Weeds and worms

I'm celebrating weeds and worms today! I did a previous post on how to improve clay soil into loam. My soil last year was so heavy with clay it didn't grow weeds because without intense help the roots couldn't push through the soil. I spent two weeks turning corn cob which has a lot of little air pockets deep, upto two feet deep into the spaces where my plants would grow. I gathered worms after a storm to put into my garden. I imagined it would take a least two to three years of the intense work, mixing, raking, slowly and carefully irrigating to make my garden a stick plants in the ground, water daily and get vegetables space. This morning I discovered my worms are thriving under the rabbit and guinea pig litter I laid down last fall, and I have a mild weed problem! I'm so happy.

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.