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I have read lots about soil amending but there seems to be a lot of conflicting advice. My soil is clay, thick and sticky when we have continuous rain and hard as concrete during a drought. Some advice says DON'T add sand because it will become like concrete. Some advice says DON'T add peat because it will remain soggy longer. I know compost is best. Every fall I pick up several truck loads of fall leaves that people have put by the curb for the city to pick up. I shred them with my leaf eater, put in piles and spead over the garden in the spring [even if it is only slightly composted] and till. I intend to continue doing the leaf thing as long as I garden. I have large gardens and I am rather impatient so I need to know how to convert the soil that I have into ideal soil only much much faster. Is sand a good idea and if so, how course should it be? Should I forget the peat? I am willing to spend the money for loads of sand, manuer, compost or whatever it takes.
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