applestapler
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Hello everyone. Glad to be here, first post and all. Figured I would ask the experts cause I need some good, practical guidance.
Short version: I have a slender plot of land (30' x 400 ') that was mostly a railroad track until about 100 years ago. Tracks are gone now. Since then it's been covered with soil and is overgrown. I can clear it, no problem, but eventually I'd like to plant root vegetables and I'm concerned with the layer of crusher run underneath the soil. The soil layer is about 4" deep at the start of the property and gets deeper to about 10" at the back. I've conducted a soil test with Virginia Tech and should get the results back shortly.
After clearing the overgrowth, would you attempt to till, knowing the small stones are not far below the surface? Or would you add soil as a top layer and then amend/till, so as to avoid the little stones? Or maybe another option I haven't yet considered?
Thank you for your time and thoughts, I really appreciate it!
Short version: I have a slender plot of land (30' x 400 ') that was mostly a railroad track until about 100 years ago. Tracks are gone now. Since then it's been covered with soil and is overgrown. I can clear it, no problem, but eventually I'd like to plant root vegetables and I'm concerned with the layer of crusher run underneath the soil. The soil layer is about 4" deep at the start of the property and gets deeper to about 10" at the back. I've conducted a soil test with Virginia Tech and should get the results back shortly.
After clearing the overgrowth, would you attempt to till, knowing the small stones are not far below the surface? Or would you add soil as a top layer and then amend/till, so as to avoid the little stones? Or maybe another option I haven't yet considered?
Thank you for your time and thoughts, I really appreciate it!