the first post from me...an easy one!!

hi,
i have bought a house with quite a large very busy garden,ive done alot of the removing of things but now its time to start tidying up,the first 2 areas are quite small,about 1m x 4m and 0.5m x 4m, and both have lots of weed and one has a rose bush. i want to turf them both but want to make sure i prepare the ground properly. i have removed the rose and cut the main root about 2ft into the ground,is that low enough? and how do i preprare the rest of it to make sure the weeds dont grow back,i was thinking of removing 6 inches of soil then putting a new top soil on,does this sound right? any help appreciated!

Terry

 

Hi Terry,

Glad to have a fellow Northamptonshire peep among the following here.

I am not sure what you mean by a large busy garden and that you have done a lot of removing things.

If you just want grass, remove thoroughly everything else, get the soil to a nice tilth, then either sow grass seed or buy 'turfs' from a nearby stockist. You cannot get any guarantees against weeds, especially in a lawn, and infact they are a constant battle for gardeners.

There will be better peeps along to give you better answers....

Best of luck

 

basically ive been removing alot of things like averys and ivy etc...i must have also removed 400 big stones just put in the most random places to catch my lawnmower!!

 

Welcome Terry

Just want to ask: when you say you have bought a house .. how recent it that?

The rule of thumb when buying a property is to wait out the first year... just to see what comes up and where and then ... what to keep/remove.

For example: the rose - was it a bush, a climber, a rambler? Getting rid of it - is that really preferable to lawn?

If you wish to remove soil and replace it with fresh topsoil ... where are you sourcing your "topsoil" from? When it comes to soil, all things are NOT equal. So, you may bring IN weeds/unfavourable with a new topsoil that you hadn't bargained for (and could prove time consuming to rectify).

Just my knee jerk random thought