Hello all,
New here and looking for advice and ideas as I have just cut down a 60x40 triffid field and now find my soil is stronger than concrete after braking two spades :)
Try to get a plot going on a small budget too.
Hello from Surrey
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becks77
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Re: Hello from Surrey
Hello and welcome, perhaps a JCB !? 
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Milims
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Re: Hello from Surrey
Hi thereand welcome
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But damn it how happy we'll be!
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And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
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Re: Hello from Surrey
Welcome to ISH 
Ours was 'concrete' too, (and was again recently, due to lack of rain). We literally took a pick axe to parts of our garden at first. The best advice I can offer is to be patient: cover the worst areas with flattened cardboard boxes covered in about an inch/ 2.5cm of soil from less compacted bits, well rotted horse/cow muck would be even better. If you can pile up more, say 3-5inches/8-13cm or more, you can miss out the cardboard. It's really there to retain moisture & surpress weeds.
In the long term, incorporate as much homemade compost as you can. it the bits of old plants in the soil (at a microscopice level) that provide all the nutrients & friability.
Good Luck
MW
Ours was 'concrete' too, (and was again recently, due to lack of rain). We literally took a pick axe to parts of our garden at first. The best advice I can offer is to be patient: cover the worst areas with flattened cardboard boxes covered in about an inch/ 2.5cm of soil from less compacted bits, well rotted horse/cow muck would be even better. If you can pile up more, say 3-5inches/8-13cm or more, you can miss out the cardboard. It's really there to retain moisture & surpress weeds.
In the long term, incorporate as much homemade compost as you can. it the bits of old plants in the soil (at a microscopice level) that provide all the nutrients & friability.
Good Luck
MW
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Re: Hello from Surrey
Hi and welcome!
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Re: Hello from Surrey
Thanks for the welcome everyone :)
Yes took a few weeks dug it all over, broke two spades. lol Got hold of a pick axe, used that and next day it looked no different. Seems impossible to brake up so I'm going to look at no dig gardening :)
Yes took a few weeks dug it all over, broke two spades. lol Got hold of a pick axe, used that and next day it looked no different. Seems impossible to brake up so I'm going to look at no dig gardening :)