Dig it on or get rid?

[annetteevans]

i've just (with the help of my dad ) dug up the lawn in my back garden in order to make a veggie patch. the thing is there is a layer of builders sand, or i assume that it is, underneath it that was used to level out the lawn. I was wondering if i should just dig this into the soil when i add the compost and dig the whole thing over. will it do any harm? I know that it can be good for drainage and that carrots do well in sandy soil but as i say this wouldn't just be one patch, if i dig the sand in it would be throughout.

any advice would be great, should i dig in the sand or take off as much as i can before digging the area over.

thanks fellow grapes

Annette

[Snadger]

If you have heavy soil the sand will help in aeration!

[annetteevans]

the soil is not of fantastic quiality and can be a little clumpy

[burnie]

Have you got any manure or compost to put on top of it?I'd dig it in if your soil isn't free draining,I pressume it's just a thinish layer.