Hi all,
We had a local landscape company help us design and prepare some garden beds. Around here we have almost entirely red clay soil. The consultant arranged to have 2-3 inches of topsoil and leaf mold put on top of the new beds. I asked him about the need to work it in. He said that he's be wasting my money if he were to try to roto-till it in. And that as I planted the ammendments would work themselves in and also eventually leach down into the existing clay soil. When I plant perrenials I'm trying to mix the ammendments in as much as possible, but I also worry that the clay around the hole will still keep rainwater around the roots and rot my plants.
Also, we want to put down lanscape fabric (over the ammendments but under the mulch), but will this keep mulch and other organic matter from eventually mixing with the soil? How about preventing plants like daylillies or back-eyed susans from propagating?
Thanks in advance!
Dave M.