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Starting from scratch - need some help on where to begin

Emily626
13 years ago

My husband and I moved into a new house last spring, the builder's landscaping was less than stellar. They did not properly prepare the soil and we had problems with growing nearly anything.

We have since pulled out everything from the flower beds and we are starting out fresh. We are near Indianapolis and the soil is a very hard clay soil (like concrete) and when we pulled out the existing plants from last year, they had not even taken root in any way. Which leads me to believe that the soil was too hard for the roots to penetrate.

I am very new to this, and I have never experienced gardening before, my plan is to till the beds and till in compost at the same time this weekend. And then give the soil time to re-settle over the next few weeks before planting again.

My question is whether or not this is the best approach, or if there is a better way to work the soil in order to be able to plant in a few weeks? As I said, I am pretty clueless on where to even begin....

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