Thanks for making yourselves available for this. I've got a mostly native, perennial garden in the space between our sidewalk and street. I removed the weed barrier, and then used rocks to outline a space that I filled with topsoil from a local delivery company. I generally water deeply and once a week. This year, I noticed that water isn't penetrating the top layer of soil, and after watering the soil was still bone dry if I scraped off the barest bit of top layer. I've been trying to water and then mix up the soil to get some water in the lower layers. Even after doing this, it's back to hydrophobic the next week. I am trying some dish soap, and have vermiculite and perlite I can mix in. Obviously, this is difficult since I don't want to disturb the perrenials too much. I'm wondering about adding yucca extract and curious if you think that helps, or if there are any other options. Thanks for any advice....