I've finally managed to dig a hole about 2' deep. It has taken me a long while, mostly because I had gone back home for my holiday. Today I decided that the hole would be deep enough, and filled it with large chunks of broken brick
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| Broken Brick |
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| Gravel |
Following the brick layer, I filled in about 3" of gravel before topping it off with coarse sand. After emptying out the bag of sand, I realised that I had insufficient material for the drain - I've got at least a 2" hole which needs filling in. I'll drop by again later in the morning to go buy more sand, as well as more brick since I'd like to raise the bed near the wall.
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| Clay |
I looked up from my work, and I discovered that I had four huge bags of red clay sitting around me. They weren't going anywhere any time soon, so I entertained the stray thought of making pottery from the clay. I emptied out the pegaga pot and mixed some clay with water, vigorously dissolving the clay lumps to release the sand. After the sand particles had mostly settled, I poured out the top layer of silt and left it in the ice cream container you see in the picture to sit overnight.
For now, I'm following this website (click
here) on how to prepare natural clay for pottery. Hopefully I'll be able to make something useful out of all that clay sitting around the back.
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