Gardening tips for messed up new-build gardens on clay

[saveasteading]

This came to me on Facebook and shows we have been discussing  planting and they are listening.

It is Scotland focussed but a lot of it will apply anywhere with heavy, esp compacted,  clay and waterlogging.

 

From what I know already, this is good advice, and along our intended lines for drainage,  so I'm inclined to believe the rest too, esp what plants will thrive and help.

Obv enter at your own risk.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DrEZd8UYc/

[FarmerN]

From a conversation I had last night about gardens in new builds , they are lucky compacted clay is the problem rather that compacted bricks and rubble.

Advice all sounds good.

 

My approach would be to try to aid aeration by loosening clay with a long fork and spreading sharp sand ( concreating sand, not fine building sand) as well as organic matter.

A modern fork will probably bend a 50 year old one probably won’t.

 

Builders and developers do need to think about looking after the future gardens more.

Top soil screening buckets are now readily available for diggers to clear a site of large rubble pieces and can be very effective.

Our digger drivers idea of levelling the site was to track everything in and track back and too until level ! Soon stopped that.

Edited 22 hours ago by FarmerN