Making Your Own Mud....

Having seen pics of the Mud Day they had in the USA, it said they used Top Soil and water to make the mud.

Is our top soil here in the UK the same thing and the best to use to make good "clean" mud, if you get my drift....

Hi, I'm no expert but I guess it depends where you live what the local soil is like. In the northeast by the coast there is a lot of clay soil mud which is ideal for making creamy, sloppy mud.

Also I think topsoil, especially that found in the garden flowerbed, may comprise of different types of soils to aid plant growth such as compost soil and peat soil.

My only offered solution would be dig, add water, stir with a spade, and see what happens. My garden soil is pretty useless and very black and gritty, yet if I head off to the east coast, where there's loads of coastal errosion, the clay mud there seams pretty perfect for wamming with.

I hope that is if some use, like I say, I'm no expert!

Good luck

Our experiences this summer are that the mud 'quality' may change just by moving over 20 feet in the same area of mud! It may be smooth and clay-like in one spot, then gritty, sandy, and with decomposed roots and other junk not too far off in another spot. Moving to another area would result in even more changes.

My own experience is to do what has been mentioned, to mix water and see what happens. Also see what it feels like between your thumb and fingers, you'll know right away if it's gritty or not.

Good luck!