Weed Mat
I’ve just pulled up some old weed mat from a previous owner- I’ve been here 6 years so it’s been there longer than that.
I’m wanting to put a raised garden bed - the dirt under the weed mat is rock hard (I’m in western suburbs of Melbourne - notorious for clay soil 😩)
I was planning on putting down a layer of cardboard and building up the raised bed with compost/soil/mulch- but I’m wondering if I should do something to try and break up the dirt first?
Or will the new layers of organic matter eventually break it down?
I’m new to gardening and have limited tools - the shovel barely went through it - at first I thought it must be buried pavers or some such - but No! apparently it’s just very compacted rock hard dirt.
Any and all recommendations welcome - I was hoping to fill the garden bed and start planting tomorrow.
Thanks 🙏🏻