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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1542658" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>"Would adding lime to the soil help any?"</p><p>It has to be powdered..quicklime I think it's called. It will help, but it too makes a mess......turns the area into a slick mess at first. Absorbs about 40% it's weight in water. </p><p>Can't be just poured on top either, it needs to be incorporated into the mud. I most recently used it on a roadway between where the county maintenance stopped and my property began that had turned into a quagmire of dirt, clay, and decomposing leaves and pine needles. Always in the shade so it couldn't dry out.</p><p>I found it took a whole lot more lime than what the bag recommended.</p><p>Problem comes when it gets more rain on top of it. It can get wet and soggy again.</p><p></p><p>I fixed one muddy gateway with about a dozen 80lb sacks of sackcrete at $3.50/bag. Used my garden tiller to incorporate it in a little at a time. It's held up good now for 3 years. your results may vary.</p><p>(the tiller didn't survive the endeavor.cement got past the seals and ate the seals, bearings up)</p><p></p><p>If it's not a very big area, broken up sheetrock will work, assuming you have an area around there where they are building new homes and you can get the scraps. Wasn't worth it for me to go digging thru their big dumpsters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1542658, member: 18945"] "Would adding lime to the soil help any?" It has to be powdered..quicklime I think it's called. It will help, but it too makes a mess......turns the area into a slick mess at first. Absorbs about 40% it's weight in water. Can't be just poured on top either, it needs to be incorporated into the mud. I most recently used it on a roadway between where the county maintenance stopped and my property began that had turned into a quagmire of dirt, clay, and decomposing leaves and pine needles. Always in the shade so it couldn't dry out. I found it took a whole lot more lime than what the bag recommended. Problem comes when it gets more rain on top of it. It can get wet and soggy again. I fixed one muddy gateway with about a dozen 80lb sacks of sackcrete at $3.50/bag. Used my garden tiller to incorporate it in a little at a time. It's held up good now for 3 years. your results may vary. (the tiller didn't survive the endeavor.cement got past the seals and ate the seals, bearings up) If it's not a very big area, broken up sheetrock will work, assuming you have an area around there where they are building new homes and you can get the scraps. Wasn't worth it for me to go digging thru their big dumpsters. [/QUOTE]
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