
We were talking about how clay makes a good sub base to work off of when worked at the right time of year, and when working in a relatively flat area like mine, the concept of digging down further into the clay to fill back in with base (screenings, ABC gravel, etc) and finally footing (sand, etc) as opposed to removing grass, grading and leveling clay and then building up slightly from there with base and footing...framing off and sort of having a slight step up to get into the arena from the surrounding area. Talked about drainage within the arena but also around the arena in in the two scenarios mentioned.
So, what is the difference if you dig down, have arena flush with ground, but then work the ground surrounding the arena to result in sort of a slope down/away from the arena as opposed to building up for lack of a better term. Does that question even make sense? My head is sort of exploding with all the reading I have done today and trying to follow what he was talking about.
