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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Can sympathise with the hardened clay soil,  we had it in Kent, my daughter lives in the clay country she battles but after years of reforming it she’s got it good now,  It can be very fertile soil. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's certainly fertile - just ask the weeds😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    More groundcover is what you need @B3.  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As I’ve said elsewhere, I grew up on heavy Suffolk clay … but copious amounts of pig manure from the farm resulted in a fantastically productive veg garden and beautiful roses.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • CharlotteFCharlotteF Posts: 337
    Yes I'm learning to adjust expectations of plant sizes, everything grows more giant than stated! 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's already covered in weeds
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You need to move further north then @B3  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's just as bad up the northern end of my garden @Fairygirl
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s bad at the back of my borders, I can’t get in there to mulch. 
    You could make your own pots B. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Plenty of nice sticky yellow clay if you go down far enough. I might find making yellow stocks more profitable.😏
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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