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Wildflowers - to dig over soil before planting or not?

. I want to turn this area into a bug friendly wildflower plot but have read that ideally the soil should be turned fully to allow for the seeds to be planted in. However, it feels as if I've got a decent base to work with here so wondered if I should by Barry Hayter

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05/08/2012 15:25:55

by Barry Hayter

ok first load of top soil what to do with it.

Well a picture is worth a 1000 words so First lot of top soil arrived this evening but what to do with this area it's around 5 meters square behind this picture is another 34 meters of wall and what till now can mostly be described as stony ground by blackest

06/04/2013 00:20:02

by blackest

Tips on types of soil etc for the base of a raised flower bed

is 18 inches high you can put crocks in the bottom to fill it out.but if you want to grow potatoes or parsnips you will need deep good quality soil. by Shorty2

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29/01/2012 11:54:21

by Dave Shah

clay soil late summer flowers (slug proof but bee friendly)

in to get some colour. Ive bought lavender to attract the bees but wondered if anyone had any ideas? - i've lost so many to slugs and our clay over the years. I have clay soil (old brickworks next door) and Japanese Anemone grows well, but they do seem by Ems2

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25/05/2012 22:30:32

by diggingdoris

What veg and salad can be grown in clay-flint-chalk soil?

Thank you for the advice on indoors growing. Now the time for 'being brave'. Have been a bit disappointed by efforts in recent years to grow veg and salad outdoors. Cabbages, swedes and other veg have all failed in a horrible clay flinty soil by Bob Flowerjuice

04/04/2013 02:14:34

by Man of Kent

Laying turf on a gravel/soil/dirt mixture - possible?

work it would take as there is no turf in position at present. Instead there is a gravel/soil/dirt mixture, with a variety of trees, weeds and shrubs growing around the edges of the garden. The tree has a seperate membrane seperating it. The paving by munroar

15/06/2013 23:39:49

by darren stubbs

what kind of grit do the gardeners use in there potting soil?

what do the gardeners from gardeners world us there potting soil? It looks like a kind or very small stones about two to four millimeters .Is it a kind of grit ore something else? They also springel some of it on top of een potted plant by Dutch-Ellen

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08/12/2012 06:14:05

by Dovefromabove

Holes in soil

by blueberry77

30/11/2012 10:54:15

by sotongeoff

Soil pests

by Emjay

09/05/2013 14:07:59

by Lyn

please help- car battery acid in soil how can i change this and make it a good?

the soil so that i can grow lots of lovely flowers? or will any spillages have neutralised by now? thanks from kat What is growing now? The acid would be Sulphuric acid so the effect would be to make the soil acidic. Buy a cheap soil testing kit and check by one girl and her dog(s)

09/10/2012 18:03:05

by one girl and her dog(s)

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