Soil Condition

Question:

Could you please give me some info on how to get garden advice about improving the soil condition?

Answer:

Here is a link to a page on my site which should help. http://gardeningregister.co.uk/NonProductPages/Articles/soil.htm. The best thing to do for improvement is to dig over the whole site, remove all weeds and add well-rotted manure or compost. Leave for a couple of weeks for any weed seeds to germinate and re-weed the area. If this is too much work you may be OK with weeding and digging the manure or compost into the top few inches of the soil. This work is best done in the autumn and the ground left through the winter to allow the elements to help break down the soil. It will then be ready to work in the spring. If your soil is very heavy clay you may have no option than to remove the top 6-12 inches and replace with new top-soil.

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