anyaisle said:
We have a 1939 house with a 120 foot garden just a few inches under the soil is clay.
During the winter months and heavy summer downpours, the soil is sodden and the rain pools. The garden becomes unusable.
I had an idea to break through the clay layer, with the thought of digging a few holes that would provide a drainage system, like pullng the plug in a sink. Using an extendable manual auger, we dug over 13 feet down and it was still clay.
anyaisle said:Ours is more claypan than hardpan and as I said, after only a few inches of topsoil. 13 + feet down, it's still clay. When it's dry enough, we spend a lot of time maintaining the garden but would like to be able to use the grassed areas more, for leisure.