Hello Gardeners,

I'm looking for some advice from you people if possible please ... I
know nothing at all about gardening!

We bought a new house last year and the builders only turfed the front
garden and didn't bother with the back. That's left for us to pay out
for (

Gradually the weed has started to build up and it had got to the point
last weekend where myself and the wife decided we better get out and
clear some of it. Some of the weed had grown to about two feet tall.
You name it, it's there ... dock leaves, thistles and all sorts.

So now comes the questions ...

We have managed to clear the majority of the weed but there are still
quite a few roots left behind. The land is very much clay(ee). Now the
majority of weed has been cleared, what would now be the best course of
action to take to prepeare it for laying some new turf?

Should I dig it all and then put some weed killer down? If so, can
someone recommend a good weed killer please? or ... should I hire a
rotorvator rather than dig? We also want to get the land as flat as we
possibly can before the new turf is laid so how would we go about doing
that? What's the best/easiest method?

Many thanks for your time and help,

Rob.