Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 18, 2010 1:13 pm Hi, Just after some advice as to what do with our new garden (to-be). We are located in western suburbs of VIC, and as such have horrible heavy clay soil. We are planning a 100% native + native edible garden at the front of the house and in our nature strip. At the back, we’ll have raised garden beds ( which won’t be so much of an issue) but also at the back and sides of house, we plan to have citrus, stone fruit, dwarf apples and general beds with small edibles / herbs etc. We need to build the soil level up by approx 100mm or so around the house. We’re not having any traditional grass (at this point) – we’ll either put pathways or mulch areas which aren’t walkways and plant the rest out. We would prefer organic solutions only as we want most of the garden to be ‘edible’ and want to get as much of the garden in as soon as possible, so at least at this stage, won’t have ‘time’ for growing a green manure crop, which was my original idea, before summer kicks in. Any ideas about how we can best combat the clay in the different areas/zones as from what I understand the soil requirements are quite different? Any advice is much appreciated (other than give up before you start, haha!) Thanks, Sarahl Re: Our new garden 3Oct 19, 2010 12:59 am although the zones are different the requirements for the soil are the same - you need to get it friable and get some soil organisms living in it. search clay, fu manchu and redman (he has some interesting ideas on clay) "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 36 23922 Fig Landscapes has produced an e-book and native plant index, available for purchase from their website. It's a great resource, full of inspiration and tips. Another… 1 12264 |