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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • It’s pretty big, and due to budget and being carless, it will need to be dug by hand. Peat isn’t something I’ve seen where I am, are there other alternatives? Currently I’ve dug out all but the biggest plants and I’ve turned it into a compost pile (food scraps, coffee grounds, grass clippings). I figured I’d let that do It’s thing for a few months, then dig it in and add amendments. Gypsum and lime keep being mentioned, so probably those and some blood and bone or similar. I want to grow veggies and herbs there if it’s possible after all that.

    I can get some products delivered from Amazon, if they sell useful amendments. Perhaps manure as well? I’ve gotten so much different advice, I feel like I’m just throwing everything at it lol. Doing something about the clay will make it infinitely easier to dig though.



  • I’m very much a beginner to this, so I don’t understand much of what you’ve said (although I appreciate the info and will do some googling). I’m renting, the house was built about 30-40 years ago and I don’t know what was done then.

    There’s one garden bed in particular that’s full of lumps of clay. The soil is otherwise not too bad to dig, but the drainage seems fairly terrible. I’ve tried sowing seeds in there and very little germinates.

    When you say amendments, would that be things like lime or gypsum, or fertilisers and soil improvers, or some other option I’m too much of a noob to know about?

    Thanks so much for your help.