Gardening & Landscaping
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
New to Gardening
Hi Ladies. I am recently a new homeowner and never had an opportunity to garden before. I was digging up what was previously planted from the last homeowners and noticed that about 3-4 inches under the brown soil (aka: dirt), was clay. I can't plant in this and cover it up with dirt on top, can I? I feel like the clay is probably the reason why the plant that was there (a grassy type plant that resembles beach grass) wasn't turning green. We had a harsh winter in Maryland but it's been pretty nice this month. I would have expected some green to return...instead the plant was brown and flakey.
Re: New to Gardening
It sounds like that the plant may have not greened up yet- how dry and brown did it look? Some plants tend to look dead for months then green up as the temperature warms up. Many will start producing new growth from the crown or base of the plant as the temperature continues to warm up. Next time that happens, try pruning it back to about 1-2 inches from the ground after the ground starts to warm up toward the beginning of spring.
As for the clay try amending your soil by tilling. You can often rent or buy small Mantis brand tillers at hardware and rental stores. Try tilling and mixing some compost in with the rest. When tilling- till, and then rake the area over with a landscape rake so that it is flat. Being flat is very important so you dont end up with hills and crests where water pools too much and keeps your soil overly moist.
Hope this helps! GL!