Despite our best efforts, careful plant selection, mixing in of chicken manure, and the massive amount of rain we have been getting (too much?) - our garden is struggling.  Several of the plants leaves are  turning brown, and a couple plants are drooping.  Why is this?  Not knowing diddly-squat about horticulture, from the little I do know I believe that we have clay soil.  Which is bad.  The stuff was like play-dough between my fingers, is that normal?  Anyway, I looked up what to do about clay soil, and they said that the addition of manure would only make things worse.  Super.  What we need to add is some sort of course material, like sand or compost.  So, my plan is to pick up some free compost from the city, dig up my plants one at a time, turn over all the soil, mix in the compost, replant my poor plants, and then hope for the best.

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