm really unsure what the best option is. Cheers Clarissa |
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