yes clay. I wouldn't have thought of it for drainage but I half remember reading about a farmer who had a machine that took out all the rocks from a piece of ground and when it was done put them all back again for the drainage.
Burying old crap (not plastic) is very satisfyingyes clay. I wouldn't have thought of it for drainage but I half remember reading about a farmer who had a machine that took out all the rocks from a piece of ground and when it was done put them all back again for the drainage.
Will be nice to get rid of all the broken bits though, I've been wondering what to do with them. I've tried to use some of the broken flower pots creatively but it's never really worked
I wondered whether anyone would notice
Eta: it is Cornwall but I'm not sure that we often get three foot of rain
Some finished compost and/or organic matter to break down over time is fine, but if you're on heavy clay a hole that deep is gonna turn into a lake in winter if it's filled with something much more free-draining than the surrounding soil. Adding stuff like gravel won't really help.I wondered whether anyone would notice
the intention .....
... was to build a bit of a sunken summer house because I've always wanted a sunken type house, but I realized after it had been dug out (soil gone to make flower beds elsewhere) that I was never going to do it and even if I did I was never going to use it.
so I'm gradually filling it in with the aim of putting a bit of a (fruit?) tree surrounded by plants/flowers in there, not sure what yet because it's a bit shaded by damson treelets surrounding it.
It's to do with the density of the soil types. Imagine you have a bucket full of sand, then you dig a hole and fill it with uncooked pasta or marbles or something and then pour a watering can over it. The hole will turn into a puddle while the water drains more slowly through the much denser sand.Eta: it is Cornwall but I'm not sure that we often get three foot of rain
Ok so stuff like this makes a difference but you did just say "a three foot deep hole"
, I've had good experience of that, though.
Where do you suppose would be suitable to sow them ?
A nice green grassy area. Soak the seeds. Mix with compost. Apply to ground.
That won't work.
Depends on a few things. It's the method I use for sowing large areas of wildflower mix at work (not soaking or any of that faff, but just flinging handfuls of seed about).
But they will be in competition with grass that isn't being managed as a meadow.
"feeding the birds" as we also call it
This lot was sown the same year as we first introduced yellow rattle, so it hadn't weakened the grass any yet before the other stuff germinated and started growing. I can't find a pic this second but I have other areas that all grow much shorter which were sown exactly the same way. Very much depends on species / soil & environment / sowing time & conditions, ime.
In that pic? Poppies, corncockle, vetch, yellow rattle as mentioned, lots more stuff that I can't remember right now that mostly does its thing a bit earlier on before the ox-eyes take over completely (even in the bad drought last summer they ended up as tall as me!)
I was going to suggest glyphosate but thought better of it...
