what can i do about clay???????

[loll]

i have a big pile of clay which ive dug out of my patch any ideas on what i can do with it ??? should i chuck it ???

[loll]

[gavin]

Make bricks?  Haven't a clue - but then if I'd dug the clay out of my plot, I'd now be in Tasmania  :o

I had a clayey spot on my old plot, and it did become a beautiful couple of beds after a couple of season's working and lots of manure.  Now that you've dug it up, how about layering it with manure - and get it back into your plot? 

Dunno, and then I "have a real thing" about taking soil off allotments - I don't like to see soil level dropping below path level; what a waste.

Not a lot of help?  Sorry ;) - Gavin

[Diana]

Make a cob shed ;D

Or you could be boring + add lots of well rotted organic matter, maybe some sharp sand, don't walk on it too much, make raised beds... ;)

[Svea]

mix with organic matter and plant spuds into it? i hear they help break those clods - well, that is what i am paying them for on my plot ;) so they better had!

[Bionic Wellies]

Make a clay oven ... see http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Articles/Articles_Menu.html select the appropriate article :)

[aquilegia]

Make pots. Or weird garden statues. puddle a pond.

I'm throwing mine in a skip!