With so little water, far and away the biggest factor is the water retaining ability of the soil, yet you give no information on depth of loam. You need at least eight inches of moisture holding soil. The next thing is what material is under the loam? If it is sand you will need even more loam. If it is clay material, which is more common, you need less loam, because the clay keeps the moisture from penetrating. One day when I had borrowed a truck to haul material for a project, a friend who had been trying to grow a garden asked me to deliver a load of clay fill to him for his garden. He pushed the soil off, spread the clay, and put the soil back, now he can grow vegetables. Do the landscapers know what is under the surface? If not, $2,000 may not be enough to make it work. Post back with needed information. Another thought is: don't condemn your fall seeding yet. it could have caught well, then went dormant with the cold, and is lurking under the straw waiting for spring.[/quote:2a059fc3d8]
I don't have clay. Other than that I don't know much other than my soil does not retain water and after a couple feet is EXTREME shale. Even the surface had quite a bit of shale and I had a guy come in with a rock hound.
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