How Do You Improve Lawn Clay Soil Drainage?
As much as you might like to do so, picking your soil before buying a house or building a new home is all but impossible. If your home is part of a suburb, chances are the ground was stripped of topsoil and packed down hard during the construction process and a few inches of good soil were placed over the top to “help” your new sod grow. It’s no wonder you are told to water the grass heavily during your first several years living there. Improving the quality and drainage of any soil, even clay, is possible, even though it may require several years of hard work. Determine what kind of clay soil you have so that you know what you will need to add to improve it. Soil is made up of sand, loam and clay in varying proportions. To determine how much of each your soil has, fill a large jar with water and add a large chunk of the clay. Shake until it is dissolved and let it sit for a few days. The sand, which is heaviest, will sink to the bottom, followed by the loam and then the clay. If the c
