Found lots of rubble under grass
Nickola Hudson
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I have justed moved and the garden has been like a mud bath for the last few weeks, went out today with the rake and fork, raked all the grass and forked about 6 inch deep and 6 inches gap to try and get some air into the grass to dry it out, but I have found out that the grass has been lay on top of rubble. The grass looks like a worn, muddy football pictch. As I have a few jobs in the house to get done I dont have alot of money to spend on the garden at the momnet. I am going to cut out a boarder on both sides and fill with plants, but the soil is wet and cloggs to the fork. I need some help on how I can get the lawn back and I know I will have to dig out the boarders and fill with better soil to help the plants. Any help or thoughts will be much appreciated. Thanks x
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Nickola, is this house a new build?
Nickola, someone on here said that builders are not gardeners, and nothing could be more true. They fling all the rubble about and then rake over topsoil and plant grass on it. Not great for someone wanting to be more ambitious with a garden. If it's any consolation, we have always lived in old houses/buildings, and the Victorian builders were no better - we still pull out half bricks all the time, it's just that they are older half bricks. If I were you I would see it as a long term plan - when you find the rubble, collect it and bin it (well dump it) and replace with compost, better topsoil etc. At best it is not a good growing medium, at worst, some chemicals used in the making of concrete can be damaging to plants. Get it off site whenever you can. Get a compost bin to make the most of your vegetable peelings to make replacement soil bulk. Dig down a foot or so, depending on how deep rooted you want plants to be, and conquer in stages by chucking out the rubbish. That is what I would do.
If it's a new build I would check with your solicitor about removal of rubble from site. It used to be the case that no top soil was to be removed from site but all builders rubble must be. Many builders seem to think it's the other way round!
If you solicitor confirms that rubble should have been removed your initial step should then be to contact the developer to sort it out. If that fails consider the small claims court.
Its not a new build, its an old house. Thanks busy bee 2 for your advise, ordered a composter thats arriving next week some time. Lawn sand at the ready too. Your advise is what I was thinking but wanted to check out with others first.