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Levelling on a slight slope
tombrown22
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Hi,
I've recently cleared my very overgrown garden and I now want to level and seed in order to get a nice lawn. However, whilst I'm clear how to level for a flat surface I'm not sure how to level my garden which has a slight slope running up and away from the house.
is anyone able to share some advice please?
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It's all in the raking and your eye! And your feet. Once you have raked it and trodden it, stand in all corners of your lawn and just look at it. You should be able to see the dips and hollows. Then repeat the raking and treading. When it is as level as possible do a final light raking. When you are raking, don't dig the rake in, just use it lightly else you will be creating more hills and hollows.
Why do you need to level the area ?
You can set aside an area at the periphery to sow wild flowers to attract bees and butterflies who will pollinate YOUR flowers and vegetables
Make a small raised area that can be different to the rest of the garden
Good luck
tombrown22
? Any progress on the garden
Hi,
Thanks for responses guys. We have struggled to progress due to mixture of having a new born baby and too many other commitments!
Having said that we were out there this weekend and rotavated and started levelling with mixed success. Some of the area is easy to work but some has become very claggy and boggy (it is clay based) and difficult to break up due to the heavy rain. Im hoping for a dry spell this week and then plan to work in some compost in the hope that this helps.
Then the plan is to rotavate again and level using advice above. I want to seed this autumn but time is running out!
Regarding your point Newboy2 - we will have a wild garden further back behind the lawn so won't level this but I want the lawn area to be as level as possible.
Will try and add a photo of the garden.
Clay soil will be helped if you plant spuds.
Rotivating sometimes will bring clay up to the surface along with 4 or 5 year old sleeping seeds
The answer to all garden challenges is.............experience.which you only get by making mistakes