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I have just took over a new build allotment plot and I have everything in raised beds. I have bags of grass cuttings, could I dig them into the soil and cover with black covering instead? Also where do I get the rye seeds? GlentoranMark : Rye seed

I garden on clay good clay at the top then a layer of dead clay wich nothing could survive in then below that chalk, I do add different things to the soil to try to make it more pliable but it remains very heavy to dig, waterlogged in winter

Hi - I have got several plants that traditionally prefer poorer soil which are growing in pots, e.g. scabious, lavender, sedum, snow in summer, fleabane etc.  Just wondering if these should ever be fed.  I know that planted in the garden the advice

I hope i have the right section of the forum but this is my first post! I live on the mendips and therefore have learnt that (through reading and experimentation) that i have limestone bedrock and VERY alkaline sandy ish soil.  But with the recent

I've prepared my new herbaceous borders and have all my plants potted up (very thankful it was a mild winter!).  To give everything a good start, I want to lay manure on top of the soil and let the worms do their work but I also want to get

it doesn't make a lot of difference- providing the soil is wet and not frozen   I usually do it in Autumn in case I'm late in spring and things have started to grow Autumn for me too, providing the soil is moist. Main reason is I have loads of bulbs

Hi - just recently had the patio removed and discovered underneath it are wall foundations of an old building, which I think might have been a coal shed at some point because my beautiful soil has lots of tiny bits of coal and coal dust in it. I

Hi all, We're digging out the clay soil in a problem area of our garden and to save ourselves from injury, thought it best to hire a small skip to put it in. We wonder now though, as we are laying a patio also, is is possible to reuse the clay

Planting to reduce soil water content / reduce holard? What shall i plantI've taken on some voluntary gardening on a 5m by 15m back garden for another building which is a converted  east facing terraced town house There's an empty basement flat

Hi all, We're digging out the clay soil in a problem area of our garden and to save ourselves from injury, thought it best to hire a small skip to put it in. We wonder now though, as we are laying a patio also, is is possible to reuse the clay