When life hands you lemons add alcohol and stir!

[MichelleLT]

Exactly!

I get that he's been unemployed. I get that times are rough. But he owes you child support under the divorce decree. And he's living there, so he needs to contribute in whatever ways he can. Food, cleaning, money, etc. Just because he moved back home doesn't mean it's a free ride.

As for the clay, I have that here as well. How deep does it go and is there any topsoil over it? Break down thru the clay whenever you are planing, if you can't go through it at least go several inches below what you are planting. Then use a planting mix and a root fertilizer to backfill the hole before planting your baby plants.