I have posted a lot of questions today....I cant wait until I know what I am doing, and have experienced some success with it, so I can give back to this great community with advice of my own...
OK, so I need to order my organic compost ready for turf and garden soil prep which hopefully will happen in the next couple of weeks...
I need to prep 300sqm of heavy clay soil, 180sqm of which is on my nature strip and 120sqm in my yard. I want 10% organic matter in the top 100mm of soil, so I will need to layer 1cm of compost and mix it in. On top of this, I will be putting down 100mm of sandy organic underlay then the turf.
Quantity of compost needed = 0.01 x 300 = 3cubic meters.
In the garden beds, where I will be amending the top 200mm of soil, I will need 0.02 x 20sqm = 0.4 cubic meters.
Somehow I thought I would have needed a lot more for the area I am doing, so can someone correct me if I have miscalculated ...
Now to find a landscaper who is willing to hear me out and do the turf prep the way I want it done, not the way they want to do it
thanks so much !