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Redoing topsoil
lydiaann
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My garden needs a rethink. The basics are there but the trees along the rear of the garden, 2017's immense growth of same, and now this extremely hot summer have played havoc with the beds (the trees suck up any water I put into the beds) and I want to dump a whole load of topsoil onto the beds and get it worked in before winter sets in. I've been told by several people that the topsoil offered by British Sugar works wonders in this area (Newark). Anyone know (a) how much volume one tonne would be; and (b) whether the claims are true? One man, a landscaper among other things, has stated that he can get any topsoil from wherever I want (i.e., other producers) but he particularly recommended British Sugar products. I do know that they are producing more 'loamy' products which would help with drainage, particularly if I work in some of the pebbles that I have found over the past 7 years as we are sitting on heavy clay. Any comments would be most gratefully received!
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It also comes from the sugar beet factory.
It's the silt that is washed from the beets, dried, then mixed with sand.
It has the consistency of flour or fine sand and has no stones or grit.
I was very pleased with it.
The one thing to note is that it has no 'life' in it. So I dug in 4 ton of well rotted manure.
The results from my raised beds since have been very good.
1 ton is roughly the size of a bulk bag or approx 1 cubic metre
PS - for smaller amounts of the same stuff. I've subsequently bought the same product from Oakley Turf - they deliver in bulk bags
Billericay - Essex
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Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.