The plan is just to make it all grass for the time being, so just simple and child friendly.
I thought about a rotovator, but would it work or just bounce off in the summer when the clay is hard and clump up later in the season when its damp? Also, im assuming stones and rocks hidden beneath the surface dont play nice with rotovators?!
Try asking your neighbours on both sides and further down the road as they may have been in the same position as you are now. No point re inventing the wheel
Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
How old are the children at the moment ... children and unmarried teenagers between the ages of 7 and 18 used to be employed stone picking on fields ... kept them out of mischief
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Plenty of grass grow on clay sub-soils. No need to rotovate if stones are a worry. Dig down and turn the soil, and smash down the turned soil with the back of your fork. Do a section at a time. It’s just about timing. Wait till the weather cools and the soil is moist again.
In autumn time, put down roughly 5-6 inches of top soil and start digging it into the top 12 inches of soil. Then lay another 2 inches of top-soil and leave to settle for a week or so. Rake the area over and walk over the whole area covering every section. Do this a few times and the soil will be ready for sowing or laying turf.
Don’t worry too much about small weeds growing, with constant mowing, they will slowly die off.
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The plan is just to make it all grass for the time being, so just simple and child friendly.
I thought about a rotovator, but would it work or just bounce off in the summer when the clay is hard and clump up later in the season when its damp? Also, im assuming stones and rocks hidden beneath the surface dont play nice with rotovators?!
No point re inventing the wheel
Yeh. I spoke to next door - they just threw grass seed on theirs and it seemed to take ok
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hope you and your family have fun getting the garden how you want it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
In autumn time, put down roughly 5-6 inches of top soil and start digging it into the top 12 inches of soil. Then lay another 2 inches of top-soil and leave to settle for a week or so. Rake the area over and walk over the whole area covering every section. Do this a few times and the soil will be ready for sowing or laying turf.
Don’t worry too much about small weeds growing, with constant mowing, they will slowly die off.
Thanks!