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I live in central Kentucky which has just a few inches of top soil with a base of clay. Aside from building my beds up with additional costly soil, is there a way to work the clay out or do something about the clay so I can improve the quality of the flower beds? Thank you
John
I have never had clay soil to work with. From what I could guess you will probly need to add soil to the top of the clay. I can only guess that if you added lawn clippings you would end up with a wet brick. That is all I can tell you on this subject, sorry.
Richard
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Answers by Expert:
Richard Clark
Expertise
will try to answer questions about soil preparation, sprinkler irrigation, grains, potatoes, mint. Maintaining equipment. Not an expert but will try to help you.
Experience
Been farming in Southern Oregon at 4200 foot elevation for 35 years. Make my own decisions of what crops to plant, what and when to fertilizer, irrigation with sprinklers (hand line and wheelline). Maintain my equipment.
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