Homeacres

[Rocket ScienceMember]

Hi Charles, Not sure if this has been covered already but just wondered what soil type you have at Homeacres and how it differs from the chalk stone clay of Lower Farm? So many regional differences here in Derbyshire even from garden to garden. Still a firm believer in planting and observing instead of Ph and soil tests.

[charlesModerator]

 Good point Robin and I sam a lot of it when the digger removed trenches for the greenhouse. There is a six to ten inch layer of dark loam over pale, dense clay, with few stones but variable amounts of gravel introduced by the earlier market garden as paths etc. Also some areas of concrete where they had greenhouses, not too many thankfully.

Essentially a fertile soil as long as it is not driven over in wet weather! Even after the recent rain, walking causes  squelching in some areas.

Incidentally Lower Farm was clay over limestone, no chalk.

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