The native soil here is, well, lacking. There is a lot of clay and not much organic matter. Reading at first indicated that we should add sand and organic matter. Further reading and garden expert consultation indicated that if we added sand we would end up with something akin to cement and that we should just add compost. Jeff called around. We used Cedar Grove Compost in Kent. We were open to other options. Compost, including Cedar Grove, was available locally,but it ended up that the best deal was ordering directly from Cedar Grove and hiring a trucking firm to deliver it because Cedar Grove does not normally deliver this far afield. 45 yards was the most they could deliver and we calculated that that would be just about the right amount. This, kids, is one place all that math comes in handy. They delivered it in two big piles, one north of the driveway and one south.
The piles were very large and we were very small. It quickly became apparent that we needed to call in the big guns.
Jeff called up Bainbridge Rentals and said, "Do you have a tractor?" Sure, they had a tractor. So for one afternoon, Jeff got to live out his boyhood fantasies of road building or farming or whatever they were. He had a great time as you might be able to tell by the smile on his face. He used the bucket attachment to spread out the piles and then the tiller attachment to till the compost into the top foot to 10 inches of the native soil.
The piles were very large and we were very small. It quickly became apparent that we needed to call in the big guns. 
Jeff called up Bainbridge Rentals and said, "Do you have a tractor?" Sure, they had a tractor. So for one afternoon, Jeff got to live out his boyhood fantasies of road building or farming or whatever they were. He had a great time as you might be able to tell by the smile on his face. He used the bucket attachment to spread out the piles and then the tiller attachment to till the compost into the top foot to 10 inches of the native soil.
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