What to do with dam (pond) silt

[njrqs]

Hello all.

Had my dam (pond to you yanks) cleaned out last week.

It was almost empty and was full of sloppy silt.

I now have tonnes of the stuff lying around and as the ground around here is so crappy, I wonder if I can use this for garden beds.

The local council gave me truckloads of soil they cleaned out of the roadside gullies and plants thrive in it.

I wonder it my goo is really any different to that stuff. After all it too is run-off.

At the moment it is the consistency of grease and just as hard to get off things.

Once it dries, do you think it will be any good or will it always be horrible stuff.

Pic attached.

 

[njrqs]

Ooops, here is the pics (Also refer my stuck-in-the-mud post under PHOTOS)

Cheers

 

[EdKing]

<font color=blue>I now have tonnes of the stuff lying around and as the ground around here is so crappy, I wonder if I can use this for garden beds.</font color=blue>

Silt or runoff is what makes most river valleys very fertile. I would think it would be just the thing for a garden.

 

[MossRoad]

It should be good stuff. Try it in a flower bed for a test.

 

[Egon]

If it's real greasy/sticky and can be rolled into a thin string between your palms when wet it's probably mostly clays. It should work well for spreading and growing things in.

Egon

 

[Thomas]

When my father had his trout pond clean of the silt,he had it spread in the low areas of his lawn etc..and the grass grow twice as fast..yikes.