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27th February 2016 at 10:05 pm
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Joe
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Hi Charles,
Thanks for responding.
The gradient from our calculations is around 28%, likely slightly less as the field drops slightly more at the very bottom. So we could consider it 25%.
We have medium soil, very stony (you should see our stone piles from our small veg patch!) and in some places it seems very compacted about a foot down. We tried to knock in posts today near the edge, by the dry stone walls and just couldn’t get them past 1ft.
We’re planning on converting half an acre into beds initially, but time is running out to get it done!
What are your (or anyone elses) thoughts?