Hi all,
I have my work cut out, I have the use of a piece of waste land which has not been dug for many years, could be even a hundred years or more!!
I can not get a spade or fork in, the soil is that hard, even though the ground has had plenty of rain. I am no spring chicken so I have bought a rotorvator to help. It is very slow but once I have got the lumps of chalk out, the soil breaks down lovely to a fine tilth.
BUT the problem is IT STINKS!! I smells like the bottom of a pond!! I have done a Ph test and it is as near as makes no difference 8.0.
Has any one had this problem? What can I do? Can I plant it or will things not grow, if my vegetables do grow, can we eat them?
I will be grateful if as many of you can pass on their thoughts and ideas please or would it be best to leave it for another hundred years and put my name down for an allotment!!