Heavily damaged ground Community › Community › No dig gardening › Preparing the ground › Heavily damaged ground This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 1 month ago by charles. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) Author Posts 27th June 2014 at 7:23 am #22070 zufParticipant Hey. There is a place at friends parcel, where he wants to plant fruit bushes and trees. Ground is extremly compacted in first layer, but in depth of 20-30cm there are a lot of air gaps. It is a pasture for over 20 years, heavly over-grazed all the time. Beside application of organic matter on top of soil, what are other beneficial things we can do? 27th June 2014 at 10:44 am #25444 charlesModerator It may be worth using a fork or boradfork to break the surface layer, I have not tried that though, good luck. Author Posts Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In