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Old March 22, 2013   #57
bughunter99
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How big is the space?

It is constantly wet not because it is clay but because the bed is at the low point in the garden. NOTHING you mix into it will fix this.

You can:
1. Build multiple raised beds on top of it. Traditional 4" wide 18" high and 8-12 feet long are good. Plus if you build a lip to the beds its a nice place to sit and work.
2. Relocate it to a higher point in the yard.
3. Make a different part of the yard lower than this part.
4. Create some sort of drainage solution.

Clay gets a bad rap. Treated right, stuff grows in it just fine.
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