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Can you give me advice on creating a flower bed?
I live in a very old house with no landscaping in the front yard. There is a depression in the yard where a flower bed used to be. I would like to ressurect this area to create a new flower bed.
Problem is that this area hasn't been used as anything but lawn for 25+ years. The ground is HARD and it appears that the old flower bed had pebbles in it - that are still there, imbedded in the dirt. We've tried rototilling and the blades end up damaged from the rocks. If you could see my yard, you would know that this is the only spot where a flower bed can go - so I feel like I'm stuck. I can't get the ground tilled up.
Any ideas? Photos and links are appreciated! Thanks! Oh - by the way - I live in Oklahoma City (red clay soil).
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
Hello Laurie,
My name is Gardengail and I work for the Home Depot in the Garden center.
Here is a link to help you get the rocks out yourself, it will be a bit of work, but do-able.The post was done by RicksPicks, one of our community members.
http://community.homedepot.com/t5/The-Learning-Gar...
Measure your area, and use an inexpensive soil test to see if you need to add lime or gypsum to your soil to improve the drainage. Add soil amendment at the rate of one bag per 100 square feet
[ 10x10 ft.].You can usually find the soil test kits at Home Depot by the vegetable seeds, they are fairly inexpensive.
Hope this helps,
Gardengail
Source(s): community.homedepot.com - Mongo KhanLv 69 years ago
You could stack wall blocks around the area about 3 layers high which would be somewhere between 12 and 16 inches high. Then fill the space with good soil if you can actually buy it in OK.
Be careful, some places sell a mixture of sand and peat and call it topsoil.
The area of your flower bed times the soil depth will determing the amount of soil needed. It could be a lot. If so it is cheaper by the truck load which is 5-6 cubic yards. (A cubic yard has 27 cubic feet)
It will pack down over time.