Hi,
We have a very small garden. It is used mostly as a play area in the summer.
Recently we have had an extension built, and the builders needed to dig up the garden for some drainage. We didn't care as the lawn was terrible.
I must say that the soil is awful. It is full of stones, bits of metal, glass,
middle wood chips and seems to have been back filled to some considerable level with builders sand.
In the past I have dug down say 6" and put in some new top soil, then laid some turf, but it all died off.
I have now dug over the whole site, and weeded it. If I rake it I get loads of stones and rubbish, and you can see by the colour of what soil is there that it is not good.
My question is, what should I do, to get a good looking lawn. I was thinking of ordering some more turf, but I don't want to throw good money after bad. Should I dig in some organic matter first to improve the soil?