@bede Metaphorically speaking if you read it correctly.
You have totally misunderstood what @Fairygirl has said too. Fighting the soil refers to any soil not just clay think you need to reread these comments. Perhaps you simply don't understand?
A reply to my earlier comments sent directly to you would have been more useful from a garden perspective.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Wasting your time there @GardenerSuze. I temporarily 'unignored' to see the comments. Trying to alter the pH of soil in order to grow a particular plant that needs a totally different pH, is very different from amending and improving it's structure - clay in particular, but sandy soil too.
As I said before on another thread, and quoting the glorious Del Boy- 'none so blind as them wot won't listen'... Back to the 'button' for me
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Little point in trying to grow something when your location, site and climate isn't suitable. Why waste time, energy or money on fighting against nature ? It doesn't really make sense.and, as seen on the forum, often results in disappointment and frustration. Goes without saying that not all of us have the ideal situation to grow what we fancy but we have to learn live with what we've got. Saves a lot of head bashing IMO
@philippasmith2 remember when you said you wanted to walk barefoot on our lawn/grass/ moss in the summer, it’s now like walking on top of a peat bog, all we need is the gasses bubbling away 😀😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
A healthy soil supports more wildlife and stores more carbon. Accumulations of nitrogen fertilisers causing damage, is well documented. So why do some gardeners see the necessity to add chemicals to soil or lawns? Soil should be treated with complete respect.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Yes, I do remember that @Lyn Sitting by the pond and imagining what it would feel like. Just the thought of that brings back some very happy memories. I could maybe paddle tho - be worth it to enjoy the garden again
I like moss. It's gradually taking over the front lawn, and the shady back border - It's natural mulch, a habitat for tiny things, and good for bird nests. 😊
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I am about to read a thread about clay. Now that has both good and bad points that are worth fighting.
Don't think of it as "fighting", think "solving an issue". And the physical hard work is surely better than the gym.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
No chemicals on the garden, hey. Just load up the body.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
You have totally misunderstood what @Fairygirl has said too.
Fighting the soil refers to any soil not just clay think you need to reread these comments. Perhaps you simply don't understand?
A reply to my earlier comments sent directly to you would have been more useful from a garden perspective.
I temporarily 'unignored' to see the comments.
Trying to alter the pH of soil in order to grow a particular plant that needs a totally different pH, is very different from amending and improving it's structure - clay in particular, but sandy soil too.
As I said before on another thread, and quoting the glorious Del Boy- 'none so blind as them wot won't listen'...
Back to the 'button' for me
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I could maybe paddle tho - be worth it to enjoy the garden again