[rubixs]

hi all i plan on hirering a rotavator to turn my soil & root out all weeds & brable roots.
when i turned over a little patch with a fork i noticed the soil is bit clayie.
would just like abit of advise of what to do with it.
this bit of ground i'll be using as my lawn i'll be throwing grass seeds down.

[SG6]

I think that there is no magical answer.
Although clay soil isn't all bad, just heavy to work and can set like stone.

I can but suggest that you add almost anything and dig it in or let nature drag it in, worms do a great job but slowly. By anything I mean composted manure, compost from garden centres, chipped bark, sand.

It will take time and initially at least could be heavy digging anything in.

If you grow anything in pots, then once used tip the compost on as well.

[mumofstig]

I would just dig some sharp sand into the top few inches, then tread level and rake in some blood fish and bone before you sow your grass seed.

[SG6]

I may have misunderstood. I thought that you were intending to rotovate the whole garden and plant a small patch of grass. The remainder being used for growing of something else such as veg and fruit.

If it is just the grass area that concerns you then as MOS says add something like sand, possibly some inexpensive compost, level and sow the grass seed. The sand and compost should help the grass seed take and give a fair surface for roots to develop.

[Remy]

My garden was full of clay but if you work quite a bit of compost in it as well as mulching with wood bark it should lighten the soil.

I'm not an expert on these thing but that's what I did for the first two years we moved in & now the soil is much better

[rubixs]

thanks for the replys you have given me some very usefull info.