Horntoad said:The problem with that is, the soil you add will be fast draining, but then it will hit the clay underneath and stop. You would basically be creating a bog. Once the new soil is saturated it will drain very slowly through the clay drowning, you plants. It would be better to either amend the clay or go with a raised bed.
But isn't that exactly like a raised bed? I mean, you're just piling better draining soil on top of lesser draining soil except the walls in my proposal are the original soil (which is porous indeed).
I mean, in a raised bed the water eventually also hits the bottom and stops or slows draining away. It's not like during rain the water that has already penetrated the clay one foot from either side (in my proposal) suddenly decides "Oh that soil over there is faster draining, I think I'll head that way."...Same goes for amending it. I don't plan on amending/digging out my whole garden.
Place on planning this is behind the hammock
