Glory285 do a search in GW forums for Lasagna gardening and you will find postings about it. Mostly Ruth-Ann gardens this way, I also am starting one. I did research by googling it. I just started mine, so I can't give much info yet. But there are lots of posts elsewhere here to learn about it.

Absolutely no idea what all those links above are, but try a search in GW and on Google and you will find lots of helpful information on this sort of gardening. :)

~Tina Marie

The links are just spam. This site doesn't monitor that junk very well.

Are the beds you have raised beds, or flat, ground-level beds? If they're raised, it's probably because of the clay.

The first thing to do is to have your soil tested (about $10), and see what you're dealing with. There's clay soil and there's awful clay soil.

Contact your local Cooperative Extension Service/Master Gardener and ask who does it near you. Your CES is at Purdue: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/mg/ Contact info is at the very bottom of the page.

Below is a link on how to collect a soil sample. If you don't do it right, it can throw off the results. Use a new metal or clean plastic trowel for collection. A rusty tool will contaminate the sample.

If you are growing organically, write ORGANIC on the form that goes with the soil sample, or they'll give you chemical farming info.

The test results are usually mailed to you, with recommendations. If you don't understand it, call the lab and ask, or your Master Gardener at CES.

If you do mulching (aka lasagna gardening), leave a gap around the plant stem or trunk.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to collect a soil sample