Hello-I am in Moscow, 40 miles east of Memphis. We have 10 acres, mostly wooded. Japanese iris, daylilies, water gardening take most of my gardening budget (which was actually used up in 2004). Personally I have made many mistakes and killed more plants than some people ever have in their lives. But I am learning and my rate of "plantacide" has gone down greatly, in fact now one of my problems is keeping plants where they are suppose to be growing. Some of my biggest errors involved stating too many seeds indoors, too early and trying to grow plants in soil somewhere they were never meant to grow. Literally I have had plants just disappear from my garden, never to be seen again. I mainly grow flowers, too.
Reno-All I can say is amend, amend, amend or find something that grows well in clay as long it is not kudzu, which grows excellent in clay..
Nice to meet you, all.