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["Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

> If I busted up a 4x8 sheet, how would you spread that out and how long
> would you wait until you 'amended' the soil again?

No need to buy sheets of Drywall, just go buy bags of Gypsum unless you have
a pile of scrap drywall left over. Gypsum is best for heavy clay soil.  The
gypsum helps break up the bonding and loosens the soil.  In heavy adobe I
added gypsum every year.

Speaking of post homes, I did that in the adobe we called soil.  In some
areas a hand post hole digger worked after I wet the soil the first couple
of inches then it hit rocks.  In other areas I was able to use a powered
digger and a garden hose unless there were rocks.  In most of the 1200'
fence I rented a Skid Steer with an auger on the front.  On many holes I had
the front wheels off the ground and still the auger just spun moving a
little dirt.  The only time to dig in that stuff was after several weeks of
rain.

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html