I'm new to this site and need some advice.

 
I have recently moved and have now got a large garden 150ft long and
30ft wide. The problem is the soil, the garden was neglected before we
moved in, it is full of small hills which we have tried to flatten and
the lawn has lots of patches with no grass and the soil is full of
stones and a sort of cement mixture in it too, the only thing that seems
to grow in this soil are weeds.

I would love some advice on how to solve the soil problem, thank you




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hazella

 
hazella;921635 Wrote:

Hi, we had a similar thing,when we moved here.
Except our garden was full of sheds,slabs, (on which the sheds were) and
a concrete path.

I dug out a border,we too are on a slope,but I stopped worrying about
that,and tried to flatten it as much as possible,so at least its a flat
slope.

I add compost,every so often,but its still very stoney,when I dig.
I plant harder plants,that wont be too demanding,and the grass is more
weeds than anything...but its green! i will do the lawn properly,when I
can afford to seed it.




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kathateria

 
hazella;921641 Wrote:

Just do it bit by bit. Try freecycle,for any bits people might not
want,like a roller,and shrubs. (where are you)

What do you want doing? All lawn,or flower beds?
You might need a few visits to the tip,to get rid of the stones. I used
old compost bags,and emptied them into the recycling skips,and reused
them.I was at the tip every other day for 2 weeks,just moving turf and
weeds and stones.Nightmare.Very hard and heavy work. Will the kids help?
Ours loved the digging!




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kathateria

 
We have been doing it bit by bit, slowly but surely, most of it is going
to be lawned especially where the kids part is, the top part of the
garden is having flower beds and some decking put in. I live in norwich
on the outskirts near long stratton, so its nice countryside and i want
a nice garden to go with it not a uncontrollable jungle, also we do have
a roller that we borrowed from a neighbour but its hard work as the
ground is so hard to do anything with, my eldest does help, the other
two are too young yet which is a shame.

Thanks for the tip about recycle i will look it up if they do it in our
area.




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hazella

 
hazella;921793 Wrote:

You could do a little rockery, to at least make use of the rocks




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kathateria