It’s a lyric from an Abba song, “Can you hear the drums, Fernando?”.

At the very least, a lie of omission. He could’ve corrected you.

Thank you for the clarification.

Sure am!

Let’s hope they’re never on fire, then.

Yes, it’s very meta.

That looks amazing!

They’re all over the place, but here’s an Instagram account that posts original raccoon memes: https://instagram.com/nocturnaltrashposts?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I thought it was referencing the name Jarred. It’s not even 7pm and I think it may be time for bed.

“We’ve tried nothin’ and we’re all out of ideas!”

Do you need a cookie?

Sure, but I’m tired from being up too early lol.

If I go to sleep early, I just lie there until it’s my usual sleep time. My body is very stubborn about it.

I just googled it and man, there’s a lot of variation! Some are upright, some more prostrate, some thick, some thin and noodly like mine. I can’t wait to see if it will flower. Thanks for the ID.

Alright, sounds like I’ve got a plan then. Thank you so much for all your help, I really appreciate it!

It’s pretty big, and due to budget and being carless, it will need to be dug by hand. Peat isn’t something I’ve seen where I am, are there other alternatives? Currently I’ve dug out all but the biggest plants and I’ve turned it into a compost pile (food scraps, coffee grounds, grass clippings). I figured I’d let that do It’s thing for a few months, then dig it in and add amendments. Gypsum and lime keep being mentioned, so probably those and some blood and bone or similar. I want to grow veggies and herbs there if it’s possible after all that.

I can get some products delivered from Amazon, if they sell useful amendments. Perhaps manure as well? I’ve gotten so much different advice, I feel like I’m just throwing everything at it lol. Doing something about the clay will make it infinitely easier to dig though.

I need to do some googling to understand exactly what that means, thank you for the info. That garden bed is just so bloody dense, with random lumps of clay and constantly damp.

I’m very much a beginner to this, so I don’t understand much of what you’ve said (although I appreciate the info and will do some googling). I’m renting, the house was built about 30-40 years ago and I don’t know what was done then.

There’s one garden bed in particular that’s full of lumps of clay. The soil is otherwise not too bad to dig, but the drainage seems fairly terrible. I’ve tried sowing seeds in there and very little germinates.

When you say amendments, would that be things like lime or gypsum, or fertilisers and soil improvers, or some other option I’m too much of a noob to know about?

Thanks so much for your help.

Would that be from a nursery or somewhere like a farm supply store? I don’t have a car, so it needs to somewhat portable.

That sounds very promising, thanks for the info!