got the two trees planted and starting to expand the front garden. not gonna dig up the clay, just put a bunch of dirt on some lawn spot and gonna cover it really deep with chips. gonna start clearing the vines out from the wall and put chips down and get the grapes there supported and get rid of the brambles trying to cover them. soaked the compost with pond water but i'd really like to get a lot more material on there both from the garden and the brambles and some other green material nearby the compost to help decompose things underneath better. know how to mess with the irrigation lines in a few places better now