Soil
The area is renown in the area for its heavy clay soil, in the past the clay has been dug for bricks, there was a possible pit in the area of the trial beds, which has been filled in over a number of years. This is the soil test pit dug for bed A2 (traditional bed), it is 600mm deep, showing 4 layers, which are individual below. A few meters away there is water to the soil surface, as you can see in the bottom of the hole no standing water, this was a surprise. Soil was workable if a little stick. This is layer one, is between 0 - 150mm from the surface down. The turf has been placed face down to show the soil. A loamy clay with a good population of worms and, and grass roots to a depth past 100mm.. This thin line is layer two, is between 150 - 180mm from the surface. This is a clay layer varying in thickness from around 30mm (left picture) to 200mm in the right picture, there is some small stone and burnt bits. The grass roots had grown through this layer in to layer 3 Layer three i
