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Soil preparation

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  Posted by katlewhick (U13911560) on Friday, 10th April 2009

  I would like to know just how the soil at the new garden was transformed from a quagmire into good, workable soil a month later.
  We saw machines all over it, puddles in tyre tracks etc, but by the first programme it was transformed, but we were not told HOW. Surely this is what many gardeners want to know, if taking on a new garden or allotment.
  Come on Ö÷²¥´óÐã, own up to how much money was spent bringing in soil, manpower etc.
  On a smaller scale a similar thing happened with Joe's allotment last year. He had a free load of compost from the council. Try asking our council for that for every allotment! Joe had a very weedy plot but all was transformed within a week or two.

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  Posted by gilllawn (U13911589) on Friday, 10th April 2009

  Totaly agree! How do you turn that amount of compacted ground into workable garden? Toby - you stated the problem but failed to tell us how it was corrected. I have just renovated a house and the garden is extremely compacted. The area is too large to dig by hand. Any suggestions?

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  Posted by Colin (U2252951) on Friday, 10th April 2009

  The planting hole he dug for the rose looked to be in very compacted soil; I reckon it'll sulk being in a "sump" for water.

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