Basics

I totally missed the basic steps to creating a garden. My soil was undernourished clay based scum from underneath a destroyed porch, and yes I expected it to grow vegetables! Later i used my intelligence to look up soil improvements. My suggestion for clay heavy soil is to mix environmentally safe rabbit litter, chicken manure, hay, chopped maple leaves deep into the soil, using a rototiller. Actually know the variety of vegetables or plants you have and give them proper space. Release earthworms into your garden they really help and they mean less work for you. Then finally occasionally loosening the topsoil to allow water to sink into the ground.